Baby Weight Buddies!

nooshi713 wrote: »

Hi moms,

I am pregnant with my first and due in a month. I was just wondering how much weight tends to come off right away after giving birth on average? I have gained 20 lbs so far in this pregnancy. I did start out 25 lbs overweight though.

Thanks!

i think it depends on your lifestyle and age. with my first i was 24 and worked full time (cashier/cook) up until the day he was born, then switched to weekends only, and exclusively breastfed. i only retained about ten pounds if that. with baby number two, i worked two days a week, and exclusively breastfed. kept about ten pounds (plus the ten from the first baby). baby number three, i had to have a sec, and did not work out breastfeed at all. kept a ton of weight. I'm 28 now, so maybe age has something to do with it, but i think lifestyle is the main thing. just stay active and you'll be ok. try to avoid c sec if that's possible. but who knows, some people recover really fast, even from c sec.

mistyrbell9588 wrote: »

nooshi713 wrote: »

Hi moms,

I am pregnant with my first and due in a month. I was just wondering how much weight tends to come off right away after giving birth on average? I have gained 20 lbs so far in this pregnancy. I did start out 25 lbs overweight though.

Thanks!

i think it depends on your lifestyle and age. with my first i was 24 and worked full time (cashier/cook) up until the day he was born, then switched to weekends only, and exclusively breastfed. i only retained about ten pounds if that. with baby number two, i worked two days a week, and exclusively breastfed. kept about ten pounds (plus the ten from the first baby). baby number three, i had to have a sec, and did not work out breastfeed at all. kept a ton of weight. I'm 28 now, so maybe age has something to do with it, but i think lifestyle is the main thing. just stay active and you'll be ok. try to avoid c sec if that's possible. but who knows, some people recover really fast, even from c sec.

Yeah, I am definitely trying to avoid a c-section unless absolutely necessary. I know some of the baby weight is actual baby but some is water weight, extra blood volume, and placenta and stuff. I don’t know how much all of that weighs though.

brisingr86 wrote: »

nooshi713 wrote: »

Hi moms,

I am pregnant with my first and due in a month. I was just wondering how much weight tends to come off right away after giving birth on average? I have gained 20 lbs so far in this pregnancy. I did start out 25 lbs overweight though.

Thanks!

I started about 30lbs overweight pre-pregnancy and gained about 25 lbs. I had a c-section and was back to pre-pregnancy at my 2 week checkup (breastfeeding/pumping). Somewhat similar to @mitz-bitz, I tried watching calories a bit more and had my milk supply drop so I kind of went the other direction and ended up gaining about 15lbs. Congratulations and best wishes for a safe delivery and healthy baby!

Thank you! 🥰

Hi ladies. How was everyone's weekend? How is your week starting out? Goals for the week?

I had a nice weekend, but completely went off the rails diet wise. Way too much snacking/sweets and high calorie beverages, very limited physical activity. Now starting off the week back at square 1. Trying not to get discouraged and get back on track, but it's tough...

Hi ladies, I’ve added several of you and anyone else who finds this is welcome to add me!

I’m 8 weeks postpartum with my second. I’m now a very busy stay at home mom to two under two. I have about 10 pounds to go to my prepregnancy weight. 20 pounds to go to my pre children weight, but I was close to underweight then, so I’m not sure I’m looking to return to being quite that size!

@brisingr86 Still here! I only check the community ~1/wk.
As for weekends, this definitely will not work for everyone, I used to log every single one but it was getting too intense. I like to mostly keep on 'plan' on Saturdays but on Sundays I enjoy yummy food but eat it early on so it can process and I don't feel bloated when I wake up on Monday. It works for me because it avoids burn out or obsession. This probably won't last forever, but for now it's working (:

Stats (:
Height: 5'5"
Before birth: 182 lbs
SW: 169 lbs
GW by end of year: 140lbs
GW in general: 130 lbs

Check-ins:
April 28, 2021 (1 month pp): 169 lbs
May 7, 2021 (6wks pp): 163 lbs
May 25 check-in(~2months pp): 160 lbs
June 4 check-in: 157 lbs
June 15 check-in: 157.2 lbs 🥳 family
June 26 check-in: 153.3 lbs

Still on track and baby girl is working hard to gain it! She's 13.6lbs and 3 months today!

Challenges: I'm definitely not getting the water I'm supposed to (ebf dehydration) and I'm still struggling to get back to a respectable life schedule. Baby still (rightly) takes most of my time, but holy smokes we need to figure out how to get her to nap on her own during the day 😅 the house is an absolute wreck!

mitz_bitz wrote: »

I’m really struggling…

Mamas with newborns - how are you getting exercise in? I’m finding it impossible.

Most days I’m in the eat, play, sleep routine but baby’s sleep is so unpredictable! It could be 1 hour or 10 minutes! I’ve tried to do stroller walks but baby can’t seem to last longer than 20 minutes before crying hysterically wanting to be held.

To make up for the lack of exercise I just don’t eat much. So now I just feel like I’m starving myself which is not healthy or sustainable.

Any advice?

Newborn stage is the easiest when you finally get into the groove of it, I think. It takes a minute to figure out your babies routine, and sometimes, as soon as you get it figured out THEY'LL CHANGE IN YOU! lol just do what you can and give yourself grace when things don't go perfectly. Maybe smaller exercise tasks, like leg lifts while your giving a bottle or short HIIT workouts during naps. Some of them are only like ten minutes and extremely effective. Good luck!! 🙂

@mitz_bitz . Honestly, at newborn stage, I was in survival mode and exercise was not on the agenda. I agree with @mistyrbell9588 that it takes a little time to get the hang of your little's routine and every kid is different. Also, BE KIND to YOURSELF! Especially if you're trying to nurse/pump, make sure you're getting enough calories and nutrition for your body to function (it's doing a lot of healing, and I think will prioritize nutrition of milk over your own body so remember you're getting the leftovers).

If your little doesn't care for the stroller so much, are you able to wear them in a carrier and could you walk that way (also, 20 minute walk is still good!)? With baby exercise ideas: hold them in various positions and do squats (naturally progressive increase in weight as they grow), plank/supermans/saw while they do tummy time (or if they're on their back and you can position so your face is above theirs), (once baby is sitting with support) hold them on your middle and do bridges, kettle bell swings (again, when baby is adequately stable). Will they lay/sit in a chair and watch you do cardio (jumping jacks, skaters, etc)?

I need to be more consistent with exercise. I was trying to do it in the morning while she was still asleep, but she now wakes up on me. Given that it's summer and we don't have a/c, I've just scaled back to a walk around the block.

But just a quick walk isn't doing much for anything except my mood. I'm up 1.7lbs in the last 10 days 😐

@brisingr86

Doing good! I got my evening workout routine locked in. Hubs takes the baby while I do a workout - it’s been awesome!

Also trying to do little mini sessions as y’all suggested - stroller walks, squats, etc.

The weight isn’t falling off but I’m at least maintaining and losing slowly

How’re things going for you??