Ayone trying to lose weight before becoming pregnant??

I lost weight in the years before I became pregnant. It was not a reason for my weight loss, but having been overweight and then starting my pregnancy at a healthy weight made me proud of myself, and nervous that my body would change forever. Guess what - it didn't! I didn't gain a single extra pound (the day I arrived home with my bundle of joy I weighed the same as when I became pregnant, pretty much). Actually, my 9-month weight was lower than my highest pre-pregnancy weight. I breastfed, and continued to maintain, without even really trying. Another bonus: I didn't get a single stretch mark! Six years later, and I do feel my belly is a little loose (from weight loss? from baby? both?), but other than that, all is good.

My take on it is that pregnancy and weight management are two separate things. You can lose weight before becoming pregnant and not have to feel like it was all a waste. You can have a healthy body weight after pregnancy, even if you weren't as lucky as me, and do gain a few extra pounds. Obviously, understand that your belly will get bigger, and the number on the scale will go up. Think of it as you are carrying something like a pet, a child, or a bag of groceries, it's not really you that is weighing more.

The likelihood of conceiving easily and the likelihood of a healthy pregnancy increase with a healthy body weight (generally speaking, of course), so go for it. Good luck.

I am, although I've pretty much given up. I am 35. Hubby and I have been trying for nearly 5 years. Doctors have no concrete answers as to why. I don't ovulate and so far, medicines haven't helped. I know it's because of this extra weight. If I can finally get just some of it off, I feel like I could finally get pregnant. Good luck to everyone!

Sort of, it's one of my main reasons. I had my first baby a year and a half ago and weighed 85kg (188lbs) before I started. I had an 'easy' pregnancy, and didn't gain a whole lot during the pregnancy, and actually came out lighter than I started after all the fluid was gone. A c-section put the brakes on exercise for quite a while after, and since then I've been really slack. I would LOVE my daughter to have a brother or sister but I think I would feel so much better being a healthy weight before becoming pregnant again. I think being fitter would help me handle labour better too.

We don't intend to start TTC till the end of next year though, so I've got a while before I need to worry about it. My main reason though, is to set a good example for my girl now and feel fitter and healthier.

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I'm not far from a healthy weight range, but my eating habits are horrible! so I'm eating clean, Tosca Reno has a few books in regards to what is it. It took me a year to get pregnant with my first child, so I'm prepared for trying a while, this is month three, and I don't think It was effective. So each month is a step closer to gettin healthy, friend me!

I am! My worst fear is that people will be unsure of me being pregnant or just fat. I have other reasons, but this is my number one

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We were aiming to be pregnant by now, but life got in the way and we now have a few other things to get in line before trying for a baby - my husband is trying to find a new job, and I have recently found out I have lupus, so need to get medically stable before getting pregnant...but I am fed up of being overweight and don't want to add a load of baby weight to that, so if I lose what I want to lose now, hopefully any baby weight I do gain won't make me overweight again and it will come off again more easily. I've got about 12lb to go to get to goal, and then will see how I feel. We will probably not be trying for a good few months yet anyway, so plenty of time.

Me! Although we are currenty TTC #2. I only gained 15lbs with my daughter, and would like to do the same this time around too. I would love to be out of the obese range with my BMI before getting pregnant so I don't have to do the glucose test a million times during pregnancy.