Weight loss after full term twin delivery ?

[bluebonnet22]

Just for fun, can anyone share how much weight they lost after delivering "full term" (or roughly full term) twins in the first 1-2 weeks after coming home from the hospital ? I gained a LOT with my singleton pregnancy (70 lbs, please no judgement) and it's looking like I'm on pace to gain 65 lbs with this twn pregnancy. It took me a year to lose the weight last time and at 2 weeks post partum I had only lost maybe 15 lbs? Hoping I'll lose the first 20 lbs the first couple of weeks but curious if that's only wishful thinking. Also if you don't mind disclosing, how do you feel about your stomach a year post partum ? Once I lost the weight from my singleton pregnancy I was OK with my stomach condition (yes a little loose skin here and there, but nothing crazy bad). I'm expecting after the twins for my stomach to be completely wrecked, but is that always the case? 

Thanks!

[nomnom]

I have nothing helpful to say, but I've been concerned about this too.

[ashb62]

I gained 50 lbs with my twins. They were born at 38+4. The day after delivery, I was down 20 lbs (and that was with a ton of swelling.) By my 4w postpartum check up, I was down 30 lbs. I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight by the time my guys were 4 months old with pretty much no effort (other than BFing.)

Ideally, I would like to lose another 25 lbs. But I don't think diet and excercise could ever make my stomach flat or firm. I have terrible stretch marks and a nice little flap of extra skin that only a tummy tuck could fix. I'm okay with that, though. My body has grown three amazing little people!

[anotherdreamer]

I gained 73lb I believe, and delivered at 38w4d. I had some swelling at the end too. By the time I left the hospital I was down 25lb, by the end if the first month I was down 42lb. I am holding onto the rest. I am not actively doing anything to lose weight, and could be eating healthier though. Right now I'm nursing also, and that is more important to me than weight loss. Once they start to wean I will focus on it more. My belly is different, this was my second c-section and it feels weird. I had a lot of lower abdominal edema before my c-section this time and I may still have some. I definitely have a lot more scar tissue down there right now, I can feel it. My belly is also more saggy and my previously vertical stretch marks actually went plaid in places with the twins.

I don't expect anything to change the saggy skin. I had lost 75lb before getting pregnant with my twins, and had a little bit of a skin pouch from that, but now (even weighing more) I have a very noticeable pouch and skin flaps at my love handles I never had before. They might firm up some, but they aren't going back.

My body did a really amazing thing though. I carried my son to 40w3d and my twins to 38w4d. I was extremely fortunate to carry the twins so long, I know so many women who weren't so fortunate. My body is still healing at 9 months out, and it's still working hard making milk for the girls, so I remind myself that every time I get a little down about the way my clothes fit.

[anakah]

I was back to my pre-pregnancy weight by the end of my maternity leave (3 months), however, I only gained 40 pounds. I can't say that all the weight went back to it's original locations though. My tummy is a lot more jiggly than before and there's a bit of a shelf from my c-section scar. I haven't done anything to actively change my weight/jiggly-ness though I probably should now that I am done weaning the baby and we are done having kids.

[mrsp419]

I gained 20 lbs with the twins (I had a really hard time eating a lot with the heartburn and being so full of humans), and lost probably 25 at the birth. I am not going to lie; I felt pretty good about my body in those first couple PP weeks. BUT it was all kind of short-lived. Then the insane appetite that comes with EBFing twins hit me hard and I easily gained 10-15 lbs back in the first 4-6 months. I have never lost lots of weight while breastfeeding with any of my children, and I guess it is a hormonal thing (coupled with the fact that I am not dieting or exercising in any way). Now that the twins eat solids, my appetite has leveled out some, but I still am about 5 lbs from PP weight (and have about 5-10 lbs hanging on from each of my previous two pregnancies). I am not planning on trying any sort "diet" or lifestyle changes until the girls are weaned, so I am trying to be OK with that. It was really crazy how my body changed this time (not crazy when you think about it, but still weird). My entire "body type" changed after the twins. Clothes fit me strangely now, and my hips got really wide. I also have twin skin and a C-section pooch to control now, but I am proud of my body for what it did in the last two years!

[carrotcake]

I delivered at 34w, but gained 65lbs. I don't remember how quickly I lost the weight but it took at least 6-8wks for my uterus to shrink.

I was steady at 10lbs over PP weight by 6mo or so and stayed that way until I weaned at 14mo. After I weaned and started running, I lost it all in a month very easily. Same thing happened w my singleton - hung on to the last 10lbs until I stopped BFing.

I had almost no stretch marks w my singleton (37w, gained 50lbs or so). I could still wear a bikini after him.

The twins wrecked me. I'm back to PP weight and size but I will never wear a two piece again. Idk how I feel about. I want to be all empowered by what my body did, I really do. But, well, it's hard.

[robertjane33]

K gained about 55 pounds and lost 45 of them two weeks after delivery. In pre-pregnancy jeans after 2.5 months.

[rayray007]

I gained 45 lbs and was " all belly" (I had 14 lbs of baby). I lost 20 lbs in the first few weeks. 4 months out I'm down an additional 10 and have been for a while. Looks like my body is hanging on to the extra 10-15 for now. I'm BFing, eating to my hearts content and not purposefully exercising though. But my abs are wrecked and my belly protrudes quite badly. I'm working on core strength and will worry about weight later. Looks like my skin is going to be wrinkly and droopy.

[wamom]

I am 9 days pp and am down 20lbs. I gained a total of 30lbs despite my best efforts could not gain weight in the last month.

I hope to lose the ten pounds left and tone up over the next year but I am not going to stress about it. I am going to focus on getting through a year of breastfeeding before I focus on my weight and body.

[samantha24]

I delivered at 36+3, I had gained 40 pounds and was all belly. I lost 26 during delivery and now at 4 months pp I am down to prepregnancy weight but it's not in the same places(went from size 2 jeans to now size 6). Also my stomach is definitely stretched out and kinda like a pooch but I'm EBF and not looking to work out or diet like crazy yet. Once they're weaned I will worry about it.

[macchiatto]

I started out normal weight (I had lost 20 lbs before we started TTC), gained 54 lbs by delivery at 37w6d, and lost 35 lbs in the first 2 weeks. I lost another 10 at 4-5 months pp and then struggled for a while to lose the final 10.

[macchiatto]

Oh and I do have a pooch and twin skin. I've always had a bit of a belly though, even at my skinniest. It's been a bit worse since pregnancy even though for a while I was down 10 lbs below pre-pg weight. My stretch marks faded to a light silvery color; I don't mind those at all.

[babys2015]

I delivered at 38+1, and gained 45 pounds. I lost 30 pounds by the two week post partum mark, and another 4 since then. I still have 10 or so pounds to go and I'm EBFing so I'm not worrying too much about it just yet. I try to get out with the boys on a 30 min walk everyday.