Following.

I have an almost one year old and am not dropping weight well at all either. So I can feel your pain! However, I am not weaning him yet and he still loves to nurse ALOT.

Hope you find some answers! Just curious, what are your calories consumed each day? I've given up counting them at all, but should probably start again.

Lots of women seem unable to lose weight while breastfeeding. You're not alone and you'll see this if you read through similar threads. You may have to concentrate on feeding first and weightloss after. This is thoroughly frustrating for most, but better than sacrificing the health of the child. Why breastfeeding affects some like this and not others I have no clue. My only advice is if you're confident you're doing everything you should (weighing and measuring food, tracking exercise with a hrm) and it's still not happening then forget it until a month or two after your child is fully weaned. Sounds harsh, yes, but there's no point stressing over it. Exercise for fitness, but if you know you're not likely to lose weight then you'll be less frustrated when you don't, if you see what I mean! No point killing yourself exercising if you know it's getting you nowhere. Sorry, can't be of more help.

I know you know my whole story/struggle Thus I won't rehash it here...

As far as getting your thyroid checked, I considered that for a while (especially because hypothyroidism runs in my family), but that's up to you. The only reason I decided against it is because it can take a while to get your meds right, and I didn't want to be playing around with meds (plus possibly have to get baby's levels checked due to BFing) because by the time I got it right, if it was just postpartum/BFing thyroid issues, it might have straightened itself out. So I decided to let it go for the time being, and if I still couldn't lose after weaning, I'd get my levels checked. So far so good

Can thyroid issues affect your baby if you are breastfeeding?? Like the medicine I take for it. Sorry if this is a dumb question. But my drs never mentioned it. I go to a hematologist and endocrinologist for problems. They knew I was pregnant but not nursing. They never ask me about it. However my endocrinologist wont see me when I am pregnant. He transfers it to my OB.

both my OB and my family doctor had me on levothyroxin post partum and knew I was breastfeeing. I had to get my levels checked every few months, but they didn't ever check my sons. I was on the smallest dose.