Does breast feeding help you lose weight?

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Along with a reasonable diet and moderate exercise, of course. Who’s lost a good amount of weight from breast feeding? 
(Of course I won’t be breast feeding just to lose weight, but it’s an added perk if it works!)

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I had no food cravings during pregnancy and normal weight gain... then came breastfeeding and it made me crazy hungry all the time for a good 6 months... no weight loss for me but once the cluster feedings went down so did my need for constant eating

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I couldn’t lose the last 10 lbs until I weaned my son

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I find it helps but the last 10lbs or so hangs on no matter how much I work out or how healthy I eat.

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I didn't lose weight per se (I was back to pre-pregnancy weight immediately after delivery with all of my kids so far) but breastfeeding did help me to recover some tone in my abdomen due to all the contractions id get from it. this was my only real way to exercise that area the first 6 weeks due to c sections. I lost weight easily when i tried after weaning all my kids though. babies and toddlers definitely keep you busy.

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I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight within a month. I could feel my body contracting whilst breastfeeding for the first week and it was painful (especially more so with the second baby). After that my belly bounced back and I was back in my jeans after a couple of weeks.
I will say that I hardly put much weight on though because I had morning sickness through the entire pregnancies. 🤢
My weight was mainly water retention.

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I do not lose weight while breastfeeding. I'm not sure why, but I hold onto weight more while nursing. My mom was the same way.

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Nursed my first for 13 months. Took me til 7 months to get to my PP weight! By a year, I had lost an additional 5 lbs. I can’t say that it was solely due to nursing though, as I ate well and exercised often!! 
Here’s to hoping I can do it again after baby #2 who gets here in May, because lord knows I won’t have the time to be up in the gym like I was after my first!

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Didn’t help for me. 😞 hopefully it will this time!

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I was back into my pre pregnancy clothes in a month. My boobs were still massive though.

Does breast feeding help you lose weight?

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