All you super mega pregnancy weight loss folks

actresscye · June 2011

I noticed that a lot of people are losing a ton of their baby weight in the first couple of weeks or so. How was your weight loss when you arrived home from the hospital? I got home and thought I would have dropped the baby lol and got home and only dropped 5-7 lbs. I'm also really swollen too. I see my belly going down with the belly band. Should I see more weight loss once milk maybe comes in? Or did I just become a super fat a&% during pregnancy?

PurdueMama14 · June 2011

When I was in the hospital, I thought I was going to look pregnant forever because I had only lost a few pounds since I was still really swollen and carrying a lot of water weight. Once I got home and started pumping and moving around more, the weight started coming off. I've now lost 30 lbs. and LO is just about 2 weeks old. (I gained 57 lbs. during my pregnancy though so I still have a long way to go. Embarrassed )

luckyluvr · June 2011

The first few days, I didn't lose much. After 2 weeks I was down over 20lbs. (I gained 50 so still a way to go). At 1 mo. pp, I'm down 24, but I haven't had much physical activity due to c/s. Once I'm cleared to exercise, I expect to be able to be down to normal by Aug./Sept. With my other two, I gained 65 with each pregnancy. With just watching my portions and exercise, I lost it all with each within 3-4 months.

CarlaAndJames · June 2011

Sounds like it is probably water weight if you're swollen?

I lost 14 in the hospital and 9 more in the week (omg, a week!! Where did the time go?) since we got home. But I gained 40, so I've got a ways to go too!

ak1234 · June 2011

For me, I think most of the weight I gained was fluid. I am down 35 of the 40 pounds that I gained, but I gained 15 of that in the last 3 weeks of pregnancy, and didn't gain any weight until I was about 20 weeks.

That did NOT happen the last time. It took about 6 weeks until I had 7 pounds to lose.

ShangriLaRose · June 2011

Truthfully... I looked bigger after delivery than I did right before my c-section,thanks to all the swelling from surgery. (I also had a tubal ligation done on top of the c-section, so I was REALLY swollen.) That, on top of all the fluids they pumped me with in the hospital... I finally had cankles! (I never had ANY swelling anywhere when pregnant.)

The first 5 days pretty much stayed the same... 3 days ago was when it noticeably started going down. Tuesday I was weighed at WIC at 130 lbs (15 pounds lost out of 25.) And even just yesterday, it visibly looked like the swelling was still going down. I'm breastfeeding, too... other than that, I'm not allowed to do much thanks to the C/S. I'm eating lots of small meals throughout the day. (I couldn't find the time for a big meal even if I wanted to!)

But with my DS, the weight never came off this fast... so I'm amazed and very very happily surprised.

just kita · June 2011

I was down -12 lbs when I got home from the hospital, -20 one week pp and -24 now. I was 30 lbs overweight to start with though and gained another 30 lbs during pregnancy. I'm also pumping 8-10x a day so I guess that is helping.

M&M227 · June 2011

I weighed myself for the first time at 1 week PP, and was down 16 lbs. Not sure when I lost it. At two weeks I was down all my weight plus one extra pound (I gained 25 lbs).

Good luck I was swollen for 5 days I think.

pmpkn219 · June 2011

I weighed myself on the way out of the hospital and was only down 8 lbs. My baby alone was 8 lb 4 oz, not counting AF and placenta and all! I was also probably up about 3 L of fluids, and my feet barely fit in my shoes...

About day 4 PP I noticed my ankles looking more shapely, and by a week they looked normal. I don't have a scale at home, but I bet even with the milk I'm down a good bit more now.

supermom83 · June 2011

First day back from the hospital I weighed myself and I was only down 2 lbs! I was pretty bummed because I had given birth to a 6lbs baby but I was super swollen. My whole pregnancy I had gained 10lbs, and so far at almost 3 weeks PP I've lost 12 lbs. I was overweight to begin with so I still want to lose another 30lbs then I'll be happy!

asl71476 · June 2011

When I came home I had mad cankles - presumably from all the fluid I had pumped into me during the hospital stay. When I had gone IN to the hospital I had my "regular feet." (I had been getting daily foot massages from a friend of mine that's a massage therapist, and she worked wonders on my feet!) I gained about 40 pounds during pregnancy - and had an extra 20 on my frame from a great summer of weddings, including my own. I've now lost about 22 pounds since being home (LO is almost 4 weeks). I also joined Weight Watchers this week to help keep me on track with my weight loss. I'm following their plan for nursing mothers. A few days PP I was really focused on my own body and panicked that I wasn't losing weight. It will come off, but I think for the first few weeks, focus on your baby and getting sleep where you can. Adding in the stress of trying to lose weight right after you come home can be a recipe for disaster!

