How do I lose weight after delivery while breast feeding?
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watch your diet, cause what you eat affects your breast milk and its an excellant way to speed the process by breastfeeding
359663
it depends on how many months a "few" is and how overweight you are.  my best advice for losing weight would be to concern yourself more with the eating healthy and exercising part - the weight loss will come naturally.  i think that 20 pounds is possible, although i believe the general rule of thumb is that you shouldn't lose more than a pound/week.  drink a lot of water - it will help curb your appetite and keep you from losing water weight which will come back quickly.
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losing weight and a baby
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Oh my, I am a 40DD myself hon, I had a baby the past year and they went up.  Everybody told me they'd go back down but they haven't yet.  I've lost a fair ammount of weight, not sure how much you would have to lose to get your breasts down though.  I wear a minimizer bra, it's super supportive and seems to help a bit.  If you find anything else out please, let us fellow large chested women know!
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During lactation, women do not need to wash their nipples with soap. The use of soap may cause drying and cracking of nipples. Daily bathing isencouraged; the nipples do not need to be washed after each feeding or prior to a feeding. Prior to each feeding some gentle massage may be helpful in stimulating the milk ejection reflex.\nAfter each nursing the expression and application of a few drops of breast milk onto the nipple will help protect the skin and heal abrasions. The use of most nipple creams is not recommended. Milk expression either by hand or with a pump should never be painful and should never cause trauma to the breast. Women may benefit from the additional breast support provided by a properly fitted nursing bra. Many women will elect to use breast pads if they leak milk. These breast pads should not have plastic liners.\nExercises which help tone and strengthen the underlying chest muscles will help maintain breast shape. Sagging and drooping of a breast is a result of age, gravity and the influence of pregnancy. Lactation alone does not cause changes in breast appearance.
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Listen I have had two kids and both girls with horrible hormonal pregnancies. I couldn't lose any weight with my first but was sooo determined with the second and I now weigh less than what I did when I feel pregnant with the second. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me happy to help in any way am now studying personal training. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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I had this done a few years back.  Stock up on baby food and gatoraide.  The first few days you will not even think about eating, I PROMISE you.  I would either buy extremely lose fitting pants/shorts or a long night gown to wear.  Drink a lot of fluid...  I didn't drink enough to start and ended up severely dehydrated with my organs shutting down.  You have to tell yourself to drink, drink, drink.  Get lots of rest and don't try to stand straight up at first...  A walker may help you get around the first few days.  You can rent them at most stores such as Drugco or other pharmacies.  You may have drainage tubes, they are very irritating.  Be careful with them and drain it how the doctor tells you.  Don't be alarmed if you have a little bit of drainage one day and tons the next.  I used baby soap for baths/showers...  it was mild and non irritating.  I suggest sleeping in a recliner the first 2 weeks, you will NOT be able to lie flat on your back.  At the very least, stock up on pillows and stack them all around you on the bed to make a reclining position.  You may even want to put one under your knees.  Don't try to do to much at first, take time to heal.  You will need lots of help for awhile and then some later on.  You will need to get up and move some but take baby steps.  When you begin to eat foods, stay away from a lot of sugary things at first, you can enjoy them in smaller amounts later on.  Chew, chew, chew.  Don't swallow anything that you haven't chewed enough of.  You can get raelly sick and throw it all up.  I suggest baby shrimp.  They are tiny and packed with protein.  Umm...  There is so much, feel free to message me later on and I can tell you more.  I lost 170lbs and just had the extra skin removed almost 3 weeks ago.  Yesterday was my first day back to work.  Don't get aggrivated if you don't lose tons at first or lose a lot then none.  Be happy with yourself.  You are about to make a huge mental and physical change.  The mental stuff kicks in a few months after surgery.  Make sure you have someone you can talk too.  Let me know if you need anything else, this is just a touch of info!
