I know that once you give birth, obviously you lose LBs from the watermelon not being in there, and the placenta and fluids. And then I've ready that it takes a week or so for swelling/water retention/blood volume to go down.
So, how much of your baby weight had you lost by the time all that occurred at I guess what would be around 2 weeks PP?
pomegranate / 3890 posts
i lost 20 pounds by two weeks. have abot ten more to go 
also my ankles and legs swelled after i had him due to the ivs, but they went down probably 1 week after having him.
pineapple / 12526 posts
I had dropped 30-40lbs. I actually did a side-by-side picture comparison.
clementine / 959 posts
I lost 15 of the 30 I gained in the first week, and then no more until a few weeks later.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
I lost 14 of the 32 I gained immediately but nothing has come off since then (8 weeks pp). I never had any swelling or anything during pregnancy or after so there was no excess water weight to lose. I was nearly back to a flat stomach by 2 weeks pp though.
coconut / 8234 posts
I lost 30 lbs. 2 weeks postpartum. But since then only 5 more pounds have come off. 15 to go!
apricot / 468 posts
I've lost 20 out of the 45 I gained. Kind of nice since I didn't have to work to get any of that off. Really looking forward to starting a workout plan at 6 weeks pp!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Didn't weigh myself, but I was down 30 by week 6. I gained over 50 though.. 
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
Okay, so more or less, I guess it's safe to say that on average, most people lose about half of their baby weight in the first couple of weeks from just getting rid of baby/fluids/etc...
Thank you!
pear / 1723 posts
Yep, half. 25 of 50.
Also, havent lost any more as of 1 month pp, but my belly is much slimmer. Maybe the lbs just moved to my boobs? 
grapefruit / 4817 posts
30 of my 40. Yet I still looked 6 months pregnant. I'm 4 months PP and am still getting asked when I'm due. My body has just recently started looking less pregnant. I didn't even look overweight, just pregnant. It was strange.
papaya / 10560 posts
@jholler25: Thank goodness! I am starting to convince myself I will never lose the weight I have gained.
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
@lydg: you are all belly, silly girl! You'll probably lose 100% in the first two weeks!!!
nectarine / 2797 posts
I gained 35 lbs, had lost about 17 in the first two weeks, and had lost 25 by a month postpartum doing nothing. At that point it slowed down and now I'm working out to try and get it moving again (I'm 7.5 weeks postpartum now.)
pomegranate / 3053 posts
With my first pregnancy I lost 20 of 30 lbs right away but can't remember how much at 2 weeks. With my second, I gained 20 lbs and lost 10 lbs or so after birth and about another 5 lbs 2 weeks pp, I believe; and 4.5 months later I'm -5lbs pre-pregnancy weight. Still, I'm about 20 lbs heavier than when we first started trying to get pregnant about 5 years ago.
coconut / 8475 posts
Gives me hope ....14d to loose half the weight without doing a thing..that's reasonable!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I had lost about 10 or 15lbs of the 45 I gained. 
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
20lbs as of 11 days PP. I'm still flabby and have a good two inches of loose skin on my stomach still, though.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@jholler25: don't feel bad if you don't though. I gained 35 lbs in total and expected the first 20 lbs to just fall off. So not true. I only lost about 10ish lbs the first few weeks, and another 5 lbs by 6 weeks pp. I was stuck at +20 lbs for another 6 weeks even though I was working out like a mad woman. Then I went gluten free/sugar free and dropped another 10 lbs in a week. At 6 months pp I have about 7ish lbs to lose.
honeydew / 7917 posts
I lost all the weight I gained (plus one extra lb) by 6 weeks pp. Most of my clothes still didn't fit right, and I'm still one clothing size bigger than before (a year later).
eggplant / 11824 posts
I guess I'm the unlucky one I gained almost 45 lbs. and was at 168 when I gave birth. I actually retained *more* fluids immediately after birth and weighed the SAME when I left the hospital after 3 days. After 2 weeks.....I think I had maybe lost 10lbs at the most. I;m 10 weeks pp and the scale is stuck at 144, although my extra weight has distributed itself more and I look ok.
ETA: I discussed my weight concerns with my OB and she just sort of said since I;m 30 I shouldn't expect to drop the weight quickly, like would happen if I was in my early 20's.
honeydew / 7295 posts
@FutureMrsMcK: did you get yourself a wrap or belly bandit. supposedly they help with loose skin toning. You look AMAZING by the way. xo
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I lost about 13 of the 30 I gained but still looked 20 weeks preggo! only had. 5.5 lb baby but was on bedrest for 7 wks and ate lots of ice cream. Happy to report that at 3 months pp I only have 6 more lbs to go!
pineapple / 12234 posts
With baby #1, I gained 56 and lost 42 by 2 weeks pp. With baby #2, I gained 29 and lost 27 by then. With both I still looked pregnant at 6 weeks pp though since I have a lot of lose skin
persimmon / 1026 posts
I gained 31 total and was down about 15 by 2 weeks postpartum. Now I'm 9 weeks pp and still have about 10 to go. And unfortunately I'm one of those few that doesn't burn a ton of extra calories when breastfeeding I think my body is holding onto the extra 10 pounds because they're slowlyyyy coming off, even though I've started to work out a little again and am watching what I eat better.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I gained about 40 and didn't step on a scale until about 6 months after the birth! If I had to guess, though, I lost about half by 2 weeks post partum. I still had quite a swollen uterus though.
pea / 23 posts
I waited to weigh myself until my 6 week pp appt. I gained 28lbs during pregnancy and lost 30 lbs by that appt and all I've been doing is breastfeeding. My pre-pregnancy jeans fit 2.5 weeks pp. although I've lost all the weight, my body is different than it was before.
GOLD / pomelo / 5167 posts
I lost about 15 lbs. But I still looked 5 months pregnant.
squash / 13199 posts
When I went to see my doctor 2.5 weeks after giving birth, I had lost 20lbs but I still had a belly pouch by then. Breastfeeding really helps shed pounds, because the weight just fell off. During my pregnancy I gained 45lbs total.
kiwi / 537 posts
I lost 19 of the 20 I had gained at 2 weeks, post partum, but I think it took about 6 weeks before I could actually get into my pre preggo pants.
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