I seem to lose lots while BFing but I am only around 50kg normally and put on almost 20kg when pregnant so I have a lot to lose that's not normally there. But I also find it doensn't come off that quickly. I really start to lose more when baby is around 5-6 months old. Maybe because they're getting bigger and hungrier and drinking more. I am always starving when BFing! So I think it must take a lot out of me.
Don't worry, it will happen, there's no rush. It took 9 months to put it on, give yourself at least that to get it off!
I've lost a heap of weight over the last year and I'm not sure any of it is due to breastfeeding!!! The problem with 'relying' on BFing to lose weight is that you don't count all the extra hours you have sitting on your behind when your bub is still so tiny. You simply might not be moving as much as you did pre=pregnancy. I found I started losing weight when I started exercising, but DS was at least 4 months old (I think) by then. Let you body heal before you strain it hun xxxx Enjoy the newborn cuddles and watching bubba grow, that's your biggest job right now, not to lose weight xxxx *hugs*
Oh, I just wanted to clarify that the weightlosss has been slooooooow. Less than 3kgs a month. Some weeks I put on weight.... remember you BBs weigh a fair bit now too! LOL
Last edited by krystals; August 13th, 2011 at 04:23 PM.
I actually put it on while bf (I don't think it as due to bf as I bf until DS was 33 mnths old) but I have lost 10+ kg and realised recently that I lost most of it after I weaned. When I was bf, especially when DS was feeding regularly, I was always hungry and I just don't seem as hungry as I was.
I remember reading that it takes 9 mnths to have a bub and that we should be gentle on ourselves and give ourselves at least 9 mnths before we even begin to worry about that. I think adjusting to life with a newborn plus other kids (or not as was my case) is enough in those early mnths
Gosh, I am five months down the track and wondering when it is going to happen. I am normally about 53 kg, put on 20 kg pregnant, lost 10 kg right away and still have another 10 to go, but I just feel like it will never happen. I have this theory, that it is mother natures way of making sure we have enough fat on us to feed our babies???? Anyway, I am so envious of all those ladies who it just drops off while bf'ing. It usually happens when I stop bf'ing and I have more energy to exercise, etc. At the moment, I am just hungry for carbs and sugar! It will happen...
It really is a myth that weight falls off while breastfeeding. I suspect that the woman who do drop loads of weight are the same woman who can usually eat whatever with no weight gain. I was really keen to loose asap after the birth and went on Jenny Craig when DS was 6 weeks old. I lost 8kg's in about 12 weeks I think without doing any exercise. It was GREAT! I was exhausted and not having to think about food was a lifesaver and I lost weight to boot I did wonder if the weight loss was just due to breastfeeding and if it would have been coming off anyway BUT since going off JC in January (I think) I have only managed to loose another 2kg's myself I still have about 7kg to loose to get to pre preg weight and I wish I could afford JC again!
so I have a lot to lose that's not normally there. But I also find it doensn't come off that quickly. I really start to lose more when baby is around 5-6 months old. Maybe because they're getting bigger and hungrier and drinking more. I am always starving when BFing! So I think it must take a lot out of me.
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I remember reading that it takes 9 mnths to have a bub and that we should be gentle on ourselves and give ourselves at least 9 mnths before we even begin to worry about that. I think adjusting to life with a newborn plus other kids (or not as was my case) is enough in those early mnths 
I still have about 7kg to loose to get to pre preg weight and I wish I could afford JC again!
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