Postnatal- April 2011

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

Open to any ladies with babies who are working towards their goals - whether is weight loss goals, workout goals, eating goals, etc. This is a group to ask questions, get support, and keep each other accountable! Let the journey begin!

Posted with the wrong year in the title, sorry!

McFatterton

I would love to be a part of this group! I have one child - my little guy is 4 months

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

As promised this group is up and running, I hope to see many of you girls from the prenatal group real soon! For those of you who were not in the prenatal group I am Sheri, I just had my third child on Friday. I will have to take it easy for a couple weeks before I can exercise but I will be doing the calorie counting for sure in the mean time.

I started my weight loss Journey in July with about 75 lbs that I wanted to lose and at the begining of August I found out I was 6 weeks pregnant. I gained 30 lbs in pregnancy and now am looking to lose 105 lbs, I am in this for the long haul and will make this happen.

I would like to see weekly weigh-ins, there is no specific day as I am sure everyone has a day of preference I just feel that having a weigh in keeps me accountable and motivated. I will be weigh in every Saturday and soon I also think that for motivation we should do weekly exercise challenges. In prenatal had some so I would say 5 days 30 mins, More is good too! Just jump in at any point and we can do this together.

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

I would love to be a part of this group! I have one child - my little guy is 4 months

Welcome Sara, congrats on your little guy! Are you nursing? That is something that I have to figure out with calories and such.

McFatterton

Welcome Sara, congrats on your little guy! Are you nursing? That is something that I have to figure out with calories and such.

Yes, I am nursing - I add it into my diary from the food database - it gives me an extra 500 calories/day since I'm exclusively nursing still.

I would be up for a weigh in day. I'm in two 'competitions' on here and weigh in on Saturdays and Mondays for those, but I'm a scale addict, so any day would work for me

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

I had figured it was somewhere around 500 calories, I had my diary set to lose 2 lbs a week prepregnancy so I changed it to 1 lb a week now and figured I would lose the other 500 calories a day from nursing but will definately eat back exercise calories once I get clearance to do so just to make sure I am not going into starvation.

jamielangner

Yay, way to get things started

I had my second beautiful baby girl on March 26 & I'm unfortunately recently single so I'm *super* stressed right now. I'm also exclusively breastfeeding & so I was wondering how to count calories for that same as you. I probably won't be able to be really active in this group until I get back to work in a couple weeks since the only time I go on my computer right now is sometimes when I'm feeding my baby girl, Hayley Grace. I wish I had more time to myself but I guess that won't be happening for a long time now : /

AmandaR910

Hi!
I'm Amanda, mom to 3 kids (youngest is 3.5 months old). I'm down 51lbs from the day I had him (gained 34lbs with him). I'm 7lbs from my normal pre kids weight and 5lbs from a healthy weight for my height. And between 18 and 38lbs from my goal weight.
My DH is gone right now (military) so my short term goal is 166lbs by May 27th when he gets back (losing 10% in 10 weeks, starting 2.5 weeks ago at 184.4lbs).

mwilson1018

Hey ladies! Bumping for next week - Annabelle is due on the 10th

dragonfly74

Hello ladies!

Hoping to be on here with you really soon! I was 3cm dilated and 50% effaced on Friday. I have definitely been feeling him move into my pelvic area which is never comfortable for me. I haven't had any contractions really so I won't be surprised if he decides to stay comfy cozy for another two weeks. :laugh:

ckmama

I remember Amanda from the prenatal group a while back. Welcome and you're really close to your goal.

My final weight gain from baby was 60 lbs even. I've dropped about 23 of them so far in less than a week. I told ya'll my fluid was bad.

I'm not doing much on the exercise front because it was a section, but my appetite has all but dissapeared.

Having some issues with my inscision, but hoping to get that resolved quickly. I have so much fluid on me from the IV I look worse than when I was pregnant. I guess it will just go away eventually.

The baby likes to stay up and stare at me from 12-3 in the a.m. so a little tired.

AmandaR910

I remember Amanda from the prenatal group a while back. Welcome and you're really close to your goal.

My final weight gain from baby was 60 lbs even. I've dropped about 23 of them so far in less than a week. I told ya'll my fluid was bad.

I'm not doing much on the exercise front because it was a section, but my appetite has all but dissapeared.

Having some issues with my inscision, but hoping to get that resolved quickly. I have so much fluid on me from the IV I look worse than when I was pregnant. I guess it will just go away eventually.

The baby likes to stay up and stare at me from 12-3 in the a.m. so a little tired.

I swelled SO SO SO bad after my c section. With my 1st son I only lost 1.5lbs from delivery morning to the morning I went home (same scale, 1st thing in the morning weight) and this time it was 3.5lbs lol. It does go away, just stay hydrated and watch the sodium.

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

Jamie- Beautiful name for your beautiful baby girl. Hopefully you will get some time to yourself real soon. I feel like there is not much me time and I have hubby here with me. Unfortunately though my two boys are acting out pretty bad.