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Work out and concentrate on your mid section and lift weights and increase protein consumption some.  When I had my children the OB doc gave me literature about loosing the belly flab and I used it and had flatter stomach than before kids.  Call yours and see if they have some.  Leg lifts seemed especially helpful for me while tucking my butt muscles.  But seriously check with MD that delivered your last baby for exercises.  I'll bet they would mail them to you.
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only way to lose weight is eat less and move more.  I'm on nutrisystem now  and down 25 pounds in 9 weeks
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My wife breast fed so the extra weight just slipped off. At the end she too had around 10 pounds or so and just had to hit the gym. She focused on abdominal exercises as tolerable to strengthen that area back up (don't go overboard though, it takes a couple of years for them to heal naturally and you don't want to tear anything worse than it already is), and mostly did cardio for overall fitness and calorie burning.
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After having a baby our bodies change but that in no way means you can not have back the tummy you use to have...even better :) Do ab exercises...lots of sit ups and give yourself time to get back in shape. If you work at it and take proper care of yourself, you will get back in shape before ya know it!! Congrats on your newbie :)
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The best way would be to exercise and eat healthy.  Denise Austin has a GREAT video called "Bounce back after baby".  She concentrates on the problem areas that new mommys tend to have.  It worked great for me and i'm sure it will for you too.  Just to let you know how well it worked for me--- I gained 39 pounds with my last baby.  After my doctor okayed me to be able to exercise again safely i started using this video and watching how i ate.  I lost a total of 69 pounds in about 8 months time.  Good luck and take care.  If i can do it, anyone can!!
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Completely normal, and yes they will decrease when the hormones return to normal after tha baby is here, unless you plan to breastfeed.. then a while after stopping with breastfeeding they will return to normal.. \n\nAnd yes.. you should be able to get back to 119 after .. but don't rush it..usually with the first baby you bounce back fairly quickly...Don't diet during the first 3 months though. Just exersice normally.
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Okay so I'm looking into this myself I'm in a double d not a tripple but it kills my back too and hauling around my son doesn't help at all.  From what I've heard there are some possible negative things about it, like possibly not being able to produce milk if you're wanting to breast feed again.  Also, you can lose feeling in your nipples I guess, and there are plenty of other things that they warn you about that I can't really remember, but that comes with any surgery.  I think that your comfort is really important though, anything that will make you feel better and give you some more energy to take care of your little one's better would probably be great for you, regaurdless of wether or not you might have to just do the bottle for your next child, you being happy will make them happier.  I do think that you should do some very good research on who you have do it though, only pick the best and look around and give it as much time as you need and don't rush into it.  I know that there are different after affects for different people, it just depends on what they need to do to you and how they need to go about doing it.  I think you only lose sensation in the nipples if they move the nipple up as well and make the actual nipple smaller.  Anyway, I have to run it's late here, but I hope that I helped you out a little.  Good luck I hope it all works out.  Danielle
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maybe you can try warm compress, its what i was told to do after i gave birth, maybe it will work, but you have to be ready 'cause milk may come pouring out.
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These activity restrictions are usually recommended:\n\n Limit stair climbing as much as possible.\n\n Don't lift anything heavier than your baby for the first two weeks.\n\n Ask your mate or a friend to do laundry, vacuuming, and other tasks that require bending, lifting, or pushing for at least the first few weeks after birth. Then resume such work gradually.\n\n Do not drive a car for the first two weeks.\n\n Take showers instead of tub baths until the incision is completely healed and dry.\n\nAsk your doctor or midwife for specific instructions on the care of your incision.\n\nWhen you are ready for exercise discuss with your doctor what exercises you can do.  Walking is a good start.
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Leave does diet pills away, they do more harm then good. Just eat a good meal . Start off with Fruit in the morning , Fish,Meat and Salat at Lunch. Same at Supper. No snacks in between,drink plenty of water. Stay away from all sweets and carbo stuff and you loose fast and easy. Baby is going to have a great looking Mom. Good Luck