After 30...baby

I had the first of my 4 babies at 25, had the last one at 30....and I can say that losing the baby weight (I only gained 8-11 pounds with each and lost it right away -- thanks to breastfeeding) I am struggling with the last 7 pounds from baby #4 -- who was born 2 years ago -- AFTER i had turned 30 ;-)
In my opinion it is MUCH harder to lose the weight after 30.......I have been relatively active all my life, it just seems to take much longer to see the scale go down after I hit 30....maybe it's just me though :-)
Either way -- I wish you luck in the wedding and family-making business....it's the greatest reward ever!!!!!

I don't think it is.... I gained entirely too much wait during pregnancy. If I were to get pregnant again, I plan on monitoring my calorie intake and continuing to safely exercise throughout pregnancy. After both children I lost the "baby weight" within several weeks (maybe 4?) It was all the extra weight that I gained that was hard to lose!

for me it was harder to lose weight after 30 and after baby not because of my age but because i was tired from already having 3 other children. Once i finally committed to losing weight it came right off. Dont get me wrong it wasn't easy it was hard work but that's because we have to work hard to burn those calories at any age. This biggest difference i noticed about turning 30 is that the elasticity and texture of your skin changes almost overnight.

I'm so glad you posted this. i just turned 30 and my hubby and I have been tryign to concieve forever. I am in a huge debat with myself of wether we should got back to teh firtltily specalist in Feb or wait until I have lost more weight. I have read a ton on the subject. if you eat healthy and exercise throuhgt out your pregnancy the baby weight should come off. I intended to make a diat plan with my dr. and still record my food when i do get pregnant so I don't gain an unhealthy amount with my pregnancy.

Good luck to you.

And as for sex on day 14....it's a good way to start but i ovlulate on day 18 almost every month. Try for fun for 6 months....then try ovilation test if you don't have sucess.

My advice to you is not to stress so much over it. I can beat you all on this board. I had my last child one month to the day before I turned 40. I gained about 35 lbs. with both my kids and it took a year with both until I was back to prepregnancy state. Eat the right things and in moderation. Exercise throughout your pregnancy. Understand that your body will get larger during pregnancy. That's what it's supposed to do. Yes, your body isn't the same after having kids. It's so worth it!!! For what it's worth, I weighed 140 before both kids. I was up 5 for a few years after my last. Now I'm back down to 138....and I wouldn't change a thing! Good luck to you. I hope you have twins:laugh:

I had my daughter at 29 & 1/2 years old, breastfed for 15 months, and was able to get back down to a decent weight fairly quickly. I am 41 now and find the 40's seems to be the really magical number for weight issues. I can't eat like I used to and not exercise. I need to exercise at least a little everyday to maintain.
As for conceiving, we had difficlties due to sporadic periods. I used Chlomid after a liottle over a year of trying. It took us 2 months of the meds to become pregnant. The best advice I got for conceiving was from a very close friend. She said, "Every other day"!! It worked !! LOL She had 3 kids that way!
Congratulations, best wishes and good luck all around!!

There is no magical cut off date. Women have feared getting older historically, its built into our society but 30 is nothing but another decade of numbers but it’s just a number. Metabolism slows as you age but 32 won’t be that much different than 29 for you. I noticed a difference between 20 to 28 but you should be fine in a smaller window.

The most important thing is to be healthy first and enjoy your body now in case you really can’t tone up your lower tummy afterwards – it is possible no matter how hard your work out.

Also it will be more beneficial for your baby that you eat healthy now. Some pregnant woman just made a post today about how much pop, sugar and fatty food she eats and how to get herself off of that junk and I’m like WHAT??? Are you insane! Destroy your own body but not the life of a newborn. And I am not pro-babies so therefore If I was disturbed I can only imagine what MFP parents were thinking. Put down the fork, ahhhh!

I'll be 29 in March and I just had my first baby this past Nov. I started out (before becoming pregnant) being a little overweight. I gained an average of 15lbs. during my pregnancy and by the second month, after I delivered, I was 10 lbs lighter than what I was to start with. I think breastfeeding had a little to do with it. I just knew that I was going to gain alot of wieght and it was going to be hard for me to loose it. My family is heavy and hippy and I just knew because of my family genes and I was hitting that 30 year mark that I was going to be this really obese mom. Thank God this didn't come to past, but I think every woman is different and age has nothing to do with it....

I'm 31 years old and have had 3 kids. I gained 25 lbs. w/ my first child, 50 lbs. w/ my second, and 53 lbs. w/ my third (whom I had just last May). I was able to get the baby weight off with all 3 pregnancies within the first year. It was difficult, but doable. I will say that the biggest challenge is finding the time and energy. When you're getting up all through the night and caring for a demanding newborn/infant/toddler 24/7 it is extremely difficult to find the spare time and willpower to exercise. You will have to give up workouts every now and then (especially on nights where you got very little sleep) and focus more on eating habits.