One stone weight gain in six weeks!!

[RudsyFarmer]

That’s some sort of record right?

What on earth is the mechanism for this? Food intake the same. Less exercise certainly as I’m not back to work till week after next. Clothes still fitting but my stomach feels much more bloated.

Im on oestrogen patches and Progesterone tablets. Still get regular periods. Currently in the progesterone half of my cycle. Am I going to end up like a massive blueberry just rolling around the place? Will it stop? Im a little bit scared.

Commiserations, that's pretty scary indeed. Did you start HRT recently? Or have you changed/upped your dose? I know that the progesterone part makes me bloat like mad, so have started to take it vaginally (thanks to JinglingHellsBells and her wonderful advice). It made a huge difference.

PS. I ask re dosage / recent start as I found that ramping up the Estrogen slowly has also helped with bloating and weight gain. A lot of it seemed be water retention in reaction to the changing hormonal levels.

Right I’m going to start with the P vaginally I think as I’m running scared. I’m six weeks in and honestly can’t get any bigger than this.

It might also be worth going back down with your dose. Then slowly build up to your prescribed dose over several weeks. You say you are on patches, so you might have cut them in half or ask your GP to switch you to the gel, which is a lot easier to adapt.

I started HRT in early June and put on weight, looked bloated and was uncomfortable. So I went right down from the prescribed 2 pumps of gel to half a pump and built back up (only reached 2 pumps in early August). Plus switched to vaginal progesterone. I am back to my normal weight and shape.

I had a Mirena coil fitted on 5 July, with oestrogen gel. Up 10lb in the first three weeks, and too afraid to get on the scales again! I teach and would usually gain about 3lb over the summer holidays as context, with loads of socialising, so absolutely not normal for me.

I am going to try reducing the gel I think. My tummy and boobs are so bloated and uncomfortable.

I've had this. I can't quite get my head round it, and have reduced dosage just to see.