Hi girls

I know EXACTLY what you mean! I am 1.7m tall and spent much of the last 15 years at around 46kg. I had a "perfect" pregnancy with DD, and I gained around 10 kilos, which is pretty normal (but still within the normal weight range for a non-pregnant woman of my height!). After she was born, I went back to 46kg. I spoke to many doctors about it and as I was eating quite well and quite active, they just put it down to a really high metabolism (and since then, I've realised that a HUGE part of it was stress which kept the weight off).

A couple of years ago I had the Implanon contraceptive thingy put into my arm, and I gained 12 kilos within 18 months!!! I also got really grumpy, so I had it removed. Since then, I'm sitting on around 55 kilos, but I feel really "podgy" around the middle - I think I just need to do situps or something, but I hate it, as I've never had that before. Although the good thing is that I can now buy size 10 clothing, and there's a lot more of that around compared to size 6 or 8!!!

I'm now 34, so am thinking it's just that I'm getting older, which is why the weight is finally coming on, but I must admit, I can still eat pretty much what I want and my weight doesn't fluctuate.

Now I'm just concerned now that we're TTC, I'll never get the weight off after bubby is born....

I suppose the important thing is to continue to eat healthy and stay reasonably active and REDUCE STRESS!!!