Weight loss

Hi, I’m 7 months postpartum and feel like I’ve gained weight, even fully breastfeeding. Just always want to eat and be energised.

Weight loss will be different for every birthing person. It’s heavily reliant on both your lifestyle and your hormones, which keep shifting and stabilising for even a couple years after pregnancy / birth. For some, they never return to ‘normal’.

As long as you’re feeling well in yourself and receiving all the nutrition you need, I wouldn’t personally be worried. But definitely book a GP appointment just so you have some medical insight and reassurance.

it’s very common for breastfeeding mothers to hold onto weight until they stop. It’s the body’s way of ensuring it has enough excess energy to convert into milk if necessary. I started losing weight but since my baby started weaning, I have started to put it back on. Which I expected to be the opposite 😅

Agree that it will be different for everyone. I gained 10kg during pregnancy (including weight of baby/sac etc). I’d lost it all by 2 weeks post partum.
However, my body composition was very different to pre pregnancy. I’m only now starting to put muscle back on and my skin is getting tighter again

I’ve lost similar weight. I lost 3kg in one month. In total I’ve lost around8kg since giving birth seven months ago. The gp said it is normal for my body but if I continue to lose weight without trying to make an appointment. I was in appointment for something completely different and chucked that question at them about losing weight xx

oh that's reassuring then. Are you still losing weight? in the last couple of months I have stayed the same or lost a little bit

I gained 20kg when pregnant, in the first month I lost 10kg but I'm exclusively breastfeeding so retained 10kg for the first 5 months ish, then started giving baby a few solids and I've gradually started to lose the extra 10kg, I'm now only 6kg heavier than I was before pregnancy, still losing weight