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July 22, 2005
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Pregnancy and Postpartum are a weird, weird thing. I'm still carrying around some extra weight (well, duh), but it's rapidly going away all on its own. Breastfeeding is great for that-- you actually burn more calories breastfeeding than being pregnant; to the tune of an extra 500 or so a day. However, I'm too small for my maternity clothes, but too big for virtually everything I wore pre-pregnancy. It's a little frustrating and tends to add to feelings of unattractiveness. I bought a couple of pairs of "fat pants" at Target a few weeks ago, and they're great and comfortable, but today I notice that they're starting to hang off me a little bit. But I'm still not able to zip up my old jeans. THIS is why moms hang out in sweatpants all day, no doubt. I'm not willing to invest in a wardrobe I'll only be in for six months. Maybe it's time to hit Goodwill again. One thing that isn't going to be the same for quite a while is my t-shirt size. Now that I'm breastfeeding, there's no way on Gods Green Earth I'm going to fit in all those cute little t-shirts I wore as a childless, flat-chested woman. You would not believe the size of my breasts. No really, you wouldn't.
Posted by mwashburn at July 22, 2005 03:50 PMPosted to We're Reproducing!
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I *so* know what you mean!!! My wardrobe is all screwy right now. Most of my clothes don't fit! I've gone down a size, which makes me feel awesome ~ but I only have one or two pairs of pants that truly fit! And I'm really, REALLY loving the size of my chest right now, too! LOL! :D :D I heard that you're supposed to take in about 500 calories extra with breastfeeding, so I had some chocolate ice cream with hot fudge sauce tonight. :D
Posted by: Lisanne at July 24, 2005 06:57 PM
I'm *not* loving the size of my chest, unfortunately. I was perfectly happy as a flat-chested girl. And I am off milk products until further notice, as they make her gassy, so no ice cream :-(
But, I still wouldn't dream of doing anything other than breastfeeding. Hassles and all, it is so worth it. I'm secretly waiting for someone to give me crap about doing it in public so that I can give them a piece of my mind (no, motherhood has not mellowed me too much yet...)
Posted by: flygrrl at July 24, 2005 09:17 PM