After birth weight loss

sarbieb · February 2011

I'm a lurker from the March 2011 board and just wanted to see how much wieght you girls lost once you got home from the hospital!?

Please include how much you gained during pregnancy and how much you lost after birth!

Just wanted to see what I have to look forward to!

Jessie_ea · February 2011

I gained 33 lbs. The last time I weighed myself was Last Friday and I had lost 23 lbs. My tummy went down very quickly and I'm just about able to fit into my prepregnancy pants. Hope that helps and GL!

Firedancer1013 · February 2011

I gained about 40 lbs (I think!), and as of a few days ago (we are almost 2.5 weeks post birth), I had lost almost 30. Now, that doesn't mean my body is back to normal, because it certainly looks a lot different than it did before, even at the same weight. None of my jeans fit from pre-pg, so I'm still in mat jeans, but from the side I look ^close^ to normal.

ksyknelvr73 · February 2011

I am 9 days out, gained 47 lbs total and have lost 20 so far.

RumbleLina · February 2011

I gained 25lbs and lost 10lbs of that by the time I left(I was retaining a TON of water though) and now I am 4lbs away from my pre-preg weight.

JessiRaye · February 2011

4 weeks out. Gained about 30-35. I lost 22 pounds very quickly. Eager to get outside and walk off the rest! My tummy is still flabby and I know it is going to take some time to get back into my pre-preg jeans.

sarag0116 · February 2011

I gained 23 lbs and am 2 lbs away from pre-preg weight now. Didn't take me long at all!

StreefToBe · February 2011

Gained 34 lbs, was down 22 lbs within 2 weeks, have about 10 to lose now, i'm just starting to get outside and moving again.

MrsNiner · February 2011

I gained 20 lbs during pregnancy. When I left the hospital, I was still +6 lbs. Now I am less that I was pre-pregnancy.

ReeseM · February 2011

I gained 45 and have lost 25. That is with doing nothing. Just nursing I guess. But don't count on that for weight loss. I held on to 10 pounds extra the whole time I was nursing DD1. Still have it...

I am about 35 pounds from my goal weight. It is cold here right now, and I am not taking DD2 out in it just yet. I may become one of those mall walkers 2x a week when DD1 is in preschool though... if I can guarantee DD2 will sleep through it!

dee1369 · February 2011

Gained 50+ pounds... at four days PP I was down about 15. I haven't weighed myself since, but my belly is receding quickly. I am not actively trying to lose weight though, just going to try to tone because I was underweight when I got pregnant, I'd be fine with keeping 20-30 pounds of it (and my doctor would like me to).

3ltlones · February 2011

I gained 7lbs and three weeks post partum have lost 23lbs.

erbear · February 2011

I gained 35 and lost 30 already.

Sleep2Live · February 2011

I'm 2 weeks PP, not nursing, and I had a c-section, so I haven't been able to exercise AT ALL. I gained 20, have lost 15.

With my son, I gained 50+, I nursed, and it took me 18 months to lose the weight. Totally different experience between the two.

monkey_pants · February 2011

I gained 20 or 21lbs and lost 19 by 8 days PP. I'm EBF and I'm not terribly hungry yet at 12 days PP (think its hormones as I was like that during pregnancy) so I don't think I'm eating the extra 500 calories per day you're supposed to eat when breastfeeding. But my stomach is still a little poufy so I'm not sure if my regular pants will fit just yet.

blossomtg85 · February 2011

I gained 61lbs and lost 40 within two weeks. I left the hospital with twice as much swelling as I came in with. Not sure if it is c-section related or not, but that was my experience.

Swan21 · February 2011

I gained 20 lbs. I lost 10 before we got home, and I still have 4lbs to go.

sarbieb · February 2011

Thanks so much ladies!!! You all have been very inspirational!

wishin&hopin2008 · February 2011

I am 11 days past delivery and I am down 30 pounds at my heaviest point in my pregnancy (which was 2 weeks before delivery) and down 10 from pre-pregnancy weight.

chardonnay24 · February 2011

I gained 23 lbs total and had lost all of it by about 10 days pp. I lost 11 lbs when I came home from the hospital at 2 days pp and A was 7 lbs 4 oz.

daniellepanda · February 2011

I had gained 24 pounds pregnant. By the time I came home from my c/s at 4 days PP I had lost about 20 pounds. By 10 days PP I was 2 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight once all my swelling and water retention was gone, I am also EBF and probably not consuming as many calories as I am supposed too. My pre-pregnancy jeans are still too small even though I weight less because my hips are larger now, and my maternity jeans are huge so I had to go out and buy regular jeans in 1 size larger then before. Also LO was 6lbs 15oz at birth.

mariannerules · February 2011

With DD I gained 37lbs, and lost all but 5lbs within a few weeks pp. By 5 months pp I finally was back to pre pg weight and fit into most my clothes/pants. This time is totally different. I gained 40lbs, and lost 15 by the time I came home. And that is it. I haven't lost anymore yet, ugh. I FF and did with DD too, so not sure what's up with my body this time around.

Danielle42576 · February 2011

I gained 29 and had my little one 2 weeks ago tomorrow when I weighed myself last night I had lost the 29lbs already.

Mrs. Sarah&Micah · February 2011

I gained 35 pounds during my pregnancy. As of a day ago, I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I had my baby two weeks ago.

kapereasd · February 2011

I gained 22 lbs and have lost 14...DD is 2 weeks 5 days old. I lost 10 the day she was born...

starlily313 · February 2011

I gained 22 pounds. I stayed in the hospital 2 days after delivery. When I first got home I had lost only 5 pounds; they had pumped me full of fluids in the hospital. Within two weeks I had lost 17 pounds, which is where I've been ever since. I've been eating a lot of junk food though, because I had GD & was craving a lot of carby stuff & sweets.

My maternity clothes are a little too big and my pre-preg clothes are a little too tight. I feel like Goldilocks right now.

Lucky_Dragonfly · February 2011

just like in pregnancy it depends on your body. I only gained 20lbs with DD. I weighed myself 3 days PP and I had already dropped 12lbs. Or so I thought. I think my scale was being wonky because I weighed myself this passed sunday and I dropped another 3 lbs in a week ( not bad) but wednes it said that I had lost another 8 which is confusing becuase there is no way I could lose 8 lbs in 3days.

Either way the scale is saying I'm 4lbs below my pre-PG weight.

liladelphia215 · February 2011

I gained around 50 lbs this pregnancy (I blame some of the high weight loss on being on Weight Watchers and losing a large amount of weight right before the pregnancy (I basically through the diet out the window, and gained quickly). As of right now (I am over 2 weeks pp), I have lost 30 lbs. I am not sure what I lost directly after she was born. I didn't check my weight until about a week ago.

ang.ela23 · February 2011

DD will be 3 weeks tomorrow. i gained 44 this pregnancy & already am down 26 pounds.

rosesandpeonies · February 2011

I gained 36 pounds with this pregnancy. I went for my one week post partum visit and had lost 18 pounds. I am down 28 pounds now with 8 more to go. I formula feed, also. With my daughter I was 20 lbs under prepregnancy weight at 2 months post partum.

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