Losing Weight In Order To Get Pregnant?

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  • mago_lubb_it
    mago_lubb_it Posts: 1 Member
    Me here!! I'm also trying to lose weight to conceive my second. I've been trying for 18 months with no luck and I finally understood my weight has a lot to do with it. I had started losing weight around March and was getting ny periods every month and as soon as I stopped they became irregular and my cycles were like 62 days long just to get a period and now that I started again I got my period earlier and I'm looking forward to getting them every month. I'm also eating a lot healthier and I'm not eating any meats which is a big thing for me. Don't miss it what so ever. Add me if you to follow. I don't mind having a buddy to go through this and help each other!! :)
  • jasminemabry
    jasminemabry Posts: 18 Member
    I am having infertility problems as well and since I have started changing my lifestyle it has made it more meaningful because I know I will be a mom soon...so anybody want to be friends I would love support
  • GillianLF
    GillianLF Posts: 410 Member
    I havent started trying yet but planning to in maybe 6 months. I've discussed it with my doctor and she recommended I lose some weight and become healthier. She said given my age (will be 36 when trying for my first) I should do everything to optimise my health.
    Thats the final push I needed to do something about my health and when I need motivation I think of my future and it helps.

    Very best of luck getting pregnant ladies. Its such an emotional thing, nice to be able to get support from other women.
  • jedin97
    jedin97 Posts: 5 Member
    edited September 2015
    In 2005 my husband and I decided after being married for a year and together for 6 years, we'd quit preventing pregnancy. I had thought nothing of fertility at that time and it never crossed my mind that I'd have issues with it. The first year went by and I thought that it was relatively normal not to get pregnant quickly..... Then another year went by and another year and still no pregnancy. At this point I was getting my period once every three or so months. I started thinking it may be my thyroid as it had tested irregular a few times before, only to be normal when rechecked. Then I started researching issues I had been having.... To make a long story shorter, I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism AND PCOS and told that while it wasn't completely impossible to get pregnant, it would be very difficult if it ever did happen. In 2010, after trying Meds, I had finally had it. I started working out about 5 days a week and keeping an eye on what I was eating but not really restricting so much. I lost 15lbs in three months and my period became regular on its own. Within the next two months, I became pregnant. I have a beautiful and healthy little girl. Now I've put that weight I lost back on and am wishing for another miracle baby if possible....
    This time at least I know it's possible with exercise and eating better. I'm down 10lbs so far in three weeks this time but I'd really like to lose about 40lbs!
  • GillianLF
    GillianLF Posts: 410 Member
    @jedin97 thank you for that! Very inspiring.
  • marieamethyst
    marieamethyst Posts: 869 Member
    I lost 45 lbs, and am now pregnant after conceiving on the first cycle. So I think losing weight and getting healthy helped. :)
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    There's lots of pregnancy success stories in my post-bariatric support group. To go from "morbidly obese" to "new momma" has got to be amazing. I'm well past those years now but I'm popping in to remind all you gals to take a pregnancy vitamin now, which will have the folic acid in it.
  • kathyk519
    kathyk519 Posts: 197 Member
    HI - A few years ago, I was told that I would have a 90% chance of never conceiving. I decided to take charge, get healthy, lose weight, eat better. I was doing it for myself, and not for trying to get pregnant. My hormones were always a little of out whack, but after losing 40 lbs, my periods became regular, and I got pregnant on my own! I think that losing weight, being healthy and eating right, can regulate our bodies, especially our hormones that play a key role in our health! Good Luck!
  • 91mummy
    91mummy Posts: 4 Member
    me. Im not trying but not preventing either. Iv had a rubbish year so im just going to be as healthy as i can and hopefully il get pregnant soon. I had a miscarriage in january and lost my mum this month so had alot on my plate both metaphorically and literally! Im taking each day as they come and what happens will happen. I have 2 boys already and gained about 30lbs with each but now im up to 200lbs instead of my usual 150lbs, so trying to lose as much as I can and maintain a healthy weight in pregnancy
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