Weight loss and getting pregnant

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  • purplespeckle
    purplespeckle Posts: 652
    You are NOT crazy. If anything it will make getting pregnant a little easier. AND.... if you lose it now, you won't have to lose as much after you give birth. I think it's a great idea! The healthier you are the healthier your unborn baby will be too....

    i have no children but i agree with what she said...it will make the pregnancy a lot easier on you since you aren't carrying the baby AND the extra weight ya know? plus like she said you won't have as much to lose afterwards
  • ♡MyCurves
    ♡MyCurves Posts: 103 Member
    I guess that some ppl are just really fertile, like myself. This is my 4th pregnancy, and the heaviest, sadly that i've ever been. But I haven't gained any weight and I'm 4mths pregnant. So far, I have lost around 15lbs in this pregnancy and I eat what I want..this has happened with all of my pregnancies. I just wish that I could lose weight like this while i wasn't knocked up! :)
  • msartishia
    msartishia Posts: 123 Member
    I do not think you are crazy. My doctor has been telling me that when I decided to lose weight that I would be successful in carrying a baby full term, so that is what I am doing. I know some people that have difficulties and once they lose weight its like they take a lets get prego pill. But you do what makes you happy. If you want to be lighter so that you can be healthy then you do that. I have learned that I will do what makes me happy. I want a baby, and I want to lose weight. So I am losing weight so that I have have my babies (yes that means more than one hopefully). :smile:
  • ♡MyCurves
    ♡MyCurves Posts: 103 Member
    I do not think you are crazy. My doctor has been telling me that when I decided to lose weight that I would be successful in carrying a baby full term, so that is what I am doing. I know some people that have difficulties and once they lose weight its like they take a lets get prego pill. But you do what makes you happy. If you want to be lighter so that you can be healthy then you do that. I have learned that I will do what makes me happy. I want a baby, and I want to lose weight. So I am losing weight so that I have have my babies (yes that means more than one hopefully). :smile:

    It will happen mama! :) sending baby dust your way..and lots of it! :))
  • bdavenport62
    bdavenport62 Posts: 101
    I never had fertility issues, but have heard that weight definitely is a factor. So when I got married, I wanted to give myself and my future child the best chance possible. I lost 70 pounds and got to my goal weight and found out I was pregnant. I did gain the weight back in my pregnancy, but I think getting fit before made the labor SO much easier. Don't let people tell you that you are crazy for wanting the best for yourself and family.
  • cynthials
    cynthials Posts: 213 Member
    I do not think you should put anything on hold because you might become pregnant. It could take a while to get pregnant, and that time could be spent losing weight and getting your body to a healthier place.

    It took my husband and I a year to conceive, even using temps and charting. I am glad I didn't put anything on hold in that year because having kids slows you down enough!!
  • pink_butterfly
    pink_butterfly Posts: 83
    I was on my way to a healthier me. I am 5'1 and was 168lbs. I wanted to get halfway to my goal weight before having another baby.. I went down to 157, and we decided it was time to have another baby. I was so worried, thinking I'm still overweight, I didn't want to be so unhealthy when having the next one (with my first who turned 2 in january, i went from 132lbs to 195lbs, and then got stuck in the high 160s every since)... So, I started eating differently, knowing that I didnt want that 'starving' feeling when I'm supposed to be trying to have a baby. And well, plans went as we wanted (for when we wanted due date to be). I was 160lbs when I conceived and am now 164lbs at 17 weeks pregnant. I'm not counting calories or sticking to my MFP diet from before, I am just eating lots of fruit and veggies as its all I'm craving. Sure I slip sometimes, I eat ice cream or chocolate. I also have been having to sit around and have my feet up alot of the time, and I worry this will make me gain toooo much. But so far so good. When I looked it up, it said at my BMI, a healthy gain for me is 11-20lbs for this pregnancy. I really hope I just gain just baby and not extra like last time. But to make sure I keep me and baby healthy, I just make sure I'm getting lots of healthy stuff into my stomach and I'm not starving myself or limiting myself when I'm hungry as I know baby needs all the good stuff too.

    So as someone who was losing weight on here and then decided one day it was time for another lil one. I say just eat good and don't limit urself like u would be doing on here. It can be discouraging, trying to lose weight and then being pregnant which means ur going the opposite way of where you want to go, but for me, I feel so blessed, a lil being inside of me, growing. And in 5 months when baby arrives, if I've gained a lil more then I planned or even if I just fall back to my pre pregnancy weight, then its ok, I have MFP and all my MFP friends for encouragement to get back in the swing of things and reach my goal. I plan to reach my goal of 130lbs AFTER baby is here.

    Good luck to all who are thinking of having a baby in the middle of their MFP journey. I believe its truly worth the temporary gain :D
  • dearprudence1964
    dearprudence1964 Posts: 30 Member
    I was on my way to a healthier me. I am 5'1 and was 168lbs. I wanted to get halfway to my goal weight before having another baby.. I went down to 157, and we decided it was time to have another baby. I was so worried, thinking I'm still overweight, I didn't want to be so unhealthy when having the next one (with my first who turned 2 in january, i went from 132lbs to 195lbs, and then got stuck in the high 160s every since)... So, I started eating differently, knowing that I didnt want that 'starving' feeling when I'm supposed to be trying to have a baby. And well, plans went as we wanted (for when we wanted due date to be). I was 160lbs when I conceived and am now 164lbs at 17 weeks pregnant. I'm not counting calories or sticking to my MFP diet from before, I am just eating lots of fruit and veggies as its all I'm craving. Sure I slip sometimes, I eat ice cream or chocolate. I also have been having to sit around and have my feet up alot of the time, and I worry this will make me gain toooo much. But so far so good. When I looked it up, it said at my BMI, a healthy gain for me is 11-20lbs for this pregnancy. I really hope I just gain just baby and not extra like last time. But to make sure I keep me and baby healthy, I just make sure I'm getting lots of healthy stuff into my stomach and I'm not starving myself or limiting myself when I'm hungry as I know baby needs all the good stuff too.

    So as someone who was losing weight on here and then decided one day it was time for another lil one. I say just eat good and don't limit urself like u would be doing on here. It can be discouraging, trying to lose weight and then being pregnant which means ur going the opposite way of where you want to go, but for me, I feel so blessed, a lil being inside of me, growing. And in 5 months when baby arrives, if I've gained a lil more then I planned or even if I just fall back to my pre pregnancy weight, then its ok, I have MFP and all my MFP friends for encouragement to get back in the swing of things and reach my goal. I plan to reach my goal of 130lbs AFTER baby is here.

    Good luck to all who are thinking of having a baby in the middle of their MFP journey. I believe its truly worth the temporary gain :D

    It was so nice to read your post. I think God or fate or whatever you beleive in has an amazing sense of humor sometimes. Last weekend I bought a size 14 jeans - a size i haven't been able to wear in about 10 years. Literally, 1 week later I find out I'm pregnant. Do you beleive that?!??!!? I am feeling really weird right now because it hasn't really sunken in yet - but on top of that, I miss my weight loss obsession. This was the most dedicated I ever been to reaching my goal weight - I mean, I had the eye of the tiger! haha. And now I have to figure out the best way to switch gears. Anyway, this is my first, and we are very happy - but it's just quite an adjustment for me. Now I need to add some pregnant MF Pals to my friends list for a different kind of support.
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