Sandra,
With the birth of my first child, I lost all my pregnancy weight. Within
the first week postpartum, I gained back 12 lbs. I ate like a "horse."
I lost this weight when my daughter reached 12 months. I was told by the
aerobics instructor at the birthing center where I gave birth that it is
normal to keep an extra 10-12 lbs. while nursing. The same thing
happened with the birth of my second child. With my third, I found it
has taken a lot longer for the weight to go----age, 3 pregnancies---I
don't know? Not until I started to exercise did I lose the extra weight,
just shy of my daughter's 2nd birthday.
Just my experience.
Aloha,
Gloria Thai LLLLeader Hawai'i