TTC While Overweight

hey CC, I am also losing weight as I know that is what is holding up my bfp.

After I had DS2 I starting walking heaps, I would take DS1 to kindy & walk around the park for a couple of hours & then walk back to kindy, I was losing weight just by walking & eating healthy, I fell pg when he was 10mths & I was not not trying to.

I was told by my m/w that if I lost 10% of my body weight it would up the chances of getting pg & having an easier time being pg.

By my (pre preggy) BMI I am overweight (BMI is/was 26), however I have always been active and pretty fit and have played sport my whole life (up until 11 months ago when I hurt my knee). I have to admit that my weight didnt affect my fertility, with both pregnancies (and i feel guilty saying this) happening first pop...
When TTC I did decide that I wanted to eat healthyier and reduce/cut out caffeine, and I think that might have helped me. (also Im 23, so age is on my side...)

Sorry, just remembered my pre preggy weight, and my BMI was 29.7... so another 0.2 and I would have been "obese" (so funny cos Im defo no rake, but wouldnt have thought I looked obese..)

Edited by Emmi_

Well I had all intentions of losing weight before I got a BFP and as it happens I got one anyway!!.
technically I am clinically obese (hate that word). I think it will obviously help to concieve if you are lighter but on the whole I think when your body is ready its ready. I'm under the OB at the hospital and when I'm in the waiting room it is amazing to see how many of the pregnant women are actually overweight ( I don't mean that in a derogatory way) its just a fact.
My OB actually said the overweight thing is more of factor during the pregnancy rather than the "get pregnant" factor. I do wish I was lighter to begin with but I wasn't and thankfully I haven't gained any weight (did gain 2kgs but now back to pre pregnancy weight) so far.
Goodluck with TTC cruzychic..............it will happen for you its just that I know its frustrating right now especially when you want those BFP's straight away
I'll be reading about that BFP soon I hope
ETA I was diagnosed with PCO so thought it would be ages to get preggers but I managed to lose 5kgs before I got preggers the first time and my friend who is an OB said sometimes thats enough just to get your hormones back in working order.   After the m/c I stayed off the pill (was on mini pill) and I think that helped keep my hormones in check.

Edited by Buttersmum

CC - I was talking about high BP during pregnancy ... your BP can shoot up when pg

I had and still have a very high BMI (41 when TTC and 38.6 now) and I got my BFP first time. My cycle was very regular and I think this was a major factor. I also put on more weight while I was pregnant, however I didn't have any health problems during my pregnancy. I think I would have cope with my labour (40 hrs) better, if I had been lighter and fitter though. Best of luck


(p.s. My bmi at the full term was 48 and bubs & I were fine)

Edited by DebsB

i was around 104kg everytime i got pregnant.. had no problems... first one ended in missed mc...then had to wait three months to try again got preg right away with Ethan.. and then got preg when he was 10 months mced again and then got preg with Liam after a wee break as well.. so for us being overweight hasn't affected our ttc.

Hi all, I have a BMI of 39 and after the Fertility Dr harping on a me about my weight being a huge problem, even though we had male factor infertility, The first time we did IUI using a doner I got preg, had no problems through the whole pregnancy, so dont stop trying just because you may have a little more padding than others. Biggest advice would be to keep moving though, on days where I didnt i felt like I totally sezed up. Good luck everyone

Yep I was overweight by over 30kgs when I fell preggers with DS...we weren't really trying, and had a lot of stressfull things happening the year prior to getting pregnant so it took around 14 months..and we were young (21 & 19)..but yea stress and medication played a huge part of our lives beforehand. At the end of my pregnancy I had borderline G.Diabetes and high blood pressure....but I didn't exercise and ate whatever I wanted to that definitely would have contributed. I definitely want to get down to my goal weight before trying for #2..and will definitely keep up my exercise and healthy eating during that pregnancy..think it would be pretty cool to compare the differences.

We'd been trying for quite some months and I went and saw a iridologist who said we both needed to cut out sugar. We stopped TTC for a couple of months, I went on a healthy eating and exercise plan at the gym and lost around 6kg. We weren't trying or not preventing the next month and bam I was pg! Unfortunetly I ended up mc which had nothing to do with being overweight! Unfortunately since my mc back in Nov '08 I've put that back on and a little more so Im now trying to get my A into G to lose some weight as I think with me personally it helped me get pg. I went to the doc earlier this month and it did look like I wasn't ov with irrgular cycles and also temping but this month I did ov (had bloods done last week) Yay! Im not going to give up TTC but Im going to really try focus on losing weight...

well cc i am with you with this one. i have a bmi of 28 so am clased as overweight.

i have started excercising again, running 20 mins 3 times a week and walking, swimming or biking the other days.

i think that being a 'little' overweight could be affecting getting pg and the other reason i want to get fitter and healthier is just for me. i need to do something for me that takes my mind off ttc.

best of luck with your journey.