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Conceiving when overweight - welcome your experiences

38 replies

whatchance · 16/07/2008 16:35

I know the best answer is to lose the weight first, but anyone had experience of getting pregnant when seriously overweight to start with (around 5 stones).

Would love to hear people's experiences - thanks.

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wotulookinat · 22/07/2008 23:22

Well I was told that it could take years before I was pregnant, if it happened at all, and it happened extremely fast. Good luck - it's all worth it in the end.

TheHedgeWitch · 23/07/2008 09:41

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yellowflowers · 23/07/2008 10:16

what is spd?

TheHedgeWitch · 23/07/2008 11:44

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EsmeWeatherwax · 23/07/2008 13:48

I had SPD too, but only towards the end of my pregnancy. My friend who is a size 10, was signed off work with it from 3 months into her pregnancy though. These things can affect anybody, and IMHO are not affected by weight. Which is not to say that weight doesn't bring complications into ttc and pregnancy, but think it is to blame for less than you think. Its definitely the thing to be frowned on at the moment though.

LooptheLoop · 23/07/2008 17:09

"Thank god I've finally found somewhere that doesn't scare me into not wanting to get pregnant!"

Exactly what I was thinking. The joy of Mumsnet - so glad I finally posted this question!

wotulookinat - sorry to hear about the unhelpful attitudes you experienced. Glad it turned out well in the end.

wotulookinat · 23/07/2008 18:36

Thanks - and the best of luck to everyone. I only wish I had found MN earlier - DS was 9 months old before I found you all

minster · 23/07/2008 18:42

My fertility doctor says never, ever wait to ttc so you can lose weight - age is a far more important factor. His advice was to eat healthily, gentle exercise & lose weight slowly (no more that 1kg/week at most) while ttc but don't wait.

AbstractMouse · 23/07/2008 23:23

Hi, I'm ttc no3 atm, started off with a bmi of about 35 I think with my first pregnancy (was weighed at 8 weeks, the midwife looked me up and down and said she wouldn't have guessed lol as she had to refer me to the consultant as per procedure).

I had put on about a stone when I was first pregnant with dc2, and am now about a stone heavier again .

I had a gtt with both pregnancies due to glucose in urine/high non fasting blood sugar, but both came back normal, and also 2 growth scans with second pregnancy. I also had spd with dc2, but this pretty much stopped when I left work (12hr standing up shifts)

Had a couple of crap scan experiences, went for
an early scan with dc2 due to bleeding (9weeks) and the lady asked me to hold my belly up (am apple shaped) which was a bit although I didn't care as she immediatley turned the screen to me which showed a little bean happily bouncing away. At 20 week scan was remarked that everything was fine that she could see, but not great clarity due to tissue depth lol. But nevermind, didn't come across anyone who was horrid to my face, although I know midwives as with most women can be bitchy arseholes.

Am trying atm to eat sensibly and do a bit more walking,cleaning, general activity. I'm hoping to actually lose body fat with dc3, as I have with each pregnancy despite putting on shitloads (I have a tendancy to excess fluid).

It's just those pesky inbetweeny bit's I need to change.

AbstractMouse · 23/07/2008 23:30

Btw have 2 healthy dc, 1st delivered by emcs (7,14), 2nd by elcs. Dd (1st baby) did spend a couple of days in scbu due to breathing difficulties and suspected heart murmur but was cleared. Ds was 9,10 and as fit as a fiddle.

littlemisssunshine80 · 25/07/2008 17:58

Cheers Girlies. We've only been trying for a month, and I was really worried when it didn't happen that being overweight was the problem, and that it wouldn't happen. I'm sooo glad that I've found this, as it's made me feel really positive again, and looking forward ttc now!

SummatAnNowt · 25/07/2008 19:09

I was 18 1/2 stone when I got pregnant with ds by accident! I said to dh, "Never mind about the condom, I'm too fat to get pregnant anyway". Hah!

I had no gd, and my blood pressure only went up at 41 weeks. ds was over 12lbs when he was born, but I was still fit enough to walk round town on a Saturday. I had no issues with medical staff about my weight, my midwife said there was no point weighing me, but said it in a nice way! Actually, no. The hospital did send me a letter for the glucose test right before Christmas, to be taken between Christmas and New Year, and it completely ruined my Christmas with worry. The blood test I'd had a week earlier was perfectly fine (in fact normally I tend to go low, last one was 3.9!) so they'd done it purely on my weight, my midwife was not impressed. I loved my midwife.

I have been holding off ttc until I'd lost weight, but I'm only now losing it and I wish I'd just tried again a couple of years ago, never mind the weight

wotulookinat · 26/07/2008 18:01

I'm trying to decide whether we should ttc DC2 yet or not.

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