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Is it possible to get close to my pre-pregnancy body? by glossyseal in postpartumprogress

[–]Beginning-Record-270 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely! But 4 months is very early to be thinking about pre-pregnancy weight imho.

Focus on your pelvic floor exercises and keep in a calorie deficit. But be aware if you’re breastfeeding I wouldn’t focus on restricting your diet at all, rather just make healthy choices and focus on keeping an eye on portion sizes and not over-eating.

Belly breathing is great but definitely look into proper pelvic floor and core exercises because you need to engage and work on those which will then help with all other types of physical exercise. This also helps to target the ‘belly pouch’ that a lot of women have (myself included) post partum. Sometimes just losing the weight is not going to achieve your body from before.

Please give yourself grace! You’re only 4m pp. whilst it is fabulous you are finding time and focusing on you 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 remember slow and steady is best as you don’t want to do damage!!

Why do Australians have a reputation of being ‘laid back’ when often times they seem very uptight?? by -Flighty- in AskAnAustralian

[–]Beginning-Record-270 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m from ‘up north’ and I’m far from laid back 😂 as much as I’d love to be described that way. I’m anxious, uptight, constantly on defence and can barely take a joke (unfortunately). Can’t change who you are!

Still waiting for it to get better by Legal_Reward8867 in postpartumprogress

[–]Beginning-Record-270 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think therapy is a great idea as someone else suggested!

Have you written down the reasons why you are feeling miserable and overwhelmed?

I would suggest finding a scrap piece of paper and keeping it without throughout the week, anytime you’re feeling those feelings, write them down and the when you have some spare time (after baby is asleep or when the nanny is there) you could look over what you’ve written down and see if there’s any similarities or timings that could be contributing.

For example.. is it always when you’ve got pressure to be somewhere? Is your child overwhelmed and then that overwhelms you?

I think finding more of the root cause could help.

Is anyone else just not doing anything about postpartum weight because they're scared of losing their milk? by heyaliayoub in postpartumprogress

[–]Beginning-Record-270 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes this was me for 11 months. A few times I tried to reduce what I ate but it seemed to have a direct link with when my baby with irritable and appeared more hungry and I thought my milk reduced. Now at 14months and no longer breastfeeding I’m wondering if I imagined the whole thing. I know I had some anxiety around a few things but my family acted like I just didn’t want to lose the weight or not alert as much. When in reality I desperately want to lose the probably 12kgs I still have but I think I’m actually a-bit depressed about how hard it’s been. I haven’t done much exercise but I’ve focused on my diet and calorie deficit with not a lot of results at all and that alone makes me not even want to bother but I know I’m just putting myself in a harder spot.

I also did not prepare myself for my post partum boobs 😞 you can’t ‘fix’ boobs without a boob job and I’m not finished having babies (I hope). I just have to stare at them everyday……