Pregnancy and Slimming World

[Cheekypasterfield]

wow, you look amazing and done a great job with weight gain, I wish I was such an angel

Hiya thank you, I learnt my lesson with my first lol. With my little girl I had gained nearly 4 stone. It look me 9months to lose all the baby weight and I really didn't want to repeat it again, especially as I will have two kiddies to look after.

Just need to get back on track so I don't ruin my hard work

 

[Lexie_dog]

Hello

I just wanted some opinions really, hope it's ok to post in here.

As sw says...'when you lose 10% of your body weight it boosts your fertility'...i was just wondering if anyone knew if this is still true if you are still considerably overweight?

I've heard of people saying that any weight loss boosts their fertility...did you girls fall pregnant after you lost weight with sw? Did you get to your 10%

Thankies in advance

I started at 16 stone, lost 2 stone, Put half a stone back on and fell pregnant. This was 10% and a bit more.

We'd been trying for over a year including the time I was at 16 stone and above 14.

I think it did help me, as I have PCOS and weight really impacts on the symptoms.

To be honest though I would have like to be thinner pre pregnancy, if only to make the labour and tax on my body a bit easier. i.e my body only had to pump blood about a 12stone pregnant body and not a 16stone one.

I've seen a woman of 28stone get pregnant, not recommended, she suffered terribly with trouble walking, lost all her teeth, was constantly breathless and had to have specialist intervention throughout her pregnancy.

I'm not saying slimmer people don't have problems but she was only young and all the risk factors associated with pregnancy really ramp up the more overweight you are. I myself am at increased risk of gestation diabetes (which post pregnancy does resolve but leaves you at a 35% increased chance of develeoping diabetes in future), pre-eclampsia, SPD or Pelvic Girdle pain, Going overdue, longer labour, the list goes on. Even now I get dietary advice from the midwife in pregnancy, despite the fact I was happy to continue with SW, and I've told them I will be following the SW rules as a guideline.

Had I been able to choose a weight for pregnancy I would have chosen as close to a healthy BMI as possible.

Also don't forget the men have a part to play in this too - studies and research have shown that men who lose weight at 10% if they overweight actually increase thier sperm quality! So it's not all the womans responsibility.

 

[Lexie_dog]

Cheeky! You look amazing! Such a neat wee bump for so far along and you look really well! (jealous much here?) Lol

9 weeks isn't long to go at all

 

[Lexie_dog]

If you fluxoriate between not eating often because of sickness and then eating a hugh amount would you get a hermaphrodite

No because baby's already been conceived and the sex is determined minute sperm meets egg

The boy babies trigger the hunger! Apparently MS is worse with girls because of larger amounts of hormones. Who knows!

 

[Cheekypasterfield]

Cheeky! You look amazing! Such a neat wee bump for so far along and you look really well! (jealous much here?) Lol

9 weeks isn't long to go at all

Hiya hun thank you. I'm expecting to balloon once I go off work. I'm told London babies (aka mums who travel to London for work) have small bumps until they go off work. This was true with my first, hence all ny stretch marks lol just hoping to keep the 'lady lines' less this time haha.

You've done well with getting back on the plan x

 

[grumbletumble]

I started at 16 stone, lost 2 stone, Put half a stone back on and fell pregnant. This was 10% and a bit more.

We'd been trying for over a year including the time I was at 16 stone and above 14.

I think it did help me, as I have PCOS and weight really impacts on the symptoms.

To be honest though I would have like to be thinner pre pregnancy, if only to make the labour and tax on my body a bit easier. i.e my body only had to pump blood about a 12stone pregnant body and not a 16stone one.

I've seen a woman of 28stone get pregnant, not recommended, she suffered terribly with trouble walking, lost all her teeth, was constantly breathless and had to have specialist intervention throughout her pregnancy.

I'm not saying slimmer people don't have problems but she was only young and all the risk factors associated with pregnancy really ramp up the more overweight you are. I myself am at increased risk of gestation diabetes (which post pregnancy does resolve but leaves you at a 35% increased chance of develeoping diabetes in future), pre-eclampsia, SPD or Pelvic Girdle pain, Going overdue, longer labour, the list goes on. Even now I get dietary advice from the midwife in pregnancy, despite the fact I was happy to continue with SW, and I've told them I will be following the SW rules as a guideline.

Had I been able to choose a weight for pregnancy I would have chosen as close to a healthy BMI as possible.

Also don't forget the men have a part to play in this too - studies and research have shown that men who lose weight at 10% if they overweight actually increase thier sperm quality! So it's not all the womans responsibility.

Wow! Thanks for the info!
That's actually quite scary.... i'm currently just over a stone more than you and to think i'd be at risk of all those things just because i would be pregnant.

Maybe if i don't become pregnant this month- maybe i ought to put it off until i reach a more healthy weight!?

Are you able to actually lose weight while pregnant? Or is that impossible/unhealthy?

