I have become the incredible shrinking woman since giving birth to Ginny. Seriously! I knew I would lose some weight at the outset, but that weight loss afterward would be slow.
When I got pregnant, I was a lot heavier than I ever wanted to be, much less being pregnant. I dreaded the idea of gaining weight and even discussed with my doctor how much weight she wanted me to gain--which was 10-15 pounds. I wondered how that would be possible to only gain 10 pounds. I fretted about it for a while. However, I was quite surprised as I started losing weight. I lost weight throughout the first 2 trimesters. Initially the weight loss probably stemmed from morning sickness. Then my stomach felt smaller and I couldn't eat as much. I started to gain back the weight I lost until Ginny was born. In fact, the morning of the c-section, I weighed myself (in clothes) and found that I was still 1 pound less than I was when I got pregnant.
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| About 3 hours before Ginny was born! |
I had heard that when you have a baby that you lose double the baby's weight right off (placenta, etc is the double part). When I got home on Sunday, I had only lost 4 pounds. I was so bummed. I was counting on a 15 pound weight loss. However, I was holding a lot of water and very soon after getting home the pounds started to drop. In fact, since Sunday, I have lost 24 more pounds. That means I'm averaging a loss of 5.8 pounds per day at this rate. I'm sure it will slow down soon, but I feel like the incredible shrinking woman. I'm starting to enjoy looking at my figure again too. :-)
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| Yesterday (Thursday) holding Ginny. My clothes are large on me. |
