27 weeks pregnant...

[bella_meow]

Hello everyone! I am 27 weeks pregnant with our first child. Her name will be Addison & we're so thrilled. Before I got pregnant (planned), I was 166lbs. I wish I would have low-carbed it & lost weight before, but woulda shoulda! Anyway, I am now 191.2 & really trying to hold on to that number...or at least until my next Dr. apt Feb. 5th. Thanksgiving was a horrible time for me & I was craving milk, so I drank like a gallon in 3 days, that really helped my 10 pound weight gain for that month. If it hadn't been for that bad one, I'd be in fair shape, I think.

So, in 80 some odd days I'll be delivering & have no idea what to expect weight wise. I'm obviously not going to bring in pre-pregnancy jeans or anything, but what were your weight loss realities? I know everybody is different, but I'd like an idea. How much did you lose within those 6 weeks & what made it possible to lose?

Also, I WILL be breastfeeding, no matter what, but know that LCing would bring the best results. Has anyone had good luck with this?

In the past, with LC, I lose about 20 pounds in one month. Being truly strict of course.

[Helen H]

Weight loss varies from woman to woman. On my first baby, I gained very little weight and lost what I did gain within a week, but I was very overweight to start with. On my second, I gained a lot, and took a lot longer to lose it. On my third, I low carbed after I had her, and lost 40lb within the first six months.

[lpioch]

I'll bring a dose of bad news (so hopefully your experience won't be so bad!).

I gained 40 pounds with each pregnancy. I'm only barely 5'3". My babies are about 9 to 10 pounds each. Immediately after each baby, I had lost only about 12 to 14 pounds.
Within 6 weeks I was down MAYBE another 5. The rest I had to do low carbing.

Oh...and I nursed all my babies for at least 9 months. Didn't help me with the weightloss at all.

Be thankful you DO know how to get back to a healthier weight!

[Blenders]

I gained about 65 lbs when I was pregnant. I ate whatever and whenever I wanted and my midwife was NOT happy with me about that. After delivery, I lost about 20 lbs almost immediately. The other 45 lbs took some good ol' LCing to lose it. Over a year and a half later, the weight came of sloooowly but I'm finally back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I was also breastfeeding, that didn't help me lose one pound! Next time around, I will stay LC while pregnant and not use it as an excuse to eat ice cream every day.

[jmr410]

I gained 35 lbs with my first and lost all but 5lbs within two weeks. In my case the breastfeeding definitely helped.

I gained 40 with my second and after about three weeks I was still holding onto 15 of it which easily came off when I started SB six months later.

If I ever have another baby (unlikely) I would love to try and stick with a phase three SB.

Good Luck and Congrats on your upcoming special delivery!!