Did breastfeeding help you lose weight?

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DISCLAIMER: I’m not considering breastfeeding solely for this purpose. I’m just curious to know other moms’ experience. I didn’t even attempt to breastfeed my son 3 years ago and I regret it a lot. I want to at least try it this time. For all the benefits. I know weight loss doesn’t happen for everyone with breastfeeding. 😊 thanks mamas! 💕

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It helps your uterus contract. So it’d help with the initial stomach size.. and apart from that it does burn calories, but I also ate a lot more for energy so they probably cancelled each other out 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

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I was all belly so maybe that played a role but I lost almost everything immediately after birth. I was just 3 kg more than my pre pregnancy weight. My body held on to those 3 extra kgs though until I stopped breastfeeding, but I was also underweight before I was pregnant so it was kind of good to not go back completely. I never really felt the hunger many breastfeeding moms talk about, instead I had trouble eating those extra calories needed, so that might have played a role too.

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I’d say so I went from 180-120. I weighed 165 before pregnancy. I’ve only breastfed. I eat right and drink water and workout now of course to tone.

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Yes this time but no last time. Last time I GAINED weight. Ugh.

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I breastfed the first 2 months (my son is 4 months). I am now 7 pounds heavier than before getting pregnant. I can’t say if it was necessarily due to breastfeeding or just not having much time to eat nowadays lol but that was my experience with it. Definitely attempt breastfeeding if you’re interested! It ended up not really being for me though - I just didn’t like it.

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Yes, up until she started to wean and then long-term, infrequent breastfeeding caused me to hold on to about 10 lbs

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Yes. I’m 15 pounds lighter than when I got pregnant. And I’m a more muscle now even (which weighs more than fat).

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It definitely helped me but all my weight fell off when I started my period again (7 months PP) but when my LO gets sick and nurses more I can definitely tell.

Did breastfeeding help you lose weight?

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