Reasons for not losing weight after giving birth:

hormonal changes:

It is known that during and after pregnancy, the mother’s body undergoes hormonal changes, which would help in weight gain, and increase some hormone levels that remain high after childbirth, and those high hormones are able to stimulate appetite and weight gain, and store some fat in the abdominal area, There is a stress hormone that promotes weight gain and helps the accumulation of fat in the belly of a pregnant woman.

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sleep deprivation

Certainly every new mother suffers from lack of sleep and not getting many hours of sleep and rest, because she has to take care of a newborn, and the newborn does not follow a specific routine, and the mother must be around her child all the time, to meet his food all the time, and change diapers on time. Around the clock, which makes every mother give up the routine regarding the sleep she wants to get, to take care of her son, which makes a link between lack of sleep an increase in the weight of the woman, which makes the lack of sleep a significant increase in the woman’s appetite.

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Increased stress level:

The responsibility of motherhood makes the mother feel feelings of tension and anxiety, especially after childbirth, which means an increase in appetite, because severe stress enhances cortisol, which increases the feeling of high appetite, and the desire to eat food rich in calories and food that has a high amount of sugar, and helps to The storage of fat in the body, especially in the abdominal area, and there is emotional eating, as a woman may eat food to feel comfortable, with a lack of physical effort that centers around the child only.

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