Weight loss/unexplained weight loss?

I was wondering if any other breast feeding Mum's have experienced weight loss at quite a quick rate?

My baby girl is 9 months old now and still feeding around 8-10 times over a 24 hour window and around her three meals. At around 7 months I suddenly lost quite a bit of weight (3-4kg) and it really scared me. I've been to the Doctors three times and had blood work done, a stool test, and a hormonal profile and everything 'seems' normal, but I'm eating A LOT, not really doing any exercise and this weight loss just doesn't feel right.

I know I should just accept that things are fine, but I feel like something else is going on and so I wondered if anyone else had experienced this through breastfeeding as that's what I've been told it's likely down to.

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Heard about intestinal worm ? Thats the only thing i can think of for now if you have checked everything . They do have some medicine to flush them away. If you eat alot but losing alot of weight

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