STM poll about weight loss

[mrsho]

1. How much weight did you lose in the first week post partum?

2. If you did get back to your pre-pregnancy weight, how long did it take you after the baby was born?

[mrsho]

1. How much weight did you lose in the first week post partum? I gained about 45 lbs total and lost 20 lbs the first week.



2. If you did get back to your pre-pregnancy weight, how long did it take you after the baby was born? I didn't really try to lose the rest of the weight until DD1 was 7 months old at which point was I still 14 lbs up, but I kicked my exercise and diet into high gear at 7 months PP, and lost the 14 lbs by 9 months PP.

[MrsDarcy]

1. How much weight did you lose in the first week post partum?

I gained 30 pounds total, and lost 20 in the first week.

2. If you did get back to your pre-pregnancy weight, how long did it take you after the baby was born?

I didn't have a scale at home at the time, but I was back at my pre-pregnancy weight by my 6 week appointment.

[laurack]

I gained 32lbs total last time.

I think I weighed myself 2 weeks PP and was down 20

At my 6 week appt I was still +10lbs

By 6 months I was down to normal weight but my body was not the same. I didn't diet and my only exercise was walking (and breastfeeding/pumping)

[hbear]

I gained about 40 lbs with my first pregnancy. I avoided the scale postpartum for several weeks. I was so swollen from my c-section, my milk was coming in, I just didn't need to see any numbers because at that point it just DID NOT matter.

I can say that by 3 months PP I was in my original clothes with no problems, my pre-pregnancy weight (within at least 5 lbs) and continued to lose weight with breast feeding for another 3-6 months after that. And that was without trying.

[anaps28]

I gained 28 lbs last time. Lost everything but maybe 5 lbs within 2 weeks or so of giving birth. I gained 5 lbs back when I went back to work and was sitting all day though ?
It wasn't the weight that bothered me but the shape of my body was just different. It's more about being comfortable in my clothes than the # on the scale.

[gretchenindisguise]

I'm so bad at remembering this stuff.

I know I was back fairly quickly - back in pre-preg jeans within 4 weeks. Regular work clothes at 6 weeks when I went back. And I kept losing throughout the year with bf'ing.

I used a belly binder thing to help stuff stay in place afterwards and I think it helped.

[speckledfrog]

1. I don't remember
2. I didn't fit back into my pre-preg pants until he was 7 months. I did not do anything to try to lose the weight. I gained 40 lbs.

[blushing]

I gained 28 pounds last pregnancy and I was only 4 pounds up a week after giving birth.

I never ever went back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I developed PPD and I coped with it by eating chocolate and giving up real food. I was eating 4-5 chocolate slabs a day, plus 2-3 packets of chocolate digestives (a type of cookie)every day. The weight piled on even though I was breastfeeding. I have never lost the weight. I tried. I have lost some of it 3 times in 6 years, but basically I am still almost 60 pounds more than I was pre-pregnancy (first time).

[starlily]

I gained 22lbs with my 1st. Lost 5lbs post partum.

I lost the rest of my pregnancy weight by 7 weeks pp.

Then I gained most of it back within two months by upping my calories in an attempt to boost my milk supply. It didn't work for my supply, and I ended up carrying the extra weight for 2 years.

[statlerwaldorf]

1. How much weight did you lose in the first week post partum?  I gained!!!  I was so incredibly swollen after my c-section.

2. If you did get back to your pre-pregnancy weight, how long did it take you after the baby was born?  I was back by 4 weeks pp, but I didn't gain a lot of weight.  I didn't weigh myself between 1 week pp and 4 weeks pp.  However, my body shape changed and I never got back down to my pregnancy size.