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Weight Watchers & Nursing

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I started back to WW a few weeks ago to try to get going on this weight loss thing (pregnancy plus oh so much more).  For obvious reasons, if you are nursing, they have you eat more - if you track points, they give you more, you get the idea.

But here's the thing.  I nurse, but my supply stinks.  I nurse and pump and supplement and all of that.  Is my body doing as much as someone who is producing more milk?  I feel like I shouldn't eat as much as someone who produces more, but I have no idea if I'm right or not.  

I'd be surprised if anyone has had experience with my particular conundrum, but I'd love thoughts if you have them.  And if I'm not making any sense, let me know and I can try to explain my weird question/problem.

To give you context - someone at my weight would normally get 38 points plus, and they say to add 14 points if you are nursing.  I'm only adding 7 since I think my body sucks. :)
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  • catsinawindowcatsinawindow member
    I did WW after DS was born. He was about 1 year at the time, I was still nursing him, but not pumping at work. I seem to remember that I got extra points, but not as many as someone who was EBF. Is that still a possibility (BFing but not exclusively)?


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  • rainbowdashhrainbowdashh member
    Did your supply start dropping before or after you cut the extra points down to 7?
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  • chickpea912chickpea912 member
    I've done WW a few times, so I feel like I have a good sense of the program and everything, so I think you're right, @flerlgirl - I think the extra points is to help ensure my supply.  

    I haven't lost much so far, and it seems like my supply hasn't changed much - it's tough, because I started drinking my Mother's Milk tea again, and my supply seems to be maintaining if not MAYBE starting to increase ever so slightly, so it's not like I have a clear cut situation where I can say adding 7 points instead of 14 has a particular affect on my supply.

    My supply sucked before starting WW and it still sucks - so while I'm concerned about making sure I eat enough for my supply to stay "normal," I really want to make sure I'm not eating TOO much.
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    @MegEl85  So I guess I would consider myself part-time nursing?  I mean... I'm giving S every little drop I have in me (still doing the nursing/bottle/pumping dance of hell), so maybe this is what EBF looks like for my body - it still needs extra :)
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  • flerlgirlflerlgirl member
    I read that most BFing mothers are supposed to lose a pound a week at the most to ensure their supply doesn't drop, so I bet that's why the extra points are there.





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    MegEL85 said:

    @chickpea912‌ Also, my hat is off to you. That sounds no fun, and the fact that you have kept it up so long is really amazing!

    Thanks, @MegEL85‌ - honestly, it's just routine at this point so I don't feel like I have any real reason to stop. Is day it's lazy of me to not stop. :)
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    lalala8 said:

    I guess I have a similar question... I posted in the health thread just a second ago. I supplement 2-3oz of formula per day. Since it's a relatively small amount, I'm not sure whether to get on the supplementing or full breastfeeding plan.

    If I were producing half of what he ate, I would switch to supplementing... but since I'm probably producing 85-90% of what he eats, it seems like the supplementing program wouldn't be right?

    I don't know. I'm slightly frustrated by it. I don't want to affect my supply, but I want to drop lbs as quickly as possible. The points they give for breastfeeding seem like a lot...

    In your case, @lalala8‌, I would do full bfing. 2-3 oz is such a small percentage of what LO eats.

    For comparison, S gets between 10-15 oz of formula a day.

    Did they give you numbers for supplementing? Was it 7?
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