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This is purely anecdotal.  

After I had my first, I quickly lost weight.  I *thought* I was eating well,
both in terms of quality and quantity.  The reality was that I was not
eating sufficient quantity to slow down or stop the weight loss.  I have
observed this with other women, too.  Stress often plays a factor, as does
worrying about how quickly one is losing weight.  

She may want to have more than just TSH checked, just to be sure there
aren't any medical factors.  I had to think more about what I ate, and that
seemed to do the trick.  My perception of what I was eating did not match
the reality of what I was eating.  I was frequently distracted, and wouldn't
finish the sandwich I began but still somehow thought I'd had a sandwich for
lunch.  I also found that I just didn't have much appetite until about 6
months postpartum.  That may well have been stress induced, as I returned to
work and had much internal conflict over doing so.

This happened with my first two children.  By the time I had my third,
having two children around who needed frequent feeding "cured" me. <VBG>

Mary WD

>Subject: maternal weight loss

>Hi all,
 >I am mostly a lurker but do have a question for you all today. I am a 
>hospital based IBCLC in the USA. 
>My office took a call today from a breastfeeding mom who is still losing 
>weight. She weighed 130 pounds pre-pregnant and was 160 pounds right before

>delivery. She is now down to 121 pounds at 4 months post partum. She 
>recently had a TSH done which was normal. She does work 2 nights per week 
>as a nurse and feels she is eating well. Any thoughts? Thanks.

>Sue A. Svehla RNC BSN IBCLC

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