weight loss and breastfeeding?

[l.o.v.e.sr]

I know a lot of people say it assists in losing weight i was just wondering if it actually did help any of you ladies lose the baby weight?

i know this is random but my friend were talking about this and i didnt know who to ask lol

 

[leighbaby]

I think so! I am at my pre prego weight - though my shape has changed.

 

[kateqpr]

I didn't lose any weight for the first few months, but definitely now! I've lost a stone in the last six weeks without even trying. Yay!

 

[Blah11]

Nope.

 

[Bec L]

Yes, I think it did to be honest, but then people have also told me that you store a certain amount of fat whilst you b/feed and that doesn't go till you eventually stop. So I guess it's different for everyone.

I was below my pre pregnancy weight while I was b/feeding Poppy but now she is weaning and mainly only feeds morning and night I have noticed the pounds creeping back on I also reckon a lot of it is to do with alcohol! Most of my calories used to come from wine But obviously whilst b/feeding you drink very little, if at all, so that may make a difference.

 

[Lu28]

I haven't really noticed anything amazing so far, hopefully I'm one of the ones where it'll fall off when I eventually stop!

 

[Mervs Mum]

Yes. I've noticed like Bec though that it's creeping on a bit now she's only feeding morning and night..........*reaches for the biccies*

 

[Jemima]

I've lost tonnes of weight. I am nearly a stone lighter than I was pre-pregnancy. But, like Bec said, alcohol exemption plays a big part IMO. I used to love my ale and now I only have the occasional glass of wine/beer.

 

[Mervs Mum]

I think I'm offsetting the biscuits against the lack of wine...

 

[Hevz]

I'm breastfeeding for the 4th time and I feel sooooooooo hungry all the time that I find it almost impossible to lose weight as I have no willpower when I feel this uncontrollable hunger (especially for sweet things). I have lost weight while breastfeeding in the past but it was by dieting....it certainly didn't naturally "fall off"

 

[Lara+sam+bump]

I weighed 8.5 stone prepregnancy, then at theend of pregnancy I was 12 stone. Im now 9 stone. My weight just fell off, back in my size 8's and my bum and thighs are smaller than ever before, but my belly is deffo a bit bigger . I think its down to breastfeeding and the fact that I never have time to eat lol. xxx

 

[Brockie]

nope not for me!!!! i eat a good diet and get plenty of exercise but my body just wont let go of the last of my baby weight! a few friends have said they lost their weight when they stopped feeding x

 

[Mervs Mum]

I put 3 stone on and the last 6/7lb wont shift without me doing something properly I'm hoping that's this extra fat store they say you keep will BFing.

 

[Bellylicious]

My weight is just falling off easily. Im not even trying. Im eating like a hog!! Im 7 kgs lighter than I was before I got PG but I was overweight then. And I have an UNderactive thyroid. Yep the weight is also going from bum and thighs easily.

This didnt happen to me last two times I breastfed!! The only difference between then and now is that I dont drink COKE anymore.

 

[dippy dee]

I haven't lost a drop so far so i hope i will wake one morning and 5 stone will have just gone lol

 

[neeks]

....... 12st pre pregnancy my daughter is now 9 mopnths still bfing and i'm 9.5 stone.... i lost all my baby weight in the first week and can now stuff my face whenever i want lol

 

[Cupcakeangel]

I lost all my baby weight really quickly by breastfeeding - actually went down to about half a stone lighter than my pre-pregnanacy weight. Unfortunately I have gradually put that half a stone and more back on again (where did my willpower go?)

 

[Hevz]

Do you know....I hate you all

 

[DolceBella]

I've lost almost 2 stone so far... about 26lbs. I think breastfeeding has helped.

 

[Miss MellyG]

I was 10 stone pre pregnancy & now 10 stone 4.

I know the remainder is because I dont have time to eat properly & end up eating a lunch of biscuits & crisps as they are just there..

But when he was first born breast feeding definately helped. You can feel your uterus contracting back to its original size every time the baby feeds. Such a weird feeling!

I put on 3 stone during pregnancy & lost 2 stone in the first 2 weeks. He was a big un tho at over 9lb!