Have any of you gained weight after stopping or cutting down on breastfeeding?

Question

I’m 11 months postpartum. I’m down to 2 breastfeeds a day (instead of 8ish), and my weight has been trending upwards big time since I started reducing the feeds 😭

Answer

Yup! When I breastfed I got down to my pre pregnancy weight after a month or so after I gained 60+ during my pregnancy & lost some during the months of feeding but at 6 months I completely stopped breastfeeding my daughter & started to instantly gain weight again!

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With my first I lost a lot of weight, and once I stopped nursing it went right back up to normal. I had to remind myself that I no longer needed to eat enough to feed myself and my baby haha.  I had to eat so much to be able to stay healthy during my breastfeeding journey. This time around the weight has not fallen off as quickly as the first time haha.

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I was so skinny when breastfeeding ☺️ i weighed less than my pre-pregnancy weight while breastfeeding, then it went back up pretty quickly when I stopped.
Two years later and 5 months of quarantining and I’m going to need a personal trainer once there’s a vaccine 😜

Have any of you gained weight after stopping or cutting down on breastfeeding?

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