https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:06:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2288218 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:18:11 +0000 MoonMoon 2288218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted 9-12 months because I weighed the least when LO was about to turn 1. But really, it's been pretty steady for me. I bottomed out at 15 lbs below pre-pregnancy weight, but now that LO is 27 months and nursing a lot less, I'm holding steady at about 10 lbs below pre-pregnancy weight. Not going to lie, I'm really used to this, kind of hoping it's my new normal! Am I nuts?? :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2288210 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:03:24 +0000 Rocker2014 2288210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. I lost 20 of the 30lbs I gained by 2 months PP, and then was stuck there until I re-started birth control at 9 mos PP, when I gained 6lbs in a week. I'm now almost 11 months PP and am nursing morning and night and have just started actively trying to lose weight. I miss my pre-pregnancy clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2288203 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:48:14 +0000 cascademom 2288203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 months postpartum with LO #1. It was when we weaned. I just couldn't seem to get the pounds off while breastfeeding. It's the same thing now. I still have tons of weight right now at 3.5 months postpartum. I seriously don't fit into anything. I eat a lot but am trying to be better at it this time. When we wean, the weight will come off easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2288123 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:07:19 +0000 mrsrugbee 2288123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>0-6 mo was my peak time. I ended up going below my pre-pregnancy weight but gained a bit back as DD started solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2288114 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:58:11 +0000 MCD919 2288114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dropped all of my pre-preg weight by about 3.5 months, but I actually fell to 10 lbs below that around 10ish months pp, which was crazy. DS is nursing about 3-4x per day now at 19 months, and I'm closer to my original pp weight now. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2288111 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:54:25 +0000 blackbird 2288111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost 20 the first month, then was stagnant for a month, then lost 10 more the third month PP (while dieting and exercising). I'm now 4 months PP with 17 lbs to lose and would LOVE if it would just melt off :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287998 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:42:09 +0000 mfa_lady 2287998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost a ton of weight, like you said, in the first two weeks, but then I dropped another chunk randomly at 7 months PP. Right after I'd finally broken down and bought new pants! :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287996 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:40:27 +0000 kgbee 2287996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I held on to 10lbs for 2.5 years until I weaned, regardless of my activity levels during that time. I went from 2 pints of ice cream a week to riding my bike 50 miles a week in the TX summer, with only a 2-3lb fluctuation. My body shape changed, but not my weight! Until weaning, at which point I dropped the 10lbs in 10 days, like it just vanished. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287974 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:10:39 +0000 daniellemybelle 2287974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only lost about 10 pounds PP which was basically LO, the placenta and some water :crying: It stayed like that until LO was about 12 months old. I dropped about 5 pounds without doing anything. Then when I weaned I dropped about 10 more pounds... but it came back. :crying: :crying: :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287901 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:09:58 +0000 autumnlove 2287901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First month. I gained some back when I went back to work after LO 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287808 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:02:56 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2287808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost most of it right away- within the first two months. Lost another 5-8 lbs over the next several months, and held on to the last bit of weight. Was hoping to lose it when I weaned, but I got pregnant two weeks after weaning haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287804 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:00:58 +0000 Woolly Mammoth 2287804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained 40 pounds and had lost 30 by my six-week checkup. After that, I lost weight slowly but steadily until I was 15-20 pounds under prepregnancy weight around a year postpartum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287802 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:00:45 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2287802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was EPing but I was a couple lbs below my starting pregnancy weight at my 6 week PP appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287689 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:47:12 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2287689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost no weight breastfeeding/pumping - i felt like i was still always hungry! After I stopped pumping and finally went back to the gym/weight watchers, I started to lose weight again. (and promptly got a bfp lol) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287673 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:35:35 +0000 mrsjyw 2287673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My weight loss was slow and steady from the get go! I was one of the lucky ones that prolactin makes my body hold onto weight! I think I lost the most around the six month mark up to 9 months where I lost the last of it. I lost more after a year of bfimg around the 18 month mark and was under bfp wt.</p> <p>This time I've plateaued at 13 lbs away from bfp weight. I'm 2 months pp and hoping I can shed it all by 4-6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287663 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:27:37 +0000 Freckles 2287663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the weight loss seemed gradual. I'm at 9 months post partum and below my pre-pregnancy weight (even below pregnancy #1). Most of the weight loss probably came off at the beginning and then it went down steadily from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287603 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:53:33 +0000 winniebee 2287603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't totally remember but I didn't lose much from 6 weeks to 4 months post partum. I had 10 lbs that wouldn't quit. I lost a lot at 5/6 months post partum and was at pre preg weight by 6m and was under pre pregnancy weight by 7 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287590 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:48:27 +0000 californiadreams 2287590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think it was halfway through the first year - I lost 20 pounds by then (looking back i should have been happy, but my goal was 40). That did also coincide with summer though and i was outside walking and moving about a lot more than in the winter. I gained it all back when i went back to work after a year :( Hoping to do things differently this time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287580 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:43:09 +0000 jh524 2287580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It started to come off easily at 9 months! I didn't focus on weight loss to quickly, just busy bf-ing and it came off slowly but once I hit 9 months I lost all baby weight and am 10 lbs less than before I had lo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287517 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:58:07 +0000 snowjewelz 2287517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost most of it within the 1st 3 months but there are just 10 lbs that WON'T GO AWAY! DD is 9 mo and I'm still nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287417 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:19:49 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2287417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted the first option but I hunk I also lost weight when I went back to work at 5 m! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287398 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:12:30 +0000 ineebee 2287398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost most of it during the first 3 months. After that, maybe 5 more pounds and now at 5.5m PP I'm stuck at 5 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. It's not budging! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287320 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:20:46 +0000 Corduroy 2287320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1 I dropped almost all of it immediately. With LO2, 3 months, it seemed like the weight shifted post partum. My stomach was almost back to normal flatish (but droopier) a few weeks post partum. But my arms and legs have gotten bigger. I don't even fit into my maternity pants :sad: I thought my thighs got bigger with LO1 but I wasn't sure if it was perspective. This time I'm sure they are bigger than during pregnancy. I'm hoping this is BFing related and ends soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287283 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:59:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2287283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I noticed weight falling off really quickly both times at like 7 Months pp. The longer I nursed, the more weight I would lose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287268 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:53:52 +0000 birdofafeather 2287268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The most was right away but after 6 months, I dropped even more weight and was the skinniest I had been since high school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287261 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:50:04 +0000 getjazzy 2287261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've lost all but 3lbs of this pregnancy weight gain (23lbs) in this first month. I recall it being the same with my first however, I went in to this pregnancy heavier than I wanted/did with my first. I recall that when my first started solids at 6 months old, I started to gain back a bit and it was tougher from then on to maintain/keep down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287249 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:45:12 +0000 Mrs D 2287249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost zero lbs while nursing...it was only after I finished pumping that I was able to really diet/workout to shed weight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287244 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:38:22 +0000 mrsrain 2287244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost about 12 with the birth and then another 10 over the next year. Around 1 year postpartum I did a bootcamp thingy to lose weight, and was able to lose another 12 before getting pregnant again. LO didn't wean until 14 months, so I was BF during that entire time, though we did also supplement with formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bf-mamas-when-did-you-lose-the-most-weight-pp#post-2287204 Thu, 10 Sep 2015 09:20:13 +0000 simplyfelicity 2287204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aside from the initial post-birth weight loss in the first two weeks, when did you lose the most weight? I read on either kellymom or LLLI that 3-6 months is the time bf moms typically lose the most weight. </p> <p>(Multiple votes for multiple pregnancies) </p>