40 pounds lost and now pregnant. hmmm. what now?

loribee33

I have had good luck with weight loss and I am pretty happy with my current weight. my 39th birthday was yesterday and I took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I fairly recently had 2 miscarriages so I'm concerned about this pregnancy. I'm also concerned for me and my health. anyone else struggling with pregnancy and diet at the same time? I'm not looking to lose weight I'm not even looking to stay the same. I want to gain weight gradually like I'm supposed to for pregnancy. anybody need a partner during this journey?

christineellis

I fairly recently had 2 miscarriages so I'm concerned about this pregnancy. I'm also concerned for me and my health. anyone else struggling with pregnancy and diet at the same time? I'm not looking to lose weight I'm not even looking to stay the same. I want to gain weight gradually like I'm supposed to for pregnancy. anybody need a partner during this journey?

Good luck to you! I had 3 miscarriages and then my first successful pregnancy with twins at 38! Then pg again at 39! Yes, it is considered high risk, but more and more common these days so don't worry too much. I think they say all you really need is 500 more calories than your maintenance calories to support a pregnancy. The baby will take what it needs and you just need to eat healthy foods and keep your stress down - if you can! With both of my "high risk" pregancies I worked right up until the last week before I delivered. Unfortunately, with my son I kept eating for twins and he was huge. After our miscarriages, all I could do was hope for the best and hunker down for the ride.

Feel free to send me a message if you have any questions!