breastfeeding./weight and sleeping

I have several friends that havent lost any weight when feeding..i am losing a kilo every few days(fluid retention) but i assume now most of the fluid is gone I will still lose weight..the mw seems to think this will be the case too..did this happen for you?did you put it back on when you finished feeding?

AS far as your baby.. mine last night settled himself to sleep straight away at night (which he often does ) but also did it this morning from being awake ..which never happens..only thing i did differently was not give him the dummy(well i tried this morning but he didnt want it)...

so what do i do...not use the dummy anymore? hope it wasnt a fluke? let him grizzle but if he really cries go in and soothe him then leave?

I didn't loose much (only a couple of kg) from feeding Daniel. Though I stopped at 3 months.

If he doesn't need the dummy I wouldn't offer it but if he gets unsettled them maybe try it.

yeah mw seemed to think some people it works for and not for others..my friend who was just here...lost 10kg then put it back on and she was EBF the whole time.. i eat but not a huge amount but i am getting more hungry..and thirsty!!:)

well I'm not scared to say i was very big..:) i was 106 (put on 5 kg after mc..) and today (nearly 4 weeks later) am 94...aiming for 75..which doesnt seem so far away now:) !

I have lost no weight BF but oh well some do as everyone's said. I still feed 3 times a day and am maintainng my weight i stil have 7 to drop. hoopefully when stop BF will go on diet and get the weight off.

I put on 10kgs during pregnancy, lost 7kgs during labour but had trouble shifting the rest although I suspect that has more to do with it being Easter a week after Michaela was born than anything else.

I BF for first 15 months but it wasn't until I got a nasty stomach virus at Christmastime (when she was 8 months) that I lost the last of my baby weight plus some.

As for the dummy I agree with what you said about trying him without it but if he gets upset (as opposed to just grizzly) pop in and soothe him. If he wants the dummy though don't stress, just give it to him.

I didn't lose any weight b'feeding and we did it for 6 months.
As for the dummy, we never used one so if he doesn't want it, why force it?
Not sure on the apgar, have you checked with your GP?

I lost a lot in the first few weeks, but it is creeping back on now - I have to get mroe active and stop the snacking! As you feed less and the hormones settle down bfing isn't as kind to weightloss as eariler on. So don't get too reliant!

Also, if you aren't eating regularly then it will effect your supply - especially those evening feeds which you can struggle with anyway. Try and have some healthy snacks around so it is easy as i found feeding myself such a challenge in those first few weeks.

miss- I'm not reliant on it..but its a great side effect...i realise it cant carry on forever:) lol.. as far as healthy snacks yep..i walked to supermarket for that very reason yesterday...heaps easier when you have something good to snack on ...:)!

yeah i will ask mw when I see her Kandice...I was sidetracked so didnt ask why exactly...will let you know..

I've still got 10kg to go and TBH I think that 5 of it is boobs so I don't think I'll get back down to pre-preggy weight until I stop BFing.

I'm always hungry and thirsty and I do try to eat healthily but it's so frustrating when so many healthy foods give her wind So far muesli, lettuce, acidic fruits, iron supplements, fish oil and coffee are known culprits

I would just make sure you're eating enough as someone said above so that your milk production is good.

With settling it's probably a really good thing that he can go off to sleep without the dummy. It means if he falls asleep with it then loses it in the night you don't have to worry about popping it back in. Rowan started being able to self settle around that age. It might just be that he's learning how to. Letting him grizzle and then settling him if he cries sounds like a good plan.

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