[00:00:00] Leigh - Ann Webster: With nine
months of pregnancy weight hanging around after the birth of her baby, a mother may wonder how in the world is she going to get back to her pre-pregnancy weight while taking care of her new born child.
Not exact matches
I lost most
of the
pregnancy weight (without exercise since I had my 3rd c - section) by the fourth
month and continued eating gluten and dairy free for seven
months.
I actually lost all
of my
pregnancy weight within a few
months postpartum, but gradually gained
weight as the
months past (see # 2 and # 3).
The good news is that if you were a healthy
weight before
pregnancy and gained the recommended
weight (
of 25 to 35 pounds) during
pregnancy, you should be able to drop the pounds in just a few
months through diet and exercise.
(Except for that nine
months of pregnancy which includes: hair loss,
weight gain, morning sickness, and fatigue.
The American Journal
of Clinical Nutrition says that if you exclusively breastfeed, you are likely to lose
pregnancy weight gain (assuming a healthy
weight gain
of around 12 kg) within 6
months of giving birth.
I have been drinking mummy magic
weight loss tea while nursing my little one and shed all my
pregnancy weight that was about 35 pounds extra just in a couple
of months.
In fact, during the last two and a half
months of your
pregnancy, your baby will gain about half
of his or her birth
weight.
I lost all the
pregnancy weight within 5
months and then I lost another 10 lbs on top
of that.
Kimberly Benkwitt
of Pelham, New York, has lost all her
pregnancy weight plus another 25 pounds and has more energy than ever — a good thing, since the 34 - year - old is chasing after two toddlers as well as caring for 3 -
month - old Finleigh.
Drinking alcohol, especially in the first three
months of pregnancy, increases the risk
of miscarriage, premature birth and your baby having a low birth
weight.
However, if you are way below or way more than what your average
weight gain at 20 weeks pregnant should be, it could be an indication
of troublel In such instances you need to speak to your health care provider and if required, make immediate dietary changese For the first
month or two, you won't really gain much
weight, but by the time you are 20 weeks pregnant, your total
weight gain should be at least 8 to 10 poundsd You can expect to gain between half a pound and one pound during the 20th weeke This trend is likely to continue for the rest
of your
pregnancy tooo
Don't worry, you will slowly and healthfully lose your
pregnancy weight over a period
of weeks or
months if you are eating a well - balanced and nutrient - rich diet and limiting high sugar, high fat, refined and processed foods most
of the time.
I've heard that while many women will lose their
pregnancy weight within
months of giving birth, it will take much longer for the loose skin to regain its elasticity, which really concerned me.
It took you nine
months to gain your
pregnancy weight, and many experts state that it typically takes up to nine
months to lose the majority
of that
weight.
Controlling
weight gain is harder later in a
pregnancy, so try to avoid gaining a lot
of weight during the first few
months.
If you only gained the recommended amount
of weight during your
pregnancy, then you can probably take it off in a few
months just by watching what you eat and exercising regularly.
Additional reasons for deciding not to breastfeed can include concern about the quality and quantity
of breast milk, and partner and family support, which are common across developed and developing countries.10, 11 Women who decide not to breastfeed are also more likely to have smoked during their
pregnancy, be primiparous mothers (i.e., having their first child), and to have a child born low birth
weight or with complex health issues such as cystic fibrosis.9, 12 Prenatal and post-natal stressful experiences may also reduce the duration
of breastfeeding.13 Finally, several studies suggest that mother's who return to work within the first 6
months postpartum or anticipate an early return to full - time employment, are less likely to breastfeed.
If you quit smoking before you become pregnant (or during the first 3
months of your
pregnancy), your risk
of having a baby with low birth
weight is the same as that
of a woman who does not smoke.
After my LG was born I lost the
pregnancy kg's in 3 weeks, what I then did was make the fatal mistake
of giving into my breastfeeding cravings
of sugar and chocolates, within a few
months I had picked up all the
pregnancy weight again and some.
We found little evidence that between - study heterogeneity in estimates was explained by age at measurement
of blood pressure (p = 0.5), decade
of birth (p = 0.2), stipulation
of a minimum duration
of breastfeeding (p = 0.5), proportion
of the target population in the main analysis (p = 0.2), whether breastfeeding was exclusive for at least 2
months (p = 0.2), method
of blood pressure measurement (p = 0.4), or whether effect estimates controlled for socioeconomic factors (p = 0.9), maternal factors in
pregnancy (p = 0.9), or current
weight (p = 0.9).
There's also some evidence that repetitive
weight training during the first three
months of pregnancy could lead to a higher risk
of miscarriage, the IOC said.
After the birth
of her twins, Carey signed on as a spokesperson for the Jenny diet program (formerly Jenny Craig) and lost 70 pounds over the next six
months — 40 pounds
of which, she says, was water
weight caused by edema, or water retention, during her
pregnancy.
My first
pregnancy did lead to
weight gain that I couldn't get rid
of (I was so sick during my second
pregnancy that I ended the
pregnancy at the same
weight I began it), and I have struggled with trying to lose that
weight - and more - over the past 8.5 years, but over the past six
months I have incorporated intermittent fasting along with keto and am down 34 lbs with another 30 to go to get back to my maintenance
weight.
Well, add 22 pounds
of pregnancy weight onto that over the next 9
months, and by the time I gave birth I had an overall
weight gain
of close to 50 pounds.
On your medical visit on the 4th
month of pregnancy, your doctor will check your blood pressure and
weight and look for signs
of swelling in your feet or ankles.
I had a baby about five
months ago and during the
pregnancy I gained an exorbitant amount
of weight, I went from 125 lbs to 198 lbs, postpartum I now weigh 165 lbs which was my immediate
weight after giving birth.
Plus this is my first
pregnancy and I have no idea how my body will handle the next 6
months and the time
of balancing the
weight once the baby is born.
It also totally depends on your body type — if you are slim and develop a basketball belly right away, you need different cuts
of clothes than if you are a plus sized and wide hipped like me and just look like you're gaining
weight for the first 5
months, not necessarily «showing» in the sense
of a prominent
pregnancy belly.
A covariate was included in the multivariate analyses if theoretical or empirical evidence supported its role as a risk factor for obesity, if it was a significant predictor
of obesity in univariate regression models, or if including it in the full multivariate model led to a 5 % or greater change in the OR.48 Model 1 includes maternal IPV exposure, race / ethnicity (black, white, Hispanic, other / unknown), child sex (male, female), maternal age (20 - 25, 26 - 28, 29 - 33, 34 - 50 years), maternal education (less than high school, high school graduation, beyond high school), maternal nativity (US born, yes or no), child age in
months, relationship with father (yes or no), maternal smoking during
pregnancy (yes or no), maternal depression (as measured by a CIDI - SF cutoff score ≥ 0.5), maternal BMI (normal / underweight, overweight, obese), low birth
weight (< 2500 g, ≥ 2500 g), whether the child takes a bottle to bed at age 3 years (yes or no), and average hours
of child television viewing per day at age 3 years (< 2 h / d, ≥ 2 h / d).
You probably won't gain much
weight during the first 3
months of pregnancy — usually about 2 pounds.