Loosing weight to prevent miscarriage

[Lauralady]

Hi, I am looking for some advice, I have suffered 5 miscarriages all before 12 weeks. I have no children and really struggling with why this is happening - I have had all tests done by the GP and there is no issues. I am 33 years old and have concerns about if we will ever be lucky enough to have a child, I am overweight but happy, after the advice from the doctors I am trying to loose weight which they can refer me for IVF if we still haven't had any good news. I need to loose around 6 stone for this my question is has anyone suffered repeat miscarriages gone on to fall pregnant naturally after loosing weight?

The answer to your question will be yes - there is good evidence that people with a normal BMI are more likely to have successful pregnancies, so you would be well advised to try to lose some weight if you can. Your GP might be able to signpost/refer you to support for this? Or you could look at local weight loss groups if that's the sort of thing that might help you? Aside from this, have you been referred to a recurrent miscarriage service/clinic?

Hi @MGee123

Thank you for your reply, yes I have been refereed but there is nearly a 2 year waiting list that I have to wait in due to a back log from covid. I am hopeing to take this time and loose weight focus on myself for 6 months and then try again hopefully things may become better for us

@Lauralady There is a weight loss thread on here for IVF there you will find ladies in the same position as you that can support you x