Is it possible to lose weight in the 2nd and 3rd trimester?

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And has anyone managed to do it?

I’m almost 13 weeks and I’ve gained a stone and I’m horrified. This takes my BMI to 31. I’m due to see a consultant in 2 weeks due to my weight so I want to lose a half stone by then so my BMI is under 30.

Then I want to try and lose 1-2lbs a week until about 20 weeks and then just be super careful.

Is this possible and has anyone actually done it?

I’ve also enquiries about pregnancy yoga, pregnancy fitness, pregnancy Pilates and I’ll be going swimming with my OH twice a week. I already do about 30+ mins of walking a day

OP, which is more important to you, having a healthy baby or what you physically look like?
Thinking about dieting to lose weight during pregnancy is madness.
Start putting the needs of your growing baby first.

I was worried about this OP - last year I was 13 stone when i fell pregnant with twins. Very difficult pregnancy (siugr and ttts) had to be on a high protein and calorie diet plus bedrest for months to help the babies grow - I put 4 stone on taking me to 17stone!!! I am 5ft 6 and went from a comfortable size 14 to a size 20.

7 months later I had managed to lose 2 stone, taking me down to 15stone, and fell pregnant again! I'm currently 30 weeks and have only put 1.7 stone on so far through being sensible, making a lot of meals from scratch, snacking on fruit.

Not worrying about it too much as it will come off. People say a healthy baby is more important than your appearance, which is true, but it doesn't take away how such a huge weight gain can knock your confidence and self esteem.

That’s really helpful Kool4Katz.

I’m not bothered about what I look like. I’m concerned about the impact of being obese has on the unborn child.

Hi strawberry

Thank you :)

I genuinely don’t want people to think it’s because I’m more bothered about how I look. If that was the case I wouldn’t have been overweight when I fell pregnant.

I didn’t want to be another obesity statistic and I scared about the effects on the child and the birth because of being overweight. I’m not planning on starving myself

You don't say what your pre-preg BMi was?
If you were overweight to start with then there is nothing wrong with looking at your diet and exercise levels and adjusting to reasonable levels under the supervision of your midwife/ team. Lots of fresh veg, healthy carbs, cut out the biscuits and processed foods. All the sensible stuff really.
There's a direct correlation between consumption of sugar and the size of a baby at full term, good reason enough to constrain sugar and processed foods!!

As for the rest of it, stay off the scales they're no help. Baby plus amniotic fluid plus water retention plus extra blood will give you 2-3 stone extra depending on your height and build so frankly why depress yourself.

Lost half a stone myself in the first trimester .... no booze, less meals out. It went back on obviously. A stone went within 48 hrs of a 7lb baby.
To be honest I did far more damage eating badly after the baby was born. Shattered and existed on biscuits and croissants.

My pre pregnancy BMI was 27.5 (I think) so it was far too high then but I wasn’t “obese”. I had hoped I’d lose weight in the first trimester and then stabilise :(

I’m only 5ft2 so any extra pounds is not helpful

My BMI was 30 on booking. I had a glucose tolerance test and extra consultant appointments (who looked at me and said, why are YOU here? The waiting room was full of people who were very much over a BMI of 30!) and 2 extra scans. As I had no other complications I was signed off as low risk and could give birth in the local MLU instead of hospital.

Having a high BMI doesn't mean you'll experience forceps. People experience forceps at all weights and you can not consent to anything (preferring a csection to forceps for example)

If they asked for your BMI at your scan, they would have expected you to say your BMI as it was at booking. My advice is to stop weighing yourself. Being a few lbs heavier during pregnancy is absolutely normal, expected and encouraged. I put on 38lbs during mine and lost 28lbs of that within 4 weeks by sitting on the sofa breastfeeding and drinking shitloads of water.

Putting on temporary weight will not affect your baby

Thanks all. I’m feeling less frantic now

Get plenty of light exercise like walking, eat well, minimise the treats, don't eat for two especially if it's cake, and you'll be fine.

I had a forceps delivery. With a 6lb baby [the second one was early and smaller] so not a heffalump. No way to predict the birth experience and unless you you literally eat yourself into immobility I can't see how your weight would be a deciding factor on assistance equipment. The weight of the baby may be a factor in the delivery however, and anything that reduces the likelihood of a 10lb'er in my book is a good thing. Just be sensible and try not to eat a bucket of ice-cream every night "because the baby likes it".

www.ucd.ie/news/2011/11NOV11/221111-Mum-to-be-eating-too-many-high-sugar-foods-increases-babys-chances-of-suffering-from-childhood-obesity.html

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