Losing weigh to get pregnant!

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  • Snikkee
    Snikkee Posts: 295 Member
    Hey guys! Just looking for other people I can add as friends who are in the same boat as I'm in. I don't have any health related issues regarding my weight as far as I know I can get pregnant but I want to be a much healthier weight before I try to concieve. I mean I'm 26, been with my Husband for 5 years married for 2 and we are so ready! As heavy as I am though, it's just not an option. Anyone else out there on the same page as I am?! Would love the support and motivation! (=


    I am 24, got pregnant at 20, had him at 21..... We weren't trying, but we also weren't not trying. :) I think it took over a year for my husband and I to conceive and I was at like 217 lbs and 5'4. ..... We recently started trying for a second again, tried for only 6 months and then I decided that I don't want it to take over a year, and I also do not want to be as big as I was last time, so I am losing weight before we try again.. maybe it will work, maybe it won't. I hope it works for you
  • ImprovingEla
    ImprovingEla Posts: 396 Member
    Just a question: Why would someone take metformin (which is for diabetes) to loose weight and get pregnant?
    As a nurse, I really would doubt, that you do your body good, IF you do not have diabetes!
    Just my 2 cents!

    A lot of women with pcos are also insulin resistant. Metformin helps to regulate it. It is prescribe by most doctors to a lot of patients with pcos.
    Ah thanks now I get the picture. the way it was written before I understood, that it was to loose weight and I was thinking how that would work out, but now I get the picture clear thanks!
  • ktaqt3399
    ktaqt3399 Posts: 141 Member
    I am in the same boat been ttc for 8 monthes. everything appears to be normal and it is just the amount of weight. Im not regular because of it. Trying so hard to get things undercontrol so we can concieve. Would love to make new friends going through the same thing...anyone feel free to add me.
  • annams76
    annams76 Posts: 161 Member
    I am trying to get pregnant again and other than my weight I am healthy. My current BMI is 33 and my doc said it will be much easier to get pregnant once your BMI is 30 or under. As a matter of fact I have been told fertility doctors won't even see a woman whose BMI is over 30 cause they will determine that as the cause of not getting pregnant. Good luck and if you want to add me that is fine with me. :smile:
  • RachelSRoach1
    RachelSRoach1 Posts: 435 Member
    Just a question: Why would someone take metformin (which is for diabetes) to loose weight and get pregnant?
    As a nurse, I really would doubt, that you do your body good, IF you do not have diabetes!
    Just my 2 cents!

    This is a medication also used to treat Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS.
  • melinda200208
    melinda200208 Posts: 525 Member
    I don't know if I ovulate or not. Is that something my OBGYN can easily detect?!

    I buy the ovulation kit from walmart. I believe it costs about $35.00 There are like 30 sticks in it. You start 5 days after the start of your period and keep testing until you get a positive which means you are ovulating. I track everything down in my handy dandy calendar. Now I can predict a few days before I ovulate. (not exact, but I have an idea) This is the best time to try to conceive. A couple days before you ovulate, the day of, and probably a day or two after. Make sure to track everything down from the first day of your period and the day you ovulate. If you don't ovulate for a couple months, that is when I would go in to see an OB Doc. We've been trying for about a year and a half now (just recently got married though) I test positive for ovulating every month, but not sure what is going on. It can be a stressful time, try to keep your head up! And good for you losing weight before trying to conceive. :) Good luck with everything!
  • Steellotus
    Steellotus Posts: 25 Member
    I don't know if I ovulate or not. Is that something my OBGYN can easily detect?!

    I buy the ovulation kit from walmart. I believe it costs about $35.00 There are like 30 sticks in it. You start 5 days after the start of your period and keep testing until you get a positive which means you are ovulating. I track everything down in my handy dandy calendar. Now I can predict a few days before I ovulate. (not exact, but I have an idea) This is the best time to try to conceive. A couple days before you ovulate, the day of, and probably a day or two after. Make sure to track everything down from the first day of your period and the day you ovulate. If you don't ovulate for a couple months, that is when I would go in to see an OB Doc. We've been trying for about a year and a half now (just recently got married though) I test positive for ovulating every month, but not sure what is going on. It can be a stressful time, try to keep your head up! And good for you losing weight before trying to conceive. :) Good luck with everything!

    just to note- i have atypical symptoms of PCOS. no cysts, regular periods. i do NOT ovulate, but i get positives on ovulation kits.
  • Steellotus
    Steellotus Posts: 25 Member
    I don't know if I ovulate or not. Is that something my OBGYN can easily detect?!

    After trying for a while (usually a year or so) dr can refer you to a reproductive endocrinologist. they will give you a series of tests (ultra sounds, checking if your tubes are clear, looking for cysts an checking hormone levels at certain times throughout your cycle) if your tubes are clear and you're ovulating there's nothing to do, but they will test your hubby. If tubes are clear and you're not ovulating they will recommend something like clomid to induce ovulation (had this to get pregnant with my son) if your tubes are blocked then IVF would be the only route- no point in prescribing a med to make you ovulate if your tubes are blocked up.

    that being said, 9/10 if you're having a regular period, then you're probably ovulating.
  • _whatsherface
    _whatsherface Posts: 1,235 Member
    I lost over 40 lbs before getting pregnant, and it was a great great thing not only for my baby but for me too.

    Take this time to relearn how to eat and live. Give yourself the gift of a good relationship with food and your body before you get pregnant. Those tools you learn along the way will be a godsend during pregnancy to manage your pregnancy gain and beyond for managing your post-pregnancy life as well. These are life skills you can pass on to your children as well, so take your time and do this right.

    My advice to you is to be patient. Do not let your excitement to become a mom make you make bad decisions and crash diet to drop your weight too fast. Slow and steady with an eye for fixing the real problems that brought you to your current weight and health is the way to go with this.


