Weight loss post partum newborn period

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Anonymous wrote:Breastfeeding doesn't "melt" the weight off in like two weeks! I was re-reading the La Leche League book recently, and it said "most breastfeeding mothers lose about a lb a month" - a month!! I don't know where this idea came from that breastfeeeding will make you lose all your "baby weight" within 2 weeks.

Also, you have that baby weight for breastfeeding! Why would nature design us to lose all that fat when the baby is 2 weeks old?

Hmm my experience was it did indeed melt the weight off. It was shocking. I gained 50 pounds in pregnancy and lost it all by 4 months postpartum. I did not diet, watch what I ate, or exercise. I just breastfed. I think women who don’t lose the weight are eating more than the extra 500 calories you need to sustain breastfeeding.

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Oh and I should add 50 pounds was a lot for me. My pre-pregnancy weight was 125.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breastfeeding doesn't "melt" the weight off in like two weeks! I was re-reading the La Leche League book recently, and it said "most breastfeeding mothers lose about a lb a month" - a month!! I don't know where this idea came from that breastfeeeding will make you lose all your "baby weight" within 2 weeks.

Also, you have that baby weight for breastfeeding! Why would nature design us to lose all that fat when the baby is 2 weeks old?

Hmm my experience was it did indeed melt the weight off. It was shocking. I gained 50 pounds in pregnancy and lost it all by 4 months postpartum. I did not diet, watch what I ate, or exercise. I just breastfed. I think women who don’t lose the weight are eating more than the extra 500 calories you need to sustain breastfeeding.

Not necessarily. For many, it’s hormonal. I stopped breastfeeding and lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks with no change in my diet.