Amanda- A lot of us are beginning to transition from the prenatal group. You are getting so close to your goal now. What has helped you to stay on track when you have the other little ones in addition to the baby to care for?

Megan- Tell Annabelle that Brooklynn is patiently waiting for her! Cant wait for you to join us

Dragonfly- you are making lots of progress, I had all of that prodromal labor and only started making progress the last couple of days. Apparently whatever you have is contagious though because once it started the “real thing” this baby flew out in about 5 hours and was barely caught.

Katrina- I hope you get to feeling better, we have a long journey ahead of us to get to our goals. We made it through pregnancy and that was just half of the battle. Now WE WILL lose the weight we had set out to get off of us! Brooklynn was up for a good while as well, poor thing was gassy. My aunt told me that it was because I ate broccoli for lunch, not sure if that is possible.

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

I swelled SO SO SO bad after my c section. With my 1st son I only lost 1.5lbs from delivery morning to the morning I went home (same scale, 1st thing in the morning weight) and this time it was 3.5lbs lol. It does go away, just stay hydrated and watch the sodium.

That is good to know, I was wondering how I was only down 8.8 lbs 48 hours postpartum after delivering a baby who weight 8lbs 3oz ,all of the placenta, ect. My hands, legs, everything is swollen and I can't stand it! I guess the best thing is to drink lots of water?

MaKisMom

Hi, can I join? I had my 3rd baby and only boy on Dec 23, 2010 (so he's just over 3 months). My other 2 are 5.5 and 3 years old. I started out my pregnancy with him 10lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight with my girls. I gained 30lbs exactly with him, and have 6lbs more to go. I am exclusively breastfeeding, so adding in about 300 extra calories a day. Not sure, maybe that's not enough?

I had a c-section, too, and I hardly lost any weight right after he was born. I was 142 the day he was born, when I got home from the hospital, after delivering a 7lb12oz baby, I was still 136. It made no sense to me at all. But, in the next week or so I lost another 10lbs.

MaKisMom

Sorry, double posted ;-)

tahmed

Hi Mommies! Bumping - Hoping to join you all within the month!

LynnW52

Just popping in to say hello!


Sheri - Hope little Brooklyn is doing well! Sounds like you're still hanging onto some water weight. I'm guessing you'll see a huge loss within the next couple of weeks once it starts to drop.

Katrina - Hope little Logan is doing well too! And I hope that any trouble you are having with your incision clears up soon, I remember you saying what a hard time you had after your first c-section.

Hello to everyone else and keep up the good work!

Can't wait to join you all in a couple months!

curleesam

Hey ladies!

I have a beautiful 6m old daughter who is already crawling round fast and standing up an climbing EVERYWHERE! I'm being kept on my toes...

I hit my pre pregnancy weight last week so was really happy with that. I'm now striving to lose another 11lbs to hit my ideal weight hopefully by June.

Good luck everybody!

AmandaR910

I swelled SO SO SO bad after my c section. With my 1st son I only lost 1.5lbs from delivery morning to the morning I went home (same scale, 1st thing in the morning weight) and this time it was 3.5lbs lol. It does go away, just stay hydrated and watch the sodium.

That is good to know, I was wondering how I was only down 8.8 lbs 48 hours postpartum after delivering a baby who weight 8lbs 3oz ,all of the placenta, ect. My hands, legs, everything is swollen and I can't stand it! I guess the best thing is to drink lots of water?

I drank a gallon a day and stayed under 1500mg for sodium. I lost 24lbs in 4 days lol.

ckmama

I'm down 27 lbs in a week:drinker: Last night I was able to lay on my left side for the first time. I know that helps with fluid. It looks like I have a hint of ankles showing:laugh:

That IV fluid plus all the fluid from the baby was crazy. They had to change the drainage for fluid bucket out 2 times in surgery.:sick:

I called the doctors office today because I think my incision is opening slightly. They are going to see me in the morning. They wanted me to come in today, but I'm not driving and there's noone to take me. So I figure it will be okay until tomorrow.

Sheri--I so believe the broccoli will give the baby gas. There are lots of veggies they say to avoid during nursing. I won't eat it right now just because the gas has been so bad on me from the surgery.


I didn't lose any weight not 1 oz. after I had my first son via section. I also didn't have appetite loss like I have now. Plus my hormones seemed to be much worse afterwards. So far this process has been very different. Now to just keep my incision issue under control and it will all be fine.

I can't wait to start exercising again.:flowerforyou:

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

Makismom- Welcome! Great progress already

Amanda (Tahmed)- I hope that the time with your mom and the shower were GREAT! Looking forward for you to join us after your little guy arrives.

Lynn- Thanks, as of this morning I look about 4 months pregnant so I guess that something is starting to happen. I am having a hard time staying away from the scale but decided that I WILL NOT weigh myself more than once a week, I do not want to get obsessed yet.

Curleesam- Welcome, sounds like you got a real handle on it!

Amanda- I had a huge loss with my boys by the time I came home, but this time I was supposed to get a tubal ligation the following morning so they pumped extra fluid in me just before I left. I have an umbilical hernia and the ob on call refused to do surgery, she said it was too risky so needless to say I was filled like a turkey for no reason.

