Is it true that you lose the baby weight quickly?

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Someone told me you lose weight quickly because you're rushing around taking care of baby. I'll be breastfeeding and a stay at home mom...this doesn't sound right to me. I'm afraid it'll take me a year to lose as much as I want. How long did it take you from experience?

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Just like losing weight any other time: calories in, calories out. Breastfeeding uses up a lot of calories, but if you are eating more too that will affect the equation.

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It depends on diet and your body. It takes nine months to put in it may not fall off very quickly ! But thats ok!

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My first was gone immediately. The last 2 took months

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Lost it by 2 weeks

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Well before I got pregnant I was 150 at the end of my pregnancy I was 169. One week after giving birth I was 154. However I was stay at home mom and I managed to gain weight withing 3 months back to 160. Now I'm 27 weeks pregnant with our second baby and I'm 166. I started overweight so I'm so scared of the results after the baby is born

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I lost all the baby weight plus an extra ten pounds in a week and half postpartum. With breastfeeding, no time to eat much etc. then when we found out our daughter was allergic to breastmilk and had to stop at four months, I gained it mostly back 😢 I had a crappy metabolism before our daughter was born and since then it's just gotten worse. I eat really healthy and small portions and am running around all day but it doesn't look like it which is discouraging.

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Completely depends on your body type and metabolism. I gained almost 60 with my first due to extreme water retention issues, however about half was regular old fat and I lost it in less than 2 months and was thinner than before I got pregnant. It was weird because I usually have to barely eat in order to not gain weight so you just don't know!

Is it true that you lose the baby weight quickly?

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