Dawn Hunt wrote in about her experience with weight after having two children. She has a 16-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter.
Did you ever deal with a weight issue after having your child?
I had no problem after my son, but with my daughter – yikes!  I gained about 35 pounds with her, but only her 8 lbs came off after her birth.  Plus I was about 20 pounds heavier when I got pregnant with her than I was for my first pregnancy.
Why? Was there an instance or did it just happen?
I had become very innactive, partly because I’d pulled a ligament in …read more

Last month I asked several moms if they would like to take part in a quick survey, over the next few days look out for “Moms Speak On Weight,” to see what others are saying about it. Women, you aren’t alone with that feeling of being overweight and unnoticed. Hopefully we can help one another out. 
Angela Stevens is our first one up:
How many kids do you have?
I have 3 children. Lauren is 16, Fiona is 4 and Kinsley is 2. All girls!
 
Did you ever deal with a weight issue after having your child?
When I had Lauren it only took 6 weeks for me to get …read more

Did you deal with weight issues after you had your child? Today is the last day to answer, if you haven’t already please do so. There’ll be a lot of talk on weight and many posts from moms that wrote in about their weight issues. Stay tuned.
In case you aren’t aware, the poll is in the sidebar.

As I mentioned this morning, moms all over the internet/world have one thing in common once they have children, they either gain weight or lose weight. I asked readers if they’d like to take part in a question and answer email and many emailed with their responses. I’m glad to say, I’m not the only one that had issues with her weight after having a child. I’ve also learned that it isn’t just moms that give birth, but moms that adopt children as well (Thanks for reminding me Pickel).

Some of us before having kids:

and after? 

I’m looking for moms that have dealt with the whole weight/body issue after having a baby. If you are one of them, which I know there are many would you mind dropping a comment or emailing me here at eliza.ferree@b5media.com. I’d love to ask you a few questions for next week. That’s right we are talking about sex and the body, so many moms go through it lets start chatting about it.