Is bf-ing stopping me from losing weight?

[SweetLikeChocolate]

My dd is 6 months and I am bf-ing. I am now mixed feeding but still do 4 BFs a day. I have still not lost all my baby weight although usually I lose weight super easily. In fact I don't normally have to give it too much thought and can drop pounds as and when I want. Is BFing stopping me losing weight?

I retained weight all over while I was breast feeding both my sons. I fed DS1 for 11 months and DS2 for 16 months. As soon as I stopped feeding the weight came of and I think my figure was the best it's ever been about a year after DS2 was weaned. I'm glad I fed them for as long as I did, it was worth it looking back, although I know it doesn't feel like that when it's nice weather and you want to look your best! x

I lost weight while BF with 1 and 2. Hopefully I will lose weight once I've stopped with 3.

I lost a lot of weight initially after DD and then again DS which I attribute to bfeeding and once I stopped feeding Dd I lost approx half a stone without trying. I am bfeeding DS and I can't shift more than a couple of pounds and I am getting married in 12 weeks! But I imagine some will drop off again when I stop. It doesn't help that I can't summon any energy to exercise!

Am I the odd one out then here

DS is 4 weeks old tomorrow, I have no baby weight, it's all gone and i weigh less now than I did when I got pregnant

I had put this down to my DS being such a good feeder and a pretty hungry baby? So should I not be losing weight like this??

Move along then Babylon! There is nothing for you here

I think everyone is different and there are lots of other factors such as diet, exercise etc. Congrats on your baby!

Thank you, and sorry my last post really sounded like I was bragging and I didn't mean it to

I'm genuinely surprised at how quick the weight has gone. It never did with my DDs, but then I never really embraced the whole BF thing with them

You ladies just wait til I'm back on the wine - my weight will shoot back up !!

I was the same at 4 weeks Babylon1 , 10lb under pre preg weight. 6 months later, still BF and still eating a lot I had put a good stone on. and another half a stone since then . You can eat a lot while BF but if you live mainly on cake then you can put it on too.