Weight Loss After Birth Reddit

But with the iud i lost that bottomless pit aching hunger and managed to lose real weight for the first time in my life.

Weight loss after birth reddit. In fact research shows that many women only lose up to 86 of the weight gained during pregnancy within the first 6 months after giving birth. I guess sometimes birth control can stimulate your appetite and make you want to eat more but you can always try a new kind if that s happening. But it wasn t the birth control.

Of these women 47 percent were at least 10 pounds heavier at the 1 year mark. It was eating my feelings. I am very active and cut out any workout routine under doctors orders because the first two weeks i lost 2 pounds and he said i need to try not to lose weight.

I was 215 right before birth and got down to 188 in the week after birth. In one 2015 study 75 percent of women were heavier 1 year after giving birth than they had been before pregnancy. Gained 40 50 lbs while on birth control.

I assume i was around 160 right before getting pregnant and was 171 at my first prenatal appt at around 8 weeks. Still on the same birth control but went continuous. I came across other reddit posts from people who took epo and experienced lighter bleeding so i wanted to try it before getting put on more medication or getting the implant removed so soon.

My bleeding was like a full on period at this point so i got the spring valley brand of epo from walmart and have been taking 2000mg for a few days now. I gained a lot of weight on the pills as they made me terrifyingly hungry. I have the mirena iud after being on bc pills for 6 years.

Losing a pound a week is a reasonable and safe enough weight loss target. I am 8 week pp and trying to lose more of the baby weight. I was 215 right before birth and got down to 188 in the week after birth.