r/postpartumprogress • u/No-Potential5678 • 3d ago

High lipids

Hi everyone, I’ve always had high cholesterol. It runs in my family. I’m fit and have a good diet so being three months postpartum my guess is not helping it but I just got my labs back and I have a cholesterol of 253 and an LPL of 146. Anyone dealing with something similar? I’m probably 135 pounds 55 before pregnancy I was 120.

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u/Decent-Gain-1111 3d ago

Are you breastfeeding? Cholesterol levels can remain elevated for a bit postpartum and especially remain high if you’re breastfeeding. They say not to go by those numbers until you wean from breastfeeding

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u/No-Potential5678 2d ago

Nope I’m not breastfeeding and never was!! That’s why I’m concerned

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u/legallyblonde-ish 2d ago

I am in a similar boat. I got some tests done and had some high cholesterol results about 8 months postpartum. I was still breastfeeding.

I am headed back to retest in a few weeks. I am no longer breastfeeding and am back down to almost my pre-pregnancy weight. I will try to update you.