Who wants to lose weight before having a baby???

lmr9

Hi Lovely Ladies! :flowerforyou:

I've been on MFP off and on for over a year now. I've struggled with my weight my entire life - not obese, just always the "big girl". According to my BMI, I'm a 28.4 - not obese, but at the high side of overweight. My husband and I want to have our first baby soon - we are not "officially" trying yet - I want to lose some weight before that. I want to lose 15-20 pounds. That still wouldn't get me in the "normal" BMI category, but I know my body and I would feel good at that weight. That would be the weight I was when I graduated high school - I've always been a big girl, but I was super active (ran cross country, basketball, track) and pretty muscular.

Reading all these posts kind of scares me though - you gals have had some time with pregnancies. Whoever said 28 is old to have a baby - holy cow - I'm 31 - what does that make me?!?! :frown:

I have no reason to believe that I will have difficulty getting pregnant - just trying to shed a few before then. I'm scared to death of blowing up into a hipppo while pregnant!!! :laugh:

Best of luck to us all! :flowerforyou:

ldbenincasa

Welcome Imr9 and good luck to you!

Just an update from me. We are in the first month of trying again...cycle day 20. I hate the waiting game. Seems like we are always waiting to try and waiting to find out. Anyway, I don't have a feeling either way yet this month, though I don't think our timing was great, so maybe not this month. We'll see. Anyone else with an update? Hope everyone is well!

TaraJ16

i was 189lbs before i got prego with my son, 2.5. i gained 50+lbs with him, i didn't lose much before i got pregnant with my 15 month old daughter. and now i'm sitting at 230lbs. i really wanted to get to at least my first pre-prego weight before we tried for baby #3. but i've been having a lot of problems staying motivated to eat healthy and exercise. we only want 3 kids, so we don't want baby #3 being to much younger then our other kids.

we're going to start trying at the end of october. so i have until then to lose as much as i can, and once we get prego i'm going to actually eat healthy and exercise during this pregnancy. i'm sticking with the attitude of i CAN and WILL do it, instead of i might try.

jtodacheeny

TaraJ16 - Wow, it sounds like we are in the same boat!!! I was 172 when I got pregnant, now I am about 227 and am trying for our third too. And we don't want to have the age gap too big either. Well, you CAN do it!!! WE can do it!!!!! Good Luck and keep us posted!!!

ldbenincasa - ok, here is our update: got my IUD out on Sept 9 then had a funky cycle and was supposedly due to ovulate last Thursday. Well, I went to Women of Faith so was gone for the weekend and I don't feel our timing was good either. I don't really have a feeling this month, but if I had to bet I would say probably not this month:frown: But oh well, it will happen in His timing, I just need to relax and be patient (and have fun trying!!!):blushing:

Good Luck and baby dust to all!!!

yessie75

Hi everyone! I have not logged in in a while. I'm down to 137 lbs. and stopped taking the pill in August . I'm not following my cycle to see when my fertile days are, I'm just letting it happen. I have too much stress right now and if I worry about what days are best I think it would add even more stress. Happy Fall to all!

tahmed

Hi Ladies. I thought I would join in with my story. We are planning to start TTC in July of 2010. That gives me 8 months to get as much weight of as possible. I am currently at 205, and am hoping to get down to at least 170 before July. We have been married 3+ years, and have no kids. My DH is finishing his Masters in Dec 2010, and we hope to have a baby the baby shortly after he is done. My Dr. is great and said I am healthy enough to concieve w/out loosing any weight, but I know that I would be much better off, and more comfortable being 170 than 200. I need all the support I can get, as I have fallen of the wagon multiple times this year already. I think realizing I only have 8 months should help motivate me, but seeing your stories helps too!

Good luck to everyone, on the weightloss and the TTC.