How long did it take you to return to prebaby weight?

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I’m 7 weeks pp and have plateaued being 18 lbs above prebaby weight. I had only gained 38 lbs during my pregnancy which is pretty close to standard and have been EBF so I just don’t get it. I will add that I had an unplanned c-section and it has been really cold here so we have been couped up in the house. Anyone have any advice as to how to loose the remaining weight? I have never struggled with my weight nor have I ever been this big so I feel so gross right now 😔. I really thought I would have lost most of it by now.

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I was 124 pre baby had my baby went to 140 then about amonth later I was 165. Now I'm one 157.  So never...!

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Still waiting 😩 i was 125 then went up to 150 during pregnancy. Now I’m 6 months pp and at 135. I love the extra weight but I’m just trying to lose the flat stomach

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Yeah...my experience was the first 2 weeks are free weight loss, after that the rest of the weight loss is going to take work - even if you are breastfeeding.  
There seems to be a small window where weight loss happens when you breastfeed. If you don’t eat enough, you won’t lose weight.  If you eat too much (which can be easy to do even with 500 extra calories a day), you won’t lose weight.
I had to count calories, but I couldn’t really work out until after my babies were a year without it impacting my supply.

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It took me two years to loose the 80 pounds the first one put on me, and I only got down to 140 with the second one.

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About a week. I had GD so I didn’t gain a ton (about 23lbs). After having her (8lbs 9oz) and all the fun stuff that comes out during labor I was down about 15 lbs so only had about 7-8lbs to lose which came off with breastfeeding

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he's 10 months and I still haven't lost it all, nor do I think I will. I don't work out , and I'm not trying to loose it. I'm like 4 pounds short of my pre-baby, it's been that way since he came out.

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I’m 6 weeks pp and I have 20lbs to lose still. Preferably more like 25 though because I still had the remaining 5lbs from my first baby. Had them 18 months apart so my body didn’t get much of a break. 😬

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I was 130 before got up to 168 now five months postpartum I’m 138

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This is pretty much the same thing that happened to me. I didn’t get back down to my pre pregnancy weight until I stopped breastfeeding 13 months later. It sucked.

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Lol 15mo, after I stopped breastfeeding and started working out again.

How long did it take you to return to prebaby weight?

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