to think that my own family should be less pass remarkable about my weight?

[missldi]

Just need to vent about my overinvolved crew...I love them, but they're driving me demented. I put on a load of weight when I was pregnant-ended up like a goodyear blimp with sausage fingers and elephant feet. Ended up having an emergency c section 5 weeks ago-now all I hear are comments about the amount of weight I have to lose- down to loaded remarks like do you really want that glass of 7up? It's full of sugar.. I can see my horrible jelly belly myself(spared sight of wobbly bum unless I really try to see it!), but AIBU to think that 5 weeks after a c section I should be left alone about my weight? DH tells me I'm lovely, to ignore them, but it's hurtful.If I say anything, I'm met with it's for your own good/ we're only saying/ soandso never lost the weight...AIBU to be pissed off?

[Tinasan]

Of course YANBU. 5 weeks is nothing, it will soon start to come off! Concentrate on enjoying your baby and ignore them.

[christina1971]

Of course YANBU! They should leave you alone - your baby is 5 weeks old; you've had a c-section!! You're doing very well just keeping things together. Your husband is being a sweetie though, and you take your time to recover, and take care of the weight issue if and when you want to. Lots of people say it takes a year to recover physically from pregnancy, and I wouldn't start depriving yourself of things you fancy at the moment. It's early days.
Hope you are managing to get some sleep

[Ladyanonymous]

Wankers - ignore them.

[otchayaniye]

They should leave you alone. I managed to put 4 stone on when I was pregnant. My baby (born at 8 months) was only 5 lbs, bless her. As a fairly dainty size 10 shortarse, it was quite an extra bit of heft.

My mother flew out the day after I'd had a (planned) section and kept saying how shocked she was at how fat I was. Thanks. So did my MIL (though not to my face)

Most of the weight came off very quickly (loss of appetite post section, shock at motherhood, constant breastfeeding may have helped)

But the last stone was a absolute bugger. I had to continue feeding/really limit alcohol/take up running/low carb and it's still not completely gone 20 months on. But I'm almost there.

Good luck, and fuck em. I liked eating relentlessly when I was pregnant. Made me feel less nauseous and well, I was bored, frankly, and wanted to go with the flow and not worry about how I looked so much.

[MumNWLondon]

Me too. Except DS2 is 12 weeks. I just don't lose weight when BFing as I crave bad food.

FFS, I have told them I'll fed him for 6 months and then diet.....

My mum said at least then buy some new clothes enough tracky trousers, so I did.

[missldi]

Thanks folks...as DC is my first child-and neither I or DH speak baby and are sleep deprived loons trying to figure things out, just found all the barbed comments about my weight a bit much.Still, glad to hear there's hope I'll eventually reappear from among the layers of fat!

[otchayaniye]

Once she was weaned I went lower carb (for short bursts) as that's worked for me in the past. That, and running 5k three times a week home from work, as I have absolutely no time at all to fit a gym session in.

I actually think breastfeeding can help initially, but now I'm still feeding quite frequently 20 months on I reckon it hormonally makes your appetite not be able to ratchet down enough to get rid of the last stubborn few pounds.

[otchayaniye]

When I meant weaned, I meant solid food, not weaning from boob

[Horton]

Your husband sounds lovely. Listen to him, not anyone else.

[SloanyPony]

Breastfeeding makes a lot of people want to eat cake... its the devils business is that. Nature is cruel.