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What Causes Weight Loss Postpartum?
Question: My wife delivered a baby girl 11 months back.
She was 56 kgs when she conceived and went on till 67 kg at the time of c section delivery.
My daughter was on exclusive breast feeding for 6 months and now on other foods along with breast feeding.
This question is about my wife's weight loss. She is at present 47 kg and her BMI is 19 with height around 158 cm. We did a health check up around 3 months back to check the thyroid level and it was under normal range and other general blood reports were also normal. She is healthy otherwise with no other specific complaints.
Do I need to be worried about this weigt loss?
She was 56 kgs when she conceived and went on till 67 kg at the time of c section delivery.
My daughter was on exclusive breast feeding for 6 months and now on other foods along with breast feeding.
This question is about my wife's weight loss. She is at present 47 kg and her BMI is 19 with height around 158 cm. We did a health check up around 3 months back to check the thyroid level and it was under normal range and other general blood reports were also normal. She is healthy otherwise with no other specific complaints.
Do I need to be worried about this weigt loss?
Brief Answer:
follow the advises.. maintain a healthy lifestyle..
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX, Welcome to HealthcareMagic,
I've gone through your query and understand your concern for your wife.. let me inform you in the first place that, in an otherwise healthy adult, there's no need to worry about this momentary loss of weight after pregnancy followed by the period of breastfeeding...
As per your description, her BMI is around 18.8 which is a bit underweight as per her age-group...
Since she does not have any health issues, and all the investigations have come out within normal limits also, just focus on maintaining a good lifestyle and a healthy diet plan..
Simply focus on maintaining a healthy routine and a good eating regimen, eating in time, never to skip breakfast, eating in moderate portions and avoid all forms of junk/processed foods, maintaining a good hydration status by drinking a lot of water throughout the day, having a lot of fresh green vegetables, salads and fruits, have good amount of protein in daily diet, these should be fine..
You can also contact the dietitians in this forum for preparation of round the clock diet chart for further guidance...
Take Care
Kind Regards
follow the advises.. maintain a healthy lifestyle..
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXX, Welcome to HealthcareMagic,
I've gone through your query and understand your concern for your wife.. let me inform you in the first place that, in an otherwise healthy adult, there's no need to worry about this momentary loss of weight after pregnancy followed by the period of breastfeeding...
As per your description, her BMI is around 18.8 which is a bit underweight as per her age-group...
Since she does not have any health issues, and all the investigations have come out within normal limits also, just focus on maintaining a good lifestyle and a healthy diet plan..
Simply focus on maintaining a healthy routine and a good eating regimen, eating in time, never to skip breakfast, eating in moderate portions and avoid all forms of junk/processed foods, maintaining a good hydration status by drinking a lot of water throughout the day, having a lot of fresh green vegetables, salads and fruits, have good amount of protein in daily diet, these should be fine..
You can also contact the dietitians in this forum for preparation of round the clock diet chart for further guidance...
Take Care
Kind Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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