Heathr, it could be that 'returning to the prepretgnancy figure' reflects to the
uterus involution is better due to oxytocin in breastfeeding women? The belly
gets flaater more quickly in many lactating moms.
As for weight loss are my personal and professional experiences very different.
One of my sisters and me are much alike inmany aspects, but not in pregnancy and
lactation weight gain and loss. Where I gained 'tons' in pregnancies and lost
them fairly easy while lactating, my sister did it just the other way around:
gained a small 5 kgs in pregnancy (had 3kg babies), but gained triple that
during lactation.

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
[log in to unmask]

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html