Preparing for Baby

No success story yet over here, but yes that's my main reason for losing right now... Good luck!

I am in it to lose weight right now for my health, but my husband and I are thinking about having children. Not 100% set in stone yet as we have a TON of things we wish to accomplish before we bring a little one in this world!

Yes - hubby and I are trying. We've only been trying since the start of September so I think its going to take a little while longer yet. I've had problems in the past whereby my weight has plummeted to below healthy, so I'm hoping I haven't messed anything up with my silliness.

Time will tell I guess.

I want to lose weight regardless, but more than weight I want to get my body strong. First I have infertility, endometriosis, and it took 13 years before we had our miracle baby. When we started TTC I was not over weight and only 23. But I do know that to be healthy can increase your chances because when you are overweight (very high BMI) your egg quality diminishes. So since I am a lot heavier now I hope it may help to lose weight. Second, I also had SPD during pregnancy and it was so painful. I really don't ever want to go through that again. If I can lose some body fat and get stronger I hope maybe to get pregnant naturally and not have SPD. But even if we don't conceive I still want to do this.

Good luck ladies! Losing weight and getting healthy is always a good choice and can help aid in conception and in pregnancy. :-)

When I wanted to get pregnant with my little guy (now 2), I spent about 6 months eating better, exercising and just getting my mind frame ready to get pregnant. It also allowed my body to re-adjust after being on the pill for 10 years. I definitely attribute that to our success in getting pregnant quickly. I felt positive because I gave myself the best chance to be healthy before the pregnancy.

Now we're about to start working for the second one. I was waiting to get an ok from my doctors (cancer treatment in the last year - info in profile), and luckily, I got that last month. But prior to that news, I've spent the last few months much like I did last time - eating as well as I can and exercising. I wasn't sure when I would get the all clear, but I figured anything I could do health wise would be a good thing. I've been doing C25K since August and will be running a 5k at the end of the month. I think I'm in better shape this time that I was last time.

So even though I got the ok last month to start to try, I told the hubby I wanted to wait until after the 5k! Talk about priorities. But I have worked really hard the last few months and I wanted to reach the goal of running in the 5k. Then it's go time!

We're not planning on increasing our family (3 great kids) but I can tell you that my last two pregnancies were whoopsies after I lost a significant amount of weight. My sister, who was my weight loss buddy, had the same thing happen to her. We had gone through a fertility clinic to become pregnant with our first child so I definitely think the weight loss contributed to my fertility. Lifting you in prayer for health and conception.

This is the exact reason I have been trying to get fit. And honestly so far it's been the best motivation and has kept me the most consistent. We aren't trying until end of next year and I have about 40 lbs to go but hopefully then I'll be at my goal weight and able to conceive easily.

I started losing weight to be able to start TTC because every doctor everywhere told me I would need help conceiving with either clomid or something similar. However, I lost about 10lbs which was about 20% of the weight I needed to lose and then I got pregnant suddenly. Now I am focusing on being as healthy as possible and gaining only the weight necessary for the baby while pregnant so I can get to a healthy weight after.

My husband and I have 5 month old little boy...he is wonderful. I lost 38 pounds and got pregnant with him in 2 months. Just relax that helps the most.