    Good luck to you!

    I needed this. Thank you.
  • _whatsherface
    _whatsherface Posts: 1,235 Member
    I don't know if I ovulate or not. Is that something my OBGYN can easily detect?!

    I buy the ovulation kit from walmart. I believe it costs about $35.00 There are like 30 sticks in it. You start 5 days after the start of your period and keep testing until you get a positive which means you are ovulating. I track everything down in my handy dandy calendar. Now I can predict a few days before I ovulate. (not exact, but I have an idea) This is the best time to try to conceive. A couple days before you ovulate, the day of, and probably a day or two after. Make sure to track everything down from the first day of your period and the day you ovulate. If you don't ovulate for a couple months, that is when I would go in to see an OB Doc. We've been trying for about a year and a half now (just recently got married though) I test positive for ovulating every month, but not sure what is going on. It can be a stressful time, try to keep your head up! And good for you losing weight before trying to conceive. :) Good luck with everything!

    GREAT TIP! THANK YOU!
  • AverageAngel
    AverageAngel Posts: 123 Member
    I am going to post, and then go back through and re read.. I am excited to see this. I am 30, married for 5 , together for 7 years. I want to lose 40 # before I get pg so that it isn't so hard to lose, POST baby. Well .. *maybe baby*.. I have Mirena, and it is done 08/13. I figure which ever comes first, the weight loss, or the mirena.. will try for 6 months.. then go back on mirena.
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    That is sort of me...Getting pregnant is not in my ideal immediate future but it will be sometime down the road and I am TERRIFIED of gaining weight of any type, especially baby weight. I want to lose a lot before getting pregnant that way if I do end up gaining it back it won't be totally out of control. However, I know surprises come along, so I won't be floored if everything doesn't go according to plan...that's life.
  • ah27205
    ah27205 Posts: 12 Member
    I'm excited to see this post! I'm 26, with my fiance for 10 years now. I'm working on losing weight to hopefully help our chances of getting pregnant. I have PCOS, endometriosis as well as a bicornuate uterus..so my chances are slim but I want to drop as much weight as I can to help our chances.

    Feel free to add me...I've lost weight before and gained it back, hoping this time I have enough motivation to stick with it!
  • AnaVerasGettingFit
    AnaVerasGettingFit Posts: 109 Member
    I am also planning on ttc once I lose weight. Many tell me I should just start trying while I'm at this bigger weight because I will be gaining anyway.... but is it selfish of me that I want to lose weight, first, even though I know I'm not getting any younger? Feel free to add me, ladies!
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    Keep in mind that you should likely get in to see an OB/GYN to make sure everything's ready to go.

    I had trouble conceiving and even if I had gotten to a healthy weight, I still wouldn't have been able to conceive because I have auto-immune antibodies that make my blood clot too quickly - so if by some miracle, the egg went down the tube that ISN'T blocked and tried to implant, my blood would clot all around it and it would auto-abort before even really getting a chance to start growing. No amount of weight loss would change that or keep it from happening.

    I also have a hormone imbalance and wasn't ovulating. Most doctors will have you do a BBT chart (Basal Body Temperature chart) for 2 months. That's where you take your temperature each morning before getting out of bed, before going to the bathroom, and chart it. The chart should look like a standard bell curve. If it looks like the rocky mountains (mine did), it usually means something's up. Not trying to scare you - just there's a lot of things that most people don't realize can affect trying to conceive - hormone imbalances, blocked tubes, autoimmune issues, thyroid issues, annovulation, etc. etc. etc.

    (After I did 2 months of the BBT, I went in for a blood test, and they discovered a hormone imbalance too. Everything they found with me that was preventing me from getting pregnant was something they could do something about, and I now have two beautiful daughters.)

    If I can answer any questions or help further, let me know.
  • JennyV2013
    JennyV2013 Posts: 37 Member
    I'm late to this post but also working to lose 30-60 pounds before TTC. I'm anxious to start trying but will hold out until April at the earliest. I really need to focus and get this weight off before then!
  • shinesunfish
    shinesunfish Posts: 93 Member
    My husband and I have been ttc for about 5 months (though we haven't started being aggressive about it yet...) Nice to know so many people are in the same boat, especially since I don't really want to talk about it with most friends/family members because I feel like it's enough pressure with just the two of us knowing! But even though I don't have any wieght-related health issues yet, I am very fearful that it is a reason we haven't conceived yet. This isn't the best sentance, but, yes, I am in the exact same boat!
  • suckerlove
    suckerlove Posts: 198
    It is the reason I am on this journey. We have been TTC for 6 years and have suffered 1 miscarriage. I am 38 and on a mission to get pregnant by the time I am 39. Feel free to add me.
  • srpm
    srpm Posts: 275 Member
    I have very normal periods. I haven't been diagnosed with anything like PCOS yet but I'm sure it could be a possiblity given how heavy I am.

    If you have normal periods while on birth control you don't really know if you have normal periods. If you have normal periods not on birth control you are probably fine and don't have anything to worry about.

    That being said, I am just barely in the "overweight" category but my husband and I want to start TTC soon and everything I have read says that it is easier to get pregnant if you are in good health and that labor is easier if you are a healthy weight and in good shape so while yes I want to look a certain way I also have decided that I need to be more active and work on muscle tone etc more so that I can do everything in my power to make sure I am as healthy as possible when I do get pregnant and continue that way as much as possible to make sure that the entire pregnancy and labor go as smoothly as possible and to get my self back to healthy shape as quickly as possible after labor so my baby has a healthy mommy.
  • justjenny
    justjenny Posts: 529 Member
    Bumping to read later

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