Mummy Tummy / Hyperlactation

Not any tips, but just to say im in the same boat. Was a size 10 pre bubs, but had pre eclampsia and put on 30kgs, most of it has gone as it was just fluid, but whats left is round my tummy/waist. And now its starting to look saggy and empty now the weight is coming off.

I will admit to being one of those people I love to hate! I got Gestational Diabetes at 29 weeks and so did not end up putting on anymore weight before the end of my pregnancy and was back to pre pregnancy size within a few months and I am now smaller than I was before pregnancy and that is without trying, I really think it is because I had to be so healthy at the end of my pregnancy. My sister put on 25 kgs though and by the time my nephew was one she had lost it all and is back to normal. They do say 9 months to put on 9 months to lose!

Hyperlactation - I had an abundant supply of milk for the first few months and it was hard to manage, I ended up feeding only one side per feeds for a long time so as to not give too much foremilk and also it seemed to help DD's reflux this way. After about 4 months though I started on both sides at each feed as she seemed to need it, but at around 5 months my milk just suddenly started to dry up and before DD was 6 months I stopped BF as it seemed there was nothing there and she would get very upset, when I stopped BF I had no discomfort or engorgement which to me proved there was really nothing there, was kind of strange to go from way too much to nothing, I could be completely wrong but it was like my milk just dissapeared??? I found the BF "experts" on healthline quite helpful in regards to oversupply and tips to manage it.

I still suffer from oversupply, tonight lil miss pulled off at her bedtime feed and milk squirted everywhere lol. Even now, at 13 mths, I still have to wear breast pads every day.

To make sure she was getting enough hind milk early on, i fed from once side at each feed - I had plenty of milk so she never managed to drain the breast and it meant that she didn't get 2 lots of foremilk (one off each side). The only downside of that is that she did get a bit constipated and have quite dry bowel motions as she was getting less foremilk, it was quite a balancing act making sure she was getting enough of each.

Loosing mummy tummys I think takes work. I had Jared 4 months ago, got sick of mine and with work I've lost 15cm from around my bellybutton area, and thats from running. I'm hoping I'll loose some more. Mine is going down between 1-2cm a week with exercise. It would go down with just eating properly but not as fast

Kebakat you have inspired me. I'm going to up the intensity of my walks and cut down on - but not cut out - my treats. My goal is to take bubba to the swimming pool this summer and feel ok about being in my togs. Maybe I will do a few sit ups while I'm watching TV. I will encourage hubby to have his treats when he is away from me at work. He is naturally very lean and gets to eat anything he wants, problem is that I join in when he cracks open the biccies and chips!