How much weight have you kept on after giving birth?

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I started at 153, gave birth at 197, and now 3 months later I’ve plateaued at 170. I’m getting bloodwork done this week to see if I’m still postpartum anemic. 
If I’m doing better with my anemia, I plan to start my February doing Keto Diet 💪 and cardio 💪
Last time I did Keto I went from 165 to 143 🙌🤞

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I’ve been told that breastfeeding helps you drop weight rapidly. My mother did not breastfeed, so she had a ton of extra baby weight and had to go on a very strict diet to drop it. My breastfeeding friends went back to fairly normal pretty rapidly. Not sure how accurate that all is.

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Breastfeeding can make you retain 5-10 pounds since you can’t really eat fewer calories than your body wants (produce less milk). After I stopped breastfeeding I did intermittent fasting and lost the last five pounds in a month. Don’t stress too much about losing the weight.

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Started at 160lb. By 20 weeks pregnant I was down to 145 due to all my morning sickness. I delivered at 185 and was 165 the day I got home from the hospital. I’m now 10 months post partum and exclusively breastfeeding and plateaued at 140I lost more than I planned due to PPD and D-MER. I’m starting to exercise more now so I’m hoping I’ll tone up and maybe gain a little more muscle. Some days I feel a little too skinny.

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Before my 1st pregnancy I was 110; I gained about 35-40 lbs during. After birth I dropped 20 before leaving the hospital(that was all baby and fluids). Then over 2 months I was back to prepregnancy weight. I lost more later and started this pregnancy at 102(2 years later). Everyone is different and it can take a year to lose baby weight. I breastfed and that helped get back to normal. Even though I lost weight quickly My, My sister in law was smaller after giving birth than before her pregnancy, which is crazy!!! Try not to let other people's journey pressure you. It takes 9 months to grow it takes time to lose. Especially early on where your uterus still has to shrink back.

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Started at 114
Dropped to 107 in the beginning
Maxed out at 132 
Back down to 115 within 3 weeks of giving birth
Same for baby one and 2
My second is 16 months and I’m 105
Not doing anything. Just breastfeeding and anxiety mostly 😂

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With my first I was at 130lb nausea made it to where I lost 10lb finished my pregnancy at 150lb. I ended up at 120 after a few months. It wasn’t fun at all losing the 10lbs due to nausea but baby was okay so I was okay. Now I’ve started pregnancy at 120lb and I haven’t gained anything yet. Currently in month 4 so far baby is grow the way baby should so I’m trying not to worry.

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I started around 100 pounds or so, maybe less. I was underweight but ended up gaining 87 pounds during my pregnancy (a majority of it was water weight but I did still gain a lot of body fat) and kept about 40 of it. I started trying to lose around 15 pounds at about 6mo postpartum but got pregnant again the month after 😂

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Started 140 gave birth at 180 and stuck at 160, got pregnant 2 months later and gave birth at 200, now stuck at 180 :(

How much weight have you kept on after giving birth?

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