Anyone else trying to lose weight for baby?

Actively TTC here. My husband and I have been trying for a baby most of this year. I fell pregnant in early July, but sadly suffered a miscarriage about 6 weeks ago. That was our fourth miscarriage. I have PCOS, and I know that every bit of weight I lose will help our chances of falling and staying pregnant. I do apologise i nadvance if I don't respond a great deal in this thread, as sometimes baby stuff can just make me..well, really sad. But thoughts with everyone, and hoping thre's weight loss and healthy babies soon!

Kind of! I am losing weight after my 2nd baby. Well, I have lost it all and more and have about another 15lbs to go until I am the weight I want to be.

I would like to try for a 3rd next year, and by the time I try I want to be within a healthy BMI. I am now a UK size 12/14 (US 8/10) and want to go down 1 more size. I have been consistently healthy since my daughter, now 17 months, was 2 months old, and have exercised an average of 4 times a week since then, so I'm hoping in my next pregnancy that I have a healthy weight gain.

I did lose weight before both of my pregnancies, but I don't think I lost weight in a healthy way as I ate too low calories. Now I use MFP and I eat a balanced diet, so I think I would find it easier to keep the weight off in a 3rd pregnancy. Well, that's what i hope anyway!

Feel free to add me anyone!

Yup! I've told my husband if I can down under 150, I'll be comfortable having another baby, so maybe in six months or so we'll be trying!

I wish I'd had more sense to do this before trying for my baby. Luckily for me, it didn't hinder me getting pregnant, but I did find that my weight did influence my birthing options.
For as long as I can remember I've wanted a water birth, and was adamant on that! Unfortunately, I was 12lb over the weight limit for that and as a result of, wasn't allowed to even consider it! I ended up having an emergency section anyway, but feel the whole pregnancy would have carried much easier and I wouldn't have felt so lethargic and hard - going had I been at a more desirable weight!

Kudos to you for doing this!

I wanted a water birth, but arrived at hospital 10cm dilated with my son and gave birth 90 mins after arriving, and within about an hour of being checked!

2nd time I forgot to ask! Being induced made it all so much faster and more painful that I just didn't think to ask to use the pool.

3rd time lucky I hope!

I had gastric Bypass and then 3 babies. I am borderline normal weight now. It isn't easy at all. My body seems to want to hold on to fat since having kids and turning 40. I would suggest losing weight first for your health and for the health of the baby.

I am! My daughter will be 5 this month, and I am kicking myself for waiting so long to lose this weight. I would have liked to have my children a little closer together, but oh well. I am hoping to shed this excess weight by March or April so that we can start trying for another!

I lost 20lb before my first pregnancy (to go from obese to overweight) and had a relatively healthy time - just some hip problems. But I wasn't very fit so didn't do much during pregnancy exercise wise other than alittle walking when I could. I was lucky to have a relatively easy labour but found it took quite a while to recover. I lost all my pregnancy weight (21lb so I only just got back up to my heaviest weight!) very quickly mainly as I was very stressed and struggled in the first 6 weeks (then we worked out feeding which had been a nightmare and things got better very quickly!).

I've now lost another 20lb on MFP and am just into healthy - hoping to try for another baby (my daughter turns 2 tomorrow) next year and I'm feeling positive that I am so much healthier and fitter so hopefully my hips won't struggle so much.

However am feeling a bit selfish that I am just starting to feel happy with my body for the first time in over a decade (still a way to go too!) and pregnancy is hard - but I think that is just anxiety really!

It is one of my reasons, yes. I'm just a little overweight for my height, but ideally I'd like to be the perfect weight for my height when we do get to the point where we'd start trying (more important things than my weight to deal with first before that happens) just to be extra-healthy and not have any more added weight besides the baby to put pressure on my knees, which tend to bother me already.

ME!!!!! this is one of my biggest goals. Trying to get to a healthy weight to make concieving easier. totally know how your feeling. Add me if you want

Because of my PCOS, the doctor said I needed to lose 50 pounds (minimum) to have a chance of ovulating on my own. After I lost 30, I was already ovulating. Before that, I had never done it before! I'm not TTC anymore right now. I'd like to wait another year, transfer schools, and get even healthier. But just knowing that I did what I needed to do feels amazing in itself!

That is one of my biggest motivations! I've been married 2 years and just turned 31 this summer.... starting to feel the pressure!!! I can't imagine getting pregnant at 250ish lbs and would REALLY like to hit my goal of 150 first (and maintain it for awhile too). I hate the feeling that I'm running out of time though (age-wise), ughhh.... because weight or not I'm still not "ready". I'd like to travel more and have more time with just hubby & I....

I am basically in the same boat. We were married in July and by the time we got married I had already gaind the 25 lbs. that I worked so hard to get off (I still hadn't even reached my goal then!). Now I am starting this process all over again, discouraged, unmotivated and really not in the mood to do it. I really just feel like enjoying time that I get with my husband (he works 3rd shift and I work 1st) and enjoying all the holiday treats that are piling in the office. :drinker: Yet, we both know we need to try within the next year. I am 35 and he is 40, so I know that I need to get heatthy ASAP so that I can have a health pregnancy. I welcome encouragement. I REALLY need it right now.