2 weeks postpartum. and my mother told me I'd never lose the weight. I've lost 20 of the 47 lbs that…

It'll take a little time, and you may never be the same weight or even shape again, or you could be even smaller! My sister in law was a little over weight before my nephew, then after he was born she weighed less than before she was pregnant! Personally I gained 47lbs exactly during pregnancy, went from 113lbs to 160lbs, then lost 30lbs in the week following her birth, and have been 130lbs since then! I prefer this weight, I feel a lot less "stick skinny" and way healthier, and my curves look more pronounced lol my hips are perminently wider from the rapid natural birth, but the only thing I got to complain about that is my favorite jeans won't go past my ass 😂 lol

In general they say it takes 9 months to get that weight, give it at least 9 months to shrink back down! You're doing great, no pressure to "bounce back"!

Oh and btw, my mother is like that, too. She was grossly over weight all through my childhood, and said "once you push out a few puppies, you'll never be the same", she was complaining about bladder issues from "pushing my brother and I out" not too long ago, and was like trying to get me to agree, and I'm like, well I don't have that problem, after my baby was born I still have control of my bladder lol....she's all, "it'll happen with number two, don't worry" 😑 like it's something to aspire to 😒 'course, this is the same mom who told me I should get the epidural while I was still pregnant and told her I wanted a natural birth, she said I would enjoy it a lot more if I got it and also said I wouldn't want to breastfeed because it hurts and it's too hard to keep supply up, I'll end up supplementing. Let me tell you, our mothers have jewels of wisdom sometimes...but they are clearly NOT always right about everything. I had a 2.5 hour active labor before my girl was born, it was all natural and beautiful, and I have been exclusively breastfeeding her since the day she was born without ANY supplements (besides exploritory solids now), no bottles, not even a pacifier for her to suckle, and we're going on 7 months on the 24th 😉 you got this mama, you can do whatever you set your mind to!

You look great!

@dohmommy2016, thankyou