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Originally Posted by osubabe22

I gave birth to my lil girl on 8-28-08 and I am BFing her. i really wanted to make it as long as I could.. 6 months would be great. I only did it for about 6 weeks with my son and I wanted to do it longer this time. I am going on 12 weeks and I am so proud of my self, but I am getting more and more depressed about my weight. I stay home all day with my 2 yr old and baby and my 4 yr old brother. i can't go out and do stuff, so I stay pretty bored all day and end up snacking for most of the day! Today I am going to the local community center to get a membership to their gym, but the child care they offer only takes babies 6 months and up.. so my lil girl is too young to go. Therefore, I have to wait til my hubby gets off work b4 I can go. I know this will help, but I so badly want to start taking phen again. I took it after I had my son and lost about 35lbs in 3 months or so. So, my biggest delima is should i stop BFing now so I can start taking phen or just wait til she's 6 months old and then stop and take them? I want to give my lil girl the best nutrition i can, but I'm afraid I'm going to become more and more depressed if I don't lose weight soon. I only have one pair of jeans that fit me right now and I'm 6'2 so I have to order my jeans online. I ordered 3 new pairs and I guess I gained a lil more weight and they didn't fit! I feel selfish for wanting to stop BFing just to take diet pills. I just need something to help me control my eating and give me more energy. Has anyone been faced with this situation and if so what did you decide?? sorry this is so long, but I really need a lil advice. Thanks.

I really, really, want to add my two cents but, I need to go, to sleep. Sounds like your starting to get the itch pretty bad to lose your weight. Well you know, I heard the second go around is very hard on phentermine and it may not even work as good the second time but, then again, if you took a long enough break from it it may. I say Hang in there girly for as long as you can, your baby is more important right now. Although, I also say any length of bf is better then none and you've topped me, I only made it 3 months with my last. It was to hard with 3 other children around. To bad the pumping and saving another three months in the freezer would not work for you,like I suggested before. I say stick it out but, if push comes to shove, Don't feel guilty, I think you've done awesome for as long as you have done it for. Plenty of babies were never bf but formula feed and turned out just fine. Ultimately it will be your Decision. Hopefully more ppl chime in.