Is anyone overweight and ttc

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I’m planning to start trying for my next baby soon but I have a bmi in the mid overweight category. I’m roughly 3 stone overweight thanks to lockdown and pcos, I’m very short so it’s noticeable. I have been trying to lose weight for 2 months with not so much as one pound loss despite going to the gym and cutting calories.
Has any one else been in this position and gone ahead with ttc anyway? Did it affect your pregnancy? I’m nervous about my weight going up even more and the risks of diabetes etc, but due to my age I can’t put it off forever. I just imagined being more in shape so I could physically cope with the pregnancy. Any advice or positive stories would be appreciated.

I'm overweight (BMI 27.5) and was TTC and am now pregnant! Trying to eat healthy and exercise during pregnancy to avoid ballooning!

I am very overweight and had my first in 2019 and I am about to TTC again. I didn’t realise it was such a big issue otherwise I’d have lost weight before we TTC. My weight did get brought up in appointments a lot, it seemed to depend which health professional I spoke to as to how much of a big deal it was. The best way I had it described to me was by a consultant who said that by being overweight it isn’t that there is anything specific that will happen, just that there are a few complications that are more likely to happen but still the risk is really low.

I didn’t have any complications in my first pregnancy and still had the same choices as everybody else for the birth. I had more appointments and extra growth scans but that’s not so bad as I got to see baby a few extra times I am still overweight but weigh less than I did when TTC my first.

If I could do my time again I would have lost some weight before TTC my first but it wasn’t a factor in my pregnancy or birth at all, and my baby was exclusively breastfed also with no issues there.