One week postpartum update

Even though 1 week postpartum was Thursday and I'm late on this I still want to update. I really wish I had measured my waist before I had Squirt and after, but I don't have a measuring tape to do so. Or I did have one at some point but it's disappeared.

Postpartum this time around has been a little more difficult, though I think the birth was easier. I ended up with an episiotomy, which didn't seem to bother me much after. The worst was the cramps after. I still had some cramping a couple days ago that would be horrible at night to the point I needed to take 600-800mg of Motrin to deal with. Which is really weird for me because I have a pretty high pain tolerance. But since I wasn't running a fever I didn't call the doctor or go to the ER.

Breastfeeding has been going ok. He hasn't figured out how to latch on still so I'm having to use a nipple shield, which makes having to feed him in public a little more annoying but not impossible. I hope he eventually gets the hang of it. I did begin pumping to try to get a storage before having to leave for 2 weeks in June. I figured I'm going to need about 336oz of milk, and so far I'm at 18.5oz with pumping twice a day. I'm hoping to start getting more at once.

Body-wise I feel like I'm shrinking a lot faster than I did the first time. But I'm still pretty big.

38 weeks pregnant

I know some of it is the weight gain (I gained 46lbs all together, even with feeling sick and watching what I ate).

17 hours postpartum

I'm down to 180.9lbs after a week. Which is kind of a bummer since I was up to 196lbs when I went into the hospital.

1 week postpartum

I need to get down to 150lbs to be where I was at pre-pregnancy. Which means diet and exercise again, I don't think I'm going to be one of those lucky people that loses the weight just breastfeeding.

Tomorrow I'm going to start tracking what I eat. I'd start today but I'm sure the candy I ate already ruined that. Tonight I'm going to start some very easy leg exercises and exercises to help my diastasis recti. Though I don't think my muscle separation is severe since it's only 2 finger widths apart, which is normal enough to start doing ab exercises. I just don't want to push it and end up hurting myself. I just need to start off very easy right now, though I'm dying to go running.

So to keep track of my weight loss and exercise in the coming months.

Current weight: 180.9 (down about 16lbs)
Exercise: Light on legs and abdominals.

Jalee

P.S.
Happy Easter!