9 months PP and still having trouble...

[FrancesMP5 0]

My daughter is 9 months old now and i am still having trouble getting the preg weight off now....I just cant seem to get it to come off...i am nursing so maybe thats it I was told some people dont lose while nursing....i am eating right and not over eating and working out here and there and its just not moving...

any advice???

[ziahmama 0]

Hi Frances,

I am 6months preg and this is also one of my concerns but what i plan on doing is getting my carbs from only healthy carbs so as vegtables and fruits cause i know you have to eat carbs when you nurse but thats what i plan on doing cause i have gained more weight with this pregnancy than any of my other pregnancy and its little scary. i have craved sweets during this preg which i didnt with my other babies. i really hope and pray i lose all my preg weight cause i wanted a Tummy Tuck and was very close to my goal weight.Good luck and i applaud you for breastfeeding.:smile2:

[Banded08 0]

I am right there with you. I have not been on this site in months, but got on today looking for help. My daughter is 6 months, I gained about 45 during pregnancy, lost 15 after about 1 week and then nothing. I exclusively breastfeed so am worried about getting a fill. I started bumping up my working out because I'm so disgusted, but now I am actually GAINING weight. I'm not sure what to do. Who breastfeeds and gains weight?

[Jachut 487]

I will swear blind that at least half of my excess weight was unexplained, dont know why it happened weigh gain from my six years of breastfeeding. It never made me noticeably hungier and I was always very good about long walks every day and not sitting around the house when I had young babies, but I just gained and gained and gained whilst breastfeeding.

I never gained a lot in pregnancy either, well under 20lb, and I always between 15 and 30lb extra before I had babies, that's it. Suddenly after babies it was 100lb! I probably put on40 to 50 from breastfeeding and the rest was me giving up and becoming a complete greedy piggie once I'd lost control of my weight and got too heavy to do a lot of effective exercise.

Its entirely possible its the same for you and if you're not gaining, you're actually doing very well.

[Banded08 0]

I will swear blind that at least half of my excess weight was unexplained, dont know why it happened weigh gain from my six years of breastfeeding. It never made me noticeably hungier and I was always very good about long walks every day and not sitting around the house when I had young babies, but I just gained and gained and gained whilst breastfeeding.

I never gained a lot in pregnancy either, well under 20lb, and I always between 15 and 30lb extra before I had babies, that's it. Suddenly after babies it was 100lb! I probably put on40 to 50 from breastfeeding and the rest was me giving up and becoming a complete greedy piggie once I'd lost control of my weight and got too heavy to do a lot of effective exercise.

Its entirely possible its the same for you and if you're not gaining, you're actually doing very well.

Hi Jachut, I've followed you since I've gotten my band. If you were me would you get a small fill? I can't explain it, I have PCOS and was eating right and working out but still gaining, but after the band it just started coming off. Now in the last two weeks all of my PCOS symptoms are coming back which is really hard feeling bad with a baby. I tried getting a fill about 3 months after delivery and I had to get it taken out because I couldn't even swallow and there was no way I was compromising my breastfeeding. What would you do?

[kurby 0]

Who breastfeeds and gains weight?

i did.

i was 250 when i got married and pg a few months later. i had horrible morning sickness from 6 weeks to the day she was born, lost 30lb in the first and second trimester but gained it all back plus another 20 lb in the third.

after i gave birth i lost 20 lb in about 3 weeks but then from then til i finished nursing at 18 months i gained about 40lbs.

my friends had me convinced that nursing would have the lbs melting away but it didn't

i let dd cut herself off and i'm very very happy we lasted so long i just wish my friends were right.

my fear is getting banded (aug 12) losing weight and getting pg again. with all the morning sickness i had what happen if the band slips while i'm pg?