Is it worth it to buy all new clothes?

Question

I’m three months postpartum and have only lost 35 of the 50 pounds I gained. I plateaued around 5 weeks postpartum and haven’t lost anymore weight since. Sadly most of my old clothes don’t fit anymore 🥲 Is it worth it to invest in a wardrobe with my new size? Should I sell/donate all of my old clothes? I’m stuck on what to do. 
I’m EBF and I’ve heard that a lot of women struggle to lose all their pregnancy weight while doing so. (If we’re being honest here I’m not actively trying to lose the weight, but I don’t think my eating habits are any different than they were before pregnancy). Should I expect those extra pounds to drop off once I stop?? 
Also, I got a new job that I’m starting in a couple weeks so I have to get at least SOME clothes that fit. I just don’t know how much. Any advice is appreciated 💕

Answer

I bought clothes after my first because nothing fit and I needed to have things to wear, especially to work. I mostly shopped at thrift stores to save money. I didn’t get rid of any though. Just boxed them up. After my second, I lost all my baby weight and then another 20lbs without trying. I’ve since gained about 10 of it back, but thankfully since I kept all my clothes so I had them to wear.

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I wouldn't buy a whole new wardrobe yet, maybe a few staple pieces. With my first, I efb and didn't fit back into my pre pregnancy clothes until 9 months pp. Now with my second, I'm 13 months pp (he was also exclusively breastfed) and most of my clothes fit, but there are still a few pants/jeans that are a bit tight. I seem to lose a good amount of weight while breastfeeding, but stall out with 10ish pounds that I have to work to get off.

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I don't seem to lose the last bit of weight until I'm done breastfeeding. I went 18 months with my first and I'm on 15 months with my 2nd. I have some bigger sized shorts because it made me feel better to fit into clothes and because I was above my normal for almost 2 years. I just deal when it comes to shirts and usually wear my breastfeeding friendly shirts anyways. I didn't buy a lot (I'm not a big clothes person normally) and usually just wear shirts and shorts.

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By 6 months i was back to my prepregnancy size with minimal effort. I just breastfed, ate generally healthy, drank lots of water. It didnt seem like anything was happening at first then at 6 months i realized the larger pants i bought were not fitting at all

Is it worth it to buy all new clothes?

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