2 months PP weight loss question

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Anonymous wrote:You can also get you thyroid levels checked. Mine went way out of whack while breastfeeding.

Agree with others though- breastfeeding plus second baby. It’s a lot. Black spandex and big cozies sweaters for the win!

Same here! My thyroid is out of wack and I’m not feeling full and just want to eat. Also just breastfeeding. On my 2nd child (VBAC) and the weight isn’t coming off as fast from my first child (csection). How did you get your thyroid levels back to normal?

[Anonymous]

I think you’re doing great and the healthy habits will definitely take the weight off in time. You just had a little bundle so your body went through a ton, give yourself credit for that and for breastfeeding! I gave myself 9 months post partum to take the weight off and it ended up taking me a year but it definitely started getting better once baby started weaning. Good luck and congrats!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You may also be eating too few calories for your breastfeeding + workout routine. Our bodies can hold onto weight if we have too high of a caloric deficit. It may be worth talking to a nutritionist to find out what your caloric needs actually are.

This. And if it goes on too long, it can permanently wreck your metabolism and your body becomes convinced that another starvation cycle is just around the corner and will hold on to every single calorie. I had awful HG, could barely eat and what I did eat I threw up. Lost 20 pounds by 20 weeks, and barely got back to pre-pregnancy weight 3 days before I gave birth. Six week postpartum I was 20 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. Throw in exclusive breastfeeding a ravenous infant, and I hadn't been that skinny since my 20s. And then the bill came due. Around 8 months PP, my metabolism crashed and the weight began piling on. And on and on and on. (throw in a bout of depression for good measure). It's sucked. I just started on thyroid meds, since that bloodwork has shown a slow but noticeable decrease in function over the last 3 years. Hopefully that will help.