Mamas who went past 6 months, did you see an increase in appetite before they got into solids gung-ho?? LO is just starting to actively eat small amounts of solids, and hasn't wanted to nurse more frequently but I find myself STARVING all the time again. My prepreg pants are baggy and disgusting and I'm dropping below my happy weight.
Is this par for the course? I'm hoping it evens out once he is more into "real food".
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I haven't been as starving, but I'md efinitely losing weight. Moreso because I never seem to have time to really eat 
I do notice that I get full quickly (normally) at the dinner table but I'm hungry again within 20-30 minutes.
ETA - I'm not sure of my exact weight because the battery in the scale died, but last I checked I was 5 lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight..and that weight was on the line of underweight. My family has been on me about trying to lose weight but I haven't been! I'm not sure what the deal is. We hit 9 months of EBF yesterday.
pear / 1698 posts
I'm not sure I've seen an increase in appetite, but I'm now 10 lbs below what I consider my ideal weight. We just hit 8 months of breastfeeding.
pear / 1609 posts
LO is almost 7 months and not too big on solids yet. I too am constantly starving and eating a ton. I'm 10 lbs under my pre pregnancy weight and still losing...
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I literally scarfed down five meals in a half hour today. I have no idea where this sudden surge came from. U r not alone. A is doing well w solids bfs 5x a day....out of nowhere I find myslef hungrier than ever!
nectarine / 2797 posts
Yes! When LO was 7-8 months I was losing losing losing even though I was eating everything in sight!
nectarine / 2054 posts
Oh man, I wish I was losing! 8 months of EBF and I think I'll have to wean before I lose all my preg weight. Maybe because I've been hungry for like 2 desserts a day!
honeydew / 7687 posts
@Beehive: I've been making whole-milk, heavy cream ice cream the past two weeks... omg so good. Dessert after lunch is a-ok right! right!
I'm glad I'm not the only one I guess... it all comes back after weaning then, right??
nectarine / 2054 posts
@scg00387: That sounds amazing - dessert after lunch is necessary! DH jokes that I'm on a mission to produce chocolate milk. That's how it works, right?
grapefruit / 4235 posts
I think as you continue to breast feed, your milk gets more calorie and fat-dense? I can't remember where I heard or read it though.
GOLD / squash / 13464 posts
@scg00387: @mrsjyw: So glad to hear you are both experiencing this as well! The past few weeks I have been out of control hungry!!!
grapefruit / 4923 posts
LO is 5.5 months and his appetite has been insatiable lately--i had been putting off solids but i think it's time to start! i can't keep up with his demand and in trying to do so, i have been hungry almost all the time.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
I am so jealous of all that weight loss! I still have 10lb of preg weight to shift but I think I'm just one of those people who hangs onto the last bit while breastfeeding... So jealous!
grapefruit / 4717 posts
@travelgirl1: I'm with you. Still up 12 lbs. I hope it melts off when I'm done bf. (Oh, and we just passed the 1 yr mark.)
honeydew / 7687 posts
@edelweiss: FWIW we started at 6 months and he is just now starting to actively eat more than a tablespoon at 7 months... so don't pin all your hopes on solids 
(or hope that your LO is a more avid eater than mine!)
@Beehive: totally how it works!
@dagret: I know it changes in composition, so that would make sense.
@MamaMoose: It's embarrassing how much I eat - or at least when someone else realizes how much I eat!!
@travelgirl1: @pregnantbee: sorry this thread is probably annoying then! but seriously, I think most people look better 10 lbs over rather than 10 lbs under their ideal weight... gaunt is not a good look.
persimmon / 1035 posts
another jealous of all the weight loss bee here! lol. i am not annoyed by the thread, rather i am intrigued. I haven't noticed that i am hungrier than usual, nor have i noticed a discernible increase in L's appetite and he's been eating solids (very little though) for a few weeks. he is 7.5m
grapefruit / 4717 posts
@scg00387: Nah, no big deal. I'd just like to fit into my clothes again
bananas / 9118 posts
No luck with that here either! My problem was I continued to eat for nursing even when he started tapering off nursing and ate more solids. I'm trying to be good now that we are working on weaning, but I miss eating everything in sight! Hoping weaning will help me let go of those last 10 pounds.
grapefruit / 4235 posts
L is about 5.5 months and my hunger hasn't ramped up yet but my thirst has. So much that I took a pregnancy test last week. (Negative, thankfully!)
nectarine / 2054 posts
@travelgirl1: @pregnantbee: @lemondrop: Me too! I am really hoping once I wean the extra weight I'm holding onto will go away. It really would be nice to fit into my clothes again! Admittedly, I haven't been trying very hard to actually lose the last 10 pounds, but still...
grapefruit / 4717 posts
@Beehive: I haven't been trying all that hard either. No idea when to fit the gym in while working out of the house fulltime. Just now evaluating how we can make healthier choices. Will go from there. I was also nervous about my supply until I hit 1 year of nursing, so I didn't want to do anything too crazy.
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