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

i definitly feel like being slim and of a healthy weight helped me, and is deffinitley helping me deal with the weight im gaining now..meaning i cant imagine being as out of breath, elevated pulse rate and the mahoosive boobies (32E-34GG in only 18 weeks) on top of what i already was.

there were plenty of times i could have fallen pregnant from being a silly little girl, and i often wondered if i would struggle to get pregnant because i couldnt work out why i was getting so lucky when so many girls fall pregnant so easily through pure stupidity.. so i put alot of falling pregnant first time down to healthy lifestyle.

xxx good luck xxx

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

p.s cheeky your bump is coooote!

OMG im really struggeling these last few days i am SO hungry. my sister started making me feel bad about letting 'the baby get hungry' ( .. but im trying so hard to be good but fruit and veg arnt cutting it. i so desperatly want to be good. im so tempted, iv got betty crocker devil cake and buttercream icing to be made....... i just want to make it and eat the entire thing, seriously, like all of it. all for me me me ..

i MUST resist, i REALLY want to slow the wieght gain down *sob*

 

[bunnylovesalan]

If you need to eat, then eat

 

[Lexie_dog]

Fern if you're hungry eat - you don't want to be getting blood sugar swings which are not good for you or baby.

Eat more protein and complex carbs - take longer to digest and make you feel fuller longer and stabilise blood sugar a bit more.

Grumble - Just because you're overweight doesn't mean you can't have a successful pregnancy it just increases the risk factors but it's NOT a guarantee of developing problems. Slim women can have difficult pregnancies too. All the above risks are present for all women, but the incidence increases in the overweight/obese population.

Losing weight during pregnancy isn't advised, but healthy eating is, which is why I'm trying to stay on plan. I probably go over "syns" most days but to be honest its not an issue as I'm not followign SW to lose weight, but to make sure my eating habits during pregnancy are as healthy as possible.

Personally my pregnancy has been *touch wood* so easy so far. Yes a couple of pre faints, but that could happen to anyone, and some heart investigation as I developed a benign pregnancy heart murmur - but this is very common in pregnancy anyway.

The only thing is I've started to get some niggling pelvic pain, which I think might be the start of Pelvic Girdle Pain. Beuing overweight put me at risk of this.

You can continue with SW whilst pregnant with the help of your midwife and do it in the run up to ttc. Go with what you think is right, read more information, don't just take my word for it after all I'm speakign from personal experience so my perspective may be skewed. Read up and speak to your GP and take it from there

 

[Cheekypasterfield]

Hi Fern thanks. If you're having a hungry day, then eat it. I've found that if you have them days its best to eat. You'll get plenty of days where you can eat healthy too x

 

[Lexie_dog]

I've just made the worlds biggest pot of lentil soup (slight exaggeration but its about 3-4 litres of soup).

Half a bag of red lentils, 3 litres of stock and a bag of frozen casserole veg from Asda for £1. Thrown it all in the pot and its simmering away. I'll dip into that during the day. Probably multiple times.

I'm having mac cheese and extra veg for lunch in addition to the soup. Then some fruit before dinner.

Dinner maybe a vegetable and egg kedegree. Maybe another big glass of milk or a muller and some more fruit.

You need to eat.

 

[maypole]

Do any of you ladys know if there herbal hayfever tablets I can take as am TTC?

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

i know your supposed to avoid hayfever things whilst pregnant, so i suppose its up to you to decide whether or not to take_but im not certain what to advise so maybe chat to your gp?

girls i know what your saying about just eating if its one of those days (iv just eaten a MASSIVE bowl of pasta and whilst im not overly hungry i still want to eat!!) .. i'd love to just eat eat eat today, but because iv been packing on the wieght i REALLY want to make the effort to stay on track this week but its killing me! iv not managed a 100% week on plan since iv been pregnant, im really feeling like i cant manage! lol
xxx

 

[maypole]

i know your supposed to avoid hayfever things whilst pregnant, so i suppose its up to you to decide whether or not to take_but im not certain what to advise so maybe chat to your gp?

I am tomorrow as take loads of stuff for different things. Will make a list I think. Have done it all the wrong way round really decided to TTC before seeing doc. Am going tomorrow afternoon to see doc

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

i never saw a doc honey! but i dont perticuarly like taking any tablets either (though i dont suffer from hayfever thank god) and so just packed some paracetemal in bag in case i desperatly needed somthing.

x

 

[bunnylovesalan]

There is one hayfever tablet you can have whilst pregnant, thank God but you have to get it on proscription from your dr

 

[bunnylovesalan]

Does anyone know of anywhere on line you can get dorcartive stuff for the nursery, like boarders and such like. I have tried all the normal places like Homebase and B&Q but seems so limited, I am in the middle of planning the nursery, need some ideas, help!!!

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

mostly mamas and papas and mothercare, ikea.. asda maybe??

we got our rug from MC (the lion one) curtains from ikea, washing bin from ikea, wall adhesives from the local baby store, a wooden giraffe chair from the local baby store, wooden animal mobile handmade by local bloke .. i couldnt find any matching jungle stuff.. so had to get it here there and everyhwere but it all fits very well!

i cant wait to take a pic of the end result when it all comes together to show you all!

 

[maypole]

There is one hayfever tablet you can have whilst pregnant, thank God but you have to get it on proscription from your dr

Thank you will ask. I'm just being prepared