Breastfeeding

[Tasha20]

At my midwife appointment yesterday I was telling her about my god awfull stretch marks that are in my inner thighs and that I didnt understand why there and not in the places I thought were stretching?

She said that around your thighs and bum you put on a little extra fat and it gets stored until your milk comes in, the fat is used for your milk as all women wether your are going to breastfeed or not, your body is preparing you for it and its your bodys way of keeping reserves.

I want to breastfeed and she said that I will loose all of that when I do breastfeed but if you don't it will take longer to ge rid of if not at all.

Wether this is totaly true or its just a ploy to get women to breastfeed It made me feel a lot better as there is a purpose for all these lines

I am going to breastfeed for definate anyway and I really can't wait

 

[cassi]

a little? i wish im an elephant now

 

[Tasha20]

lol I suppose everbody is different, im one of the lucky ones so far......... but im sure that will change.

 

[Rosieroo]

I was a size 14 before I had Ella, was a size 18 just after she was born and am back to a 14 again. I thank the breastfeeding

 

[skatty]

Yeah apparantley we lay down a special brown fat for breastfeeding and if we dont use it it turns to lardy white fat that's hard to get rid of
I have heard that although breastfeeding helps you to lose weight quickly you don't lose the last of it until you have stopped feeding as your body needs to keep some extra fat for milk production.

I am praying I can breastfeed

 

[Rosieroo]

So if I stop feeding I'll lose more weight?? Lol I'm down to less than I started before Ella, I thought I was supposed to be fatter after having a baby

 

[skatty]

Oh Kina I hope it drops of me like that

 

[Rosieroo]

Ahhh it would have been even better if it magically made me a size 10 lol. Well I suppose a 14 is better than a 34, I'd never maintain a 10 anyway