Katrina- 27 lbs? that is GREAT, see you said you don’t loose weight right after a baby. You are almost a third of the way to your goal already! The baby has an appointment this morning to check and see how she is feeding and such, I already drove my son to school. If I was closer I would drive you! I actually feel GREAT, after the last 4 months of bed rest and all I couldn’t be better and have not stopped smiling! You hadn't decided on nursing prior to delivery, did you decide to go with it?

AFM- second night home with the baby went pretty good as well, she seems to be a self soother and only needs me to feed her. I get a good 3-3 1/2 hours in before she wakes the first time, she goes for a good 30 min feeding before bed. After that she seems to pass out on the breast after only about 10-15 mins and nothing can wake her. Once that happens she is up every 1 1/2-2 hrs for a feeding.

AmandaR910

My three kids are attempting to give up sleep for some reason.
I cannot wait for my DH to be home and have some help.

I think my middle one has strep (he's had a cold for almost a week, no change) so we'll be going to the DR today. Poor kid.

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

My three kids are attempting to give up sleep for some reason.
I cannot wait for my DH to be home and have some help.

I think my middle one has strep (he's had a cold for almost a week, no change) so we'll be going to the DR today. Poor kid.

Oh man, strep is so painful, I hope he gets better soon and that you can get it cured without it spreading to the other little ones.

McFatterton

I also agree that broccoli will give your baby gas. I know it gives Redmond gas.....but beans are the worst for him. Unfortunately, I'm a vegetarian so both of these are big parts of my diet. I have drastically reduced the amount of beans I eat though. I give him gas drops every night when I'm giving him his last feeding and that really seems to help. I swear by Gripe Water!

jamielangner

I'm sorry to hear that some of your older ones are acting out. The one good thing about my situation right now is that my daughter is doing AMAZING with her new little sister. I'm amazed that she has been so great, giving her loads of hugs/kisses, helping change her diaper, and dressing her. My older daughter (Brielle) actually saw that the younger (Hayley) did not have socks on so she actually took off her own socks to put them on her! Love that little girl SO MUCH!!!

curleesam

I'm sorry to hear that some of your older ones are acting out. The one good thing about my situation right now is that my daughter is doing AMAZING with her new little sister. I'm amazed that she has been so great, giving her loads of hugs/kisses, helping change her diaper, and dressing her. My older daughter (Brielle) actually saw that the younger (Hayley) did not have socks on so she actually took off her own socks to put them on her! Love that little girl SO MUCH!!!

SUCH a cute picture!!!

curleesam

I also agree that broccoli will give your baby gas. I know it gives Redmond gas.....but beans are the worst for him. Unfortunately, I'm a vegetarian so both of these are big parts of my diet. I have drastically reduced the amount of beans I eat though. I give him gas drops every night when I'm giving him his last feeding and that really seems to help. I swear by Gripe Water!

LOL I didnt notice any of that when I was breastfeeding! Now that I am weaning her I have seen a definite change in the appearance and SMELL of her stools though......pooooo eeeeeeeee! LOL

mwilson1018

SUCH a cute picture Jamie!!! LOVE IT!!

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

I'm sorry to hear that some of your older ones are acting out. The one good thing about my situation right now is that my daughter is doing AMAZING with her new little sister. I'm amazed that she has been so great, giving her loads of hugs/kisses, helping change her diaper, and dressing her. My older daughter (Brielle) actually saw that the younger (Hayley) did not have socks on so she actually took off her own socks to put them on her! Love that little girl SO MUCH!!!

That is the cutest! The boys are doing much better, I think the problem is that with them being 7 and 4 (this saturday) I did not expect the jealousy. I notice that since the visitors have stopped and Brooklynn has become just another member of the household everything is fine. My younger son just couldn't wait to do yardwork with daddy!

ckmama

I've been having major jealousy issues with my 8 year old. I thought I was going to go mad. :sad: But we've been trying to work it out.

I went ahead and drove yesterday, eventhough I'm supposed to wait the 2 weeks because of surgery...it is supposed to be 3, but my son needs to be back in his routine.

My inscision looks good the nurse practitioner says, so I'm just going to continue to take it easy and live on the bed and couch as much as possible and hopefully it will heal sooner than later. She said no exercise till 6 weeks, except light walking. I did that yesterday to get to the doc's office and then went to target for a few minutes and regretted it last night, lots of clotting and abdominal pain, just glad I bought my post partum belt it helped with support.

I'm loving getting on the scale and dropping weight. That is fun, would be great if it did this all the time.

Sheri--I decided not to breastfeed. My fears from my experience with my last birth and recovery just lingered too hard. I think it has worked out to be the best descision so far. He is taking to it well.

Jamie-- that is a precious picture.

I'm going to start logging today. It is hard when you have foods that you don't really know what is in them. But my husband went to the store last night and bought me some fruit and salad stuff.

My urge to eat is gone. I'm sure that will pass. But yesterday I had my first craving for something...a Dr. Pepper. :blushing: