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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah of course … why would child bearing in itself cause you to gain weight? [/quote]

I have no idea but people post this here all the time. “Oh you’re a mom, you shouldn’t expect to go back to your pre pregnancy weight?” And it’s like…why not?

I say this as a mom to a five year old who has been at pre baby weight and measurements since my kid was 1.5. [/quote]

People say that because they are being kind to a woman who feels bad about herself! Women, especially moms, have a lot more important things to do than worry about being 10 lbs overweight.[/quote]

And as other people have noted, bodies change.  It's more difficult to lose as you age, and with subsequent pregnancies.  Having an experience of[b] one[/b] kid isn't much to base an entire opinion  on the ease or difficulty of post partum weight loss [/quote]

100%. After baby 1, I was back to my normal weight in a month. Much harder after babies 2 and 3. The main thing, though, is how family food culture changes. I'd eat fish or another simple protein with veggies most nights if it were just me. But my kids won't eat that, so I have more cheesy pastas, breads etc. [/quote]

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