abortion and weight gain

i had an abortion less than a week ago. i was ten weeks pregnant and during that time i lost 15 pds. all the stress of an unwanted pregnancy and the morning sickness on top of it all, i could barely eat. i was just wondering if you all were stress eating and finding comfort in food instead of your partner? i am not a big eater and definitely do not want to gain any weight. so i just want to know if food is a big part of your life's or was it simply all the hormones and birth control?

Hello everyone, I have the same problem. I had an abortion about two weeks ago . I am naturally muscular so I've always looked fit but I notice since my abortion , I gained 10 lbs. My thigh and legs are huge!!! My belly is also getting big which makes me a little sad since I've always had a six pack. I eat like crazy and the fact that I am now on birth control is not helping. I hope we all find a solution to this.

I'm so comforted to hear other people are going through the same situation!! I was getting seriously confused as to why I was putting on weight the past 5 months when I haven't gained weight in years and it's at such a rapid pace! I have just noticed im getting stretch marks on my thighs and boobs?! I didn't put two and two together until discussing it with other people but it really does seem like my body still thinks I'm pregnant. I've put on weight around my middle especially and my boobs have gone from a DD to and E/F (which I wouldn't mind so much if it didn't come with the belly and thunder thighs!). I've actually been eating more healthily and doing more exercise since I started to notice the weight gain so I know it's not from comfort eating... Could it be possible that after 9 months the weight will start to come off as the pregnancy cycle the body may still think it's in is over? I really really hope so! 

Wow, me too!!! I gained 20 pounds in a month, following an abortion at 6 weeks. I worked out while I was pregnant and still do. It's been 5 months and I can't lose a pound! Has anybody gotten an answer to this yet?

i have t he same question and my face is so broken out now its crazy

Uh...yes alot of women do get depressed but thats not what causes this.

I am having the same issue, my procedure was done end of August 2013.
I cannot lose the preg weight gain of ten lbs and my appetite is ridiculous.

But unlike most people I live an alternative lifestyle as a Traveler where I carry gear around the USA equaling 40lbs. I of all people should be losing the weight but its just maintaining with a bit of gain! Its the eating and still having a weird connection to the pregnancy.
The only reason I havent gained more is becuause my lifestyle forces me to be active. More active than just going to a gym.
Some of that ten pounds was from getting housed (which is how this happened, lol). Im back travelling and having PASS has been one of the most difficult situations to live through in my entire 42 years of living.

Its not just the depression. Theres a whole slew of things and the medical community does not prepare women for this ordeal by informing us of what the after effects are nor is there enough focus on aftercare for women very effected by thier abortions. My body seems to be stubbornly retaining weight.

Talking to people is actually THE greatest help and resource. Ive no contact with female family members or long time female friends and the father of the pregnancy turned out to be incapable of being supportive enough as well as put me in danger of getting pregnant again, which is why I left.
Lack of genuine support from the father or people around you making a woman have to deal with this herself internally is a major stressor.
This is one situation where a woman cannot handle the fallout unlike most things women go through and definitely not on her own.

The biochemicals and human animal drives involved are too powerful. This is the root of procreating the human species itself.

I am just dropping my usual brutal self discipline and allowing myself some daily instances of overeating.

As long as I dont gain anymore significantly and I know at some point in the near future the effects will continue to lessen and my body will balance out. Alliow yourself time to return to normal. For some people with PASS this takes years, others few months to a year.

Medical field treats this as if a tumor were removed but women know its more than that. In order to heal you have to allow yourself to acknowledge the very real inner cavewoman that is these bodies we exist in, and try to understand whats really going on.
All in a culture that has subverted these things long ago and refuses to deal with the reality of there being a truly unique female experience.

I'm going through the same ish. Our body was preparing to birth a child. The body doesn' t realize that there is no longer a child present, so it acts as if we are currently pregnant. All i can say is eat healthy and exercise until our hormones get back on track.

hi i am sathya 2month abortion but still wight gain ple your opinion

Its a year gone August since mine - I am so down. I had lost nearly 2 stone with slimming world within 12 weeks this was prior to the TOP. but since then its just no shifting. I eat 100% on plan and gain weight! I am so desperate - feel like I am being punished for having the TOP.

your fiance sounds like an as****e. i hope you didn't marry a jerk that would call you fat.

I had an abortion 12 years ago... I gained a lot of weight. Slowly I took half off bur still have a ways to go. I am stillllllll trying to lose it all. I am just glad I am not alone. Thanks everyone for posting!

I had my abortion in August after I gained about 15 pounds I knew it was because I was depressed additional to the baby weight I had already started putting on but now I've fine to the gym everyday for the last month and count calories I haven't lose one pound

I to just had an abortion almost two weeks ago. I was 7weeks and gained 20lbs. I'm 20 an had no choice because I had just left a five year relationship that was abusive. But all I do is ear cause I feel constantly hungry and I'm going mad weight. I'm scared it won't go away I just wanna be a size 2 again. Anyone please help

I had an abortion by pill end of December 2012 at 4 weeks along. I had not gained any pregnancy weight. I was 5ft 4" 112 lbs size 2. By February 2013 i put on 10lbs and was a size 4 by august 2013 another 10lbs and size 6. December 2013 another 10lbs and size 8 now here it is May 2014 and im pushing out of size 10. Im 152lbs! I eat excellent, work out daily. I do marathons and am very active. I have not been depressed or upset. My doctors have had me on adapex for months and the scale keeps creeping up. I have seen 4 doctors with zero explanation. Hormones and thyroid every test is normal. 40lbs of weight gain in a year is NOT normal! Doctors even had me do 3 weeks of juicing vegetables to clear my system and i gained 9 lbs! I am so uncomfortable in my skin now and cant afford to buy new clothes every few months! So frustrated

Actually, in your case it sounds like you may have a gluten intolerance. Go gluten free for a few weeks and see if you feel better!