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1370609 tn?1306380021

Weight after pregnancy

I gave birth 4 months ago and still haven't lost any of my pregnancy weight... I have also start doing exercise but still no change.. I was 125 before pregnancy and now I'm 150lbs... Any suggestions?
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134578 tn?1716963197
If you are breastfeeding, you might find that the weight does not "just fall off" as some women say it does.  There are apparently some women for whom this is true, and others for whom it is not.  For some women, the body holds onto the extra weight until nursing is over, so you won't deplete yourself.  (A biological adaptation to keep the species going, I've read.)  After my son was born, I actually gained a bit, and nothing came off until I was done breastfeeding, which for me was 18 months.
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1523285 tn?1315003118
try  eating a healthy low cal high protein diet and exercise sometimes it take time for  your body to get back to where it was before and sometimes it never goes back fully atleast in my case it didnt but  I was grossly overweight  before when  i got pregnant and delivered  my frist three hopefully this time it will sseeing as i lost 155 lbs before getting pregnant this time  good luck., you can always try weight watchers or something along those lines  Good LUCk
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