Overweight and pregnant

Orphia

rabbitjb wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

darcyelizabeth wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Honestly I'd ask your midwife how many calories you should eat to stay healthy, stick to that number whole eating mostly the stuff from 'slimming world' while not feeling guilty if you really crave a cookie and have one...

But obviously you got to do what you got to do with nausea. And whatever happens... you will still be able to lose the weight after, so don't drive yourself crazy either.

I've got my next appointment in around 4 weeks, the midwife who took my booking bloods was unconcerned, I'm assuming she's seen much worse. I haven't actually met my midwife yet as my next appointment is at the community health centre instead of the maternity hospital. Maybe I'll get some more constructive advice from my new midwife I think I'd gain less if I was more active, but other than at work (where I'm on my feet for 9 hours) I'm pretty much sedentary. My iron is really low so I feel like I'm wearing concrete boots!

What are you doing to get your iron level up? I'm anemic and can't get all the iron I need from foods. There are many forms of iron and I have found that three or four of them don't work for me. I thought I hated my job but it turned out my anemia was not being properly treated with the particular type of supplement my doctor gave me.

I'm currently taking Iron Bisglycinate, which is not constipating like other iron supplements. My energy levels came back up after I switched.

Please don't encourage a pregnant woman to take iron supplements that have not been prescribed

Or anyone for that matter. So wrong.

kshama2001

rabbitjb wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

darcyelizabeth wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Honestly I'd ask your midwife how many calories you should eat to stay healthy, stick to that number whole eating mostly the stuff from 'slimming world' while not feeling guilty if you really crave a cookie and have one...

But obviously you got to do what you got to do with nausea. And whatever happens... you will still be able to lose the weight after, so don't drive yourself crazy either.

I've got my next appointment in around 4 weeks, the midwife who took my booking bloods was unconcerned, I'm assuming she's seen much worse. I haven't actually met my midwife yet as my next appointment is at the community health centre instead of the maternity hospital. Maybe I'll get some more constructive advice from my new midwife I think I'd gain less if I was more active, but other than at work (where I'm on my feet for 9 hours) I'm pretty much sedentary. My iron is really low so I feel like I'm wearing concrete boots!

What are you doing to get your iron level up? I'm anemic and can't get all the iron I need from foods. There are many forms of iron and I have found that three or four of them don't work for me. I thought I hated my job but it turned out my anemia was not being properly treated with the particular type of supplement my doctor gave me.

I'm currently taking Iron Bisglycinate, which is not constipating like other iron supplements. My energy levels came back up after I switched.

Please don't encourage a pregnant woman to take iron supplements that have not been prescribed

What are you doing to get your iron level up? /= Take a supplement that you have not been prescribed.

That was the only part directed at the OP. The rest was sharing my experience, not advice.

Kalikel

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

Why not just ask how many calories you should be eating and use MFP as a calorie counter?

This.

azulvioleta6

Here are a couple of links to check out...these come from a friend of mine who is an OB-GYN.

opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/study-shows-overweight-pregnant-women-can-safely-lose-weight/

nytimes.com/2015/03/29/opinion/sunday/pregnant-obese-and-in-danger.html?_r=0

Orphia

kshama2001 wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

darcyelizabeth wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

Honestly I'd ask your midwife how many calories you should eat to stay healthy, stick to that number whole eating mostly the stuff from 'slimming world' while not feeling guilty if you really crave a cookie and have one...

But obviously you got to do what you got to do with nausea. And whatever happens... you will still be able to lose the weight after, so don't drive yourself crazy either.

I've got my next appointment in around 4 weeks, the midwife who took my booking bloods was unconcerned, I'm assuming she's seen much worse. I haven't actually met my midwife yet as my next appointment is at the community health centre instead of the maternity hospital. Maybe I'll get some more constructive advice from my new midwife I think I'd gain less if I was more active, but other than at work (where I'm on my feet for 9 hours) I'm pretty much sedentary. My iron is really low so I feel like I'm wearing concrete boots!

What are you doing to get your iron level up? I'm anemic and can't get all the iron I need from foods. There are many forms of iron and I have found that three or four of them don't work for me. I thought I hated my job but it turned out my anemia was not being properly treated with the particular type of supplement my doctor gave me.

I'm currently taking Iron Bisglycinate, which is not constipating like other iron supplements. My energy levels came back up after I switched.

Please don't encourage a pregnant woman to take iron supplements that have not been prescribed

What are you doing to get your iron level up? /= Take a supplement that you have not been prescribed.

That was the only part directed at the OP. The rest was sharing my experience, not advice.

Are you pregnant?

HikeCyclist

Are midwives also dieticians?

I'd be skeptical taking nutritional advice from a midwife, but then again I really don't know the extent of their training...

azulvioleta6

HikeCyclist wrote: »

Are midwives also dieticians?

I'd be skeptical taking nutritional advice from a midwife, but then again I really don't know the extent of their training...

It varies wildly.

Minxi78

I just started MFP, but my plan is yo (hopefully) get pregnant early next year, but I wanted to spend at least 6 months eating healthier, losing some weight etc before actually getting pregnant. I have over 100lbs to loose, so my plan when I get pregnant is to talk with doctor/midwife to find a safe calorie goal for pregnancy, then I will continue exercising (safely) and use MFP to keep from gaining too much weight during pregnancy. Of course that is easy for me to say now, when I am not dealing with morning sickness or cravings, but it is at least my plan I hope the nausea gets better soon!!