Hi :flowerforyou:

Hello!!

Hello! I think we just make posts about breastfeeding related issues, challenges, stories, etc?

How long has everyone been breastfeeding?

My son is 4 months old and has never had formula... We're just now starting him on a little cereal. :happy:

Hey ladies! I am a 28 year old first time mom of a handsome little 8 month old boy I gained 50 or so lbs during my pregnancy, so here I am at a plateau and I've got at least 10 more lbs to lose (lost 24 using my old and out of date Weight Watchers resources!) I'm wondering if I'm just doomed to hang onto the extra weight until we are done breastfeeding, but myfitnesspal is sort of my last resort before I give in to that line of thinking. How long have you all been using this site? Have you had much success?

Im jessica. I have three children now. My oldest is 6, my middle is 4 and my new little guy is almost 3 weeks old. Im exclusively breast feeding and he actually is my first only breast fed baby. I lost 50 lbs before I got pregnant with him and gained back 40 being pregnant. Im down 20 so far and Im hoping to atleast get back to pre pregnant weight. I have alot to go. I gained over 60 with my first and just held on to all of it untill I lost that 50 before getting pregnant this last time. I worry most about counting calories and causing my supply to go away so I think for now Im just portion controlling and cutting out the bad things. I have a hard enough time getting to eat these days with nursing and taking care of my other two. I also "e"school my 6 year old at home so we are quite busy.

I am so glad someone started this group! I have 20 pounds to lose and i love this site! I'm 23 years old and i have been married to my awesome husband for 3 years. We have two sweet baby boys, my oldest is turning 2 on November 19 and i just had a baby September 2. I have been pregnant or breastfeeding for all but 4 months of our marriage. I have always been pretty athletic and in sports and in great shape. I ran a marathon to lose the weight after my first born but got pregnant shortly after and have barely worked out since that marathon on September 19, 2010. I gained 45 pounds during this last pregnancy and although i am EBF i feel like it is coming off slower this time around. I joined an all womens boot camp and that has really jumpstarted my eating healthy and my weight loss and i love that this tool makes it so super easy! Can't wait to get to know everyone!

Hi all!

I am a SAHM to my 5 year old son (O) and 3 month old daughter (A). Both were delivered via c-section. I was able to breastfeed O for one year, and hope to do the same with A.

While pregnant with O I was able to workout until a few days before delivery. I ran a half-marathon a few months before getting pregnant with A and hoped to continue running during pregnancy, but wasn't able to because of sickness and injury. Oddly enough, my half-marathon was exactly one year to the day before A was born. Aside from toning, my fitness goal is to be able to run another half by her first birthday (Sept 2012).

I have about 15 lbs to lose, and lots of toning to do!

Hi ladies,
My name is Natalia and I am currently nursing baby #4 who will be 8 months tomorrow. I have a fairly small weight loss goal but can use all the support I can get.

Hello everyone. I am a SAHM of 3. My newest baby was 5 weeks on Monday. I am looking to shed my baby weight once and for all. I am struggling with finding the right number of calories so that my supply doesn't suffer but still allows me to shed weight. Any suggestions and support are welcome.

You can let MFP set your calorie goal just like it normally does, then go into your food diary and click 'add food' and search 'breastfeeding'. There are several options, if you are breastfeeding exclusively (no formula, no solids) you can choose the option that says 'exclusively' and add it to your food diary, and it will bump up your calorie goal by 500 calories to account for that added energy needed for breastfeeding. You have to do this every day, but after a couple of times it starts showing up in your 'most used' list so that it's quick and easy to add. And when baby starts taking some solids or formula and not nursing quite as much, you can start choosing the 'breastfeeding - mom of older baby' option which adds only 300 calories onto your goal. Hope that helps. :-)