Ambeerose · June 2011

Im pretty sure I lost 15lbs the 1st wk and then 18lbs in the second wk. I was down 33lbs 2wks pp (which was AWESOME!!) total weight gain was 42lbs, that did not happen with ds1. I know most of the weight loss was fluids though because I had major swelling in the final month I was pg and it all went away about 1wk pp (normal, skinny ankles and legs again!) With ds1 I only lost 20lbs total and had gained 37lbs, never lost it all.... I plan on losing the last 9lbs and lots more to get to my old, old weight before babies lol

AeL347 · June 2011

I am one of the really lucky (& blessed) ones who lost 16lbs in the first 4days... only 8 more lbs to go. I did work out (bike, lift weights, and walk) during pregnancy, so maybe that helped me... in time and with some work I hope the rest of the weight will come off - as it did with DD.

waterfall11 · June 2011

I didn't step on a scale until about 5 days after she was born, but I was very swollen for a couple days after getting home. By one week I had lost about 30 of the 40lbs I had gained and have stayed there since

Turtle143 · June 2011

supermom83:
First day back from the hospital I weighed myself and I was only down 2 lbs! I was pretty bummed because I had given birth to a 6lbs baby but I was super swollen. My whole pregnancy I had gained 10lbs, and so far at almost 3 weeks PP I've lost 12 lbs. I was overweight to begin with so I still want to lose another 30lbs then I'll be happy!

This was me except I was only down 6lbs! I retained a lot of water too! I can't remember when I started to weigh myself but next thing I know, I was down 15lbs.

Now I'm down 20lbs and still got 15lbs to lose! I gained about 35-37lbs. I have no idea how to lose weight! I never had to. People tell me I'm going to lose it all in no time. Can that time be in like....6 more week until I go to a wedding???

JuneBugsMommy · June 2011

The day we came home from the hospital I weighed myself and I had lost 10 lbs, LO was 8.4 at birth. My milk came in that night. The next time I weighed myself, a few days later, I was down 14 lbs. I'm currently down 23 lbs at 12 days pp.

luvbeingmom · June 2011

after my cs when i got home, i wasn't down any weight at all. but i was also swollen and carrying weight from all the fluids

as of today, 13 days pp, i'm back to pre-pregnancy weight, which was a total loss of 12lbs. i didn't gain much since i'm already overweight

so once i'm cleared for exercise i hope to lose some extra weight!

MammaBear81 · June 2011

Turtle143:
supermom83:
First day back from the hospital I weighed myself and I was only down 2 lbs! I was pretty bummed because I had given birth to a 6lbs baby but I was super swollen. My whole pregnancy I had gained 10lbs, and so far at almost 3 weeks PP I've lost 12 lbs. I was overweight to begin with so I still want to lose another 30lbs then I'll be happy!
This was me except I was only down 6lbs! I retained a lot of water too! I can't remember when I started to weigh myself but next thing I know, I was down 15lbs.
Now I'm down 20lbs and still got 15lbs to lose! I gained about 35-37lbs. I have no idea how to lose weight! I never had to. People tell me I'm going to lose it all in no time. Can that time be in like....6 more week until I go to a wedding???

This is me too! Only down 6 after leaving the hospital, and I had a 7 pound baby! I'm now back to pre pregnancy weight, but I still have 30 to get back where I want to be.

kas80 · June 2011

When I first got home I hadn't even lost the full weight of the baby because I was so incredibly swollen. By two weeks PP I was 5 lbs less than my pre pregnancy weight. For reference, I gained 27 lbs total during the pregnancy.