Did you lose weight once you stopped breast feeding?

[hippygirllucky]

I'm 19 months into breastfeeding and I've nearly lost all the baby weight but there's a pesky 4-5kg that won't shift. I'm not too stressed about it but I wonder if anyone found they lost that last bit of weight when they stopped breastfeeding?

No, I put on weight 😔

Yes with both I fed them for a year and remained a stone overweight. As soon as I stopped feeding I lost the stone with no changes to diet etc. I think your body hangs onto fat to fuel breastfeeding x

Sadly no. Didn't lose it while breastfeeding either. Think I probably gained weight if anything ...

No, because I kept eating all the extra calories I'd convinced myself I needed 🤣

First time around yes! Didn’t lose any BFing but when I stopped I lost a stone in just over a month. Second time I lost weight effortlessly and was at pre pregnancy weight but once I stopped I put on a stone effortlessly too 🥴

Yes, partly because (both times) it coincided with child sleeping a lot better, and thus I had far fewer cravings for biscuits, chocolate etc! And also way more energy to exercise. I stopped for the second time in May and it wasn’t until a few weeks later I realised that I felt like a new woman knowing that I’d likely be able to sleep most nights.

Also I read not that long ago that breastfeeding is like being menopausal because it suppresses oestrogen levels, so I think that must affect weight too as well as how you feel generally.

Yes, lost 4kg very quickly once I stopped BFing