S/O WW - Nursing Moms Edition

[humpforfree]

I did after #1. I had followed for awhile before he was born, then re-joined when he was about 8 weeks old. I always had a decent supply that wasn't too touchy or affected by food or exercise, so I may not be the best gauge, but it worked well for me. I used the extra points it gave me as a BFing mom, and there were still some days that I was just hungry at night after my points ran out. Those days I did eat and didn't track it as extra- I would eat a pbj or an egg or something protein-y.
I gained 60 lbs with L and had lost all but about 15 or so by 6ish moths out. I held onto those last lbs until I got pregnant again (was still nursing).
I believe bananapancakes follows/d as a nursing mom as well with success.

[Deleted]

I did MFP while nursing with success. I added 500 calories to my "base". Same premise as WW - if you do it, eat your extra points. You need them.

[jessnpaul]

I was doing WW before I got pregnant. I went with my neighbor who was nursing and she dropped all her weight with those extra nursing points! She does think her supply dropped a little but not terribly. I think it's different for everyone though!

[Velar Fricative]

I joined about 6 months pp and I still lost weight eating my extra nursing points. However, by that point I was supplementing with formula so I cared less than I did the months prior about my supply. I did end up losing my supply completely at 8.5 months pp but by then I had fallen off the WW wagon so WW wasn't the reason for my sudden loss, nor did I notice a decrease during the couple of months or so that I was following the program.

[bananapancakes]

Yes, I started doing WW again when L was 9 months. By that point he was eating solids really well and nursing 4 times during the day and probably 3x overnight. I started by giving myself 7 extra nursing points and then decreased as he continued to drop feedings. He's weaned now so no more nursing points for me.

I lost just over 30 pounds in 6 months but I was off all summer and just restarted again on Saturday.

I don't think it really affected my supply but I did intentionally wait until he was older as that was a fear of mine.

[lo]

I could not count points until around 6 months pp. I tried at 2 months and my supply was affected.