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A weight loss/gain post - please enter with caution

jensnebjensneb
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I know this is an unpopular topics on the boards but I just wanted to see how others have done in the same situation.

I gained about 10 pounds with my pregnancy.  I was 184 when I got pregnant so that's why I didn't gain too much, I had enough already.

Today, at 2 weeks PP, I am 176 - and I'm delighted.  But my mom keeps telling me its just because I'm pumping and I'll gain it all back when I stop.

So....mom's who pumped or breastfed, is this true or were you able to keep it off when you stopped?  Thanks for bearing with me on this.

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  • FiremansWife2009babyFiremansWife2009baby

    I EP'ed for 5 months, and experience no weight gain when I stopped pumping. I have actually lost more weight since stopping, I sort of held steady for a few months, and now am losing again.

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  • iowandfwiowandfw member

    after i stopped bfing and pumping, is when I started to see a little weight loss.

     

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  • sweetpea7628sweetpea7628
    I was 162 when I got pregnant.  Gain 20lbs total.  Lost it all and then 10 lbs while I was BFing/pumping.  Once I stopped I gained 10lbs back and now I'm back at my pre-pregnancy weight.  I so hope that doesn't happen to you!
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  • DesignsOnYouDesignsOnYou member

    I'm still BF'ing but from my experienced mom friends, they said they only gained weight once stopping because they continued to eat like a BF'ing mom.

    I know I eat a ton of food now and I'm pretty ravenous so this makes sense to me.

    Otherwise, I've heard many people say they lost weight when they weaned since some sources say you hold onto the last 10 lbs when you BF.

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  • JAllen32JAllen32
    I didn't lose any weight from BF'ing. 
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  • stayceestaycee member

    I also had pleny already and thanks to the GD diet only gained 13 during pregnany.   One week PP, I was 13 pounds lighter than when I started (so down 26).

    I've gained the 13 back and am exactly where I started out at.   However, I went through an 8 week phase of pretty much chugging sugar.   Baking cakes, cookies. halloween candy.  sugar cereal every mornig that I would dump more real sugar on.  (I gained 10 pounds back in those 8 weeks)

    I have been EBF the entire time.

    Now, I'm back on "splenda" instead of sugar.  Crystal Light instead of coke, etc...  we'll see how it goes.

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  • iowandfwiowandfw member
    I didn't lose any weight breastfeeding. I only started to lose weight about two months after I stopped.
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