Weight GAIN

Since having my little girl, I have put in 40 pounds.. I have no idea HOW! I still nurse her daily, but we mostly supplement with formula.
Can anyone relate? Any advice?
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I have the same problem and I also supplement. I wonder if there’s a correlation there since we don’t exclusively breastfeed.

Maybe? I want to stop nursing for my health but my baby loves to nurse.

I exclusively breastfed for three months and gained weight (15 lbs, and im v short) and started losing weight after supplementing

my weight is absolutely not healthy 😔 I weigh 280 now and I'm 5 ft tall. I wonder if my antidepressants for PPD have to do with the weight gain ..

I was 225 lbs when I got pregnant. I gained 25-30 pounds during pregnancy. Technically more with major water retention due to pre eclampsia, but after pregnancy I went back down to 250 lbs. Now I'm 280 😭🥺

I ebf and still gain weight

I was told breastfeeding makes you lose weight faster. BULLSHIT. I EBF and I weigh more than I did at 9 months pregnant. I swear I wanna stop just to lose this weight but I feel it’s selfish 😭😭😭

that's how I feel!

thank you for sharing. It's good to know that we aren't all alone in this

I do HIIT and ebf and I still haven’t lost all my baby weight at 5 months pp.

I was 125 lbs before pregnancy & gained almost 80 lbs during. I lost most of it but im still 150-160 & im struggling

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