! Overweight and Pregnant

[samantha-jane]

You guys are wonderful

I'll try to be a little easier on myself there are many factors to my weight gain (other health problems which I wont go into) its just hard to adjust after years of always being the skinny one .

My aim right now is to eat healthy and hopefully I wont gain too much during this pregnancy

[samantha-jane]

Little bit bummed today I had appointment with Doctor yesterday general check, blood, ultrasound referal etc and my BMI is 34, if I get to a BMI of 40 my local hospital wont accept me for delivery Im only 6 weeks so its a case of I really need to lose a little weight. He told me not to stress and Im trying hard not too but having to travel an extra 40 mintues to another hospital is depressing. I think hormones are making me a little miserable tonight, tomorrows another day


Hows everyones else doing ?

[Hahamama]

Awww hun Try to stay positive. Your weight would have to go up a lot to rise more than 6 BMI points. Anyway, I think it's wrong for them to pay so much attention to your BMI, everything I've read says that BMI when you're pregnant isn't reliable.

But if you're really worried about it, maybe talk to your doctor about getting a referral to see a nutritionist or dietician or something? You could talk to them about getting your diet on track for your pregnancy. It's not as though you're stressing for nothing, you are concerned about your health, which is good. Hope you're feeling a bit better today.

I'm doing okay, though I did have pizza for lunch. Problem is, my ms is dictating what I can eat at the moment, so I'm just going with it! Can't wait till second trimester when I'll feel better.

[samantha-jane]

Thanks for your support Hahamama

My GP was supportive and told me not to worry too much, its more me being a worry wart Morning sickness has kicked it and I'm craving more sweets wont help my case will it lol Easter is my fav time of year so now thats over I will be strong

I hope you're doing ok MS is just the pits

[samantha-jane]

I can't stop eating this morning sickness has me eating constantly, this week will have the scales go up for sure Its hard to stick to healthy food when I crave naughty biscuits..........anyone heard of those pregnant pops (I think the name is correct) ? Might help my weight and MS at the same time

[samantha-jane]

Well I haven't lost any weight but I haven't put any on either so thats a good start

[Hahamama]

How're you doing, Samantha-Jane?

I had my first OB appointment on Friday and the midwife weighed me and I was horrified to see that I'm almost 79kg! I knew our scales at home are a bit crap, but I'm thinking of just chucking them out now, they only put me at 75kg. Although to be fair, when the midwife weighed me, I was wearing jeans, sneakers and a jacket AND I'd literally just wolfed down lunch. So I'm thinking maybe I'm around 77kg. I hope! It really freaked me out though so for the past day or so I've been trying to eat a lot more healthily. Didn't help when my Mum showed up today with choc chip cookies AND muffins. Luckily for me, I'm still off sweet things a bit, so I only ate one cookie.

But argh! I don't want to get obsessed with my weight, but I've been feeling a bit unhappy today about it. Doesn't help that my regular clothes (esp jeans) have now gotten a bit too tight to be comfortable, but all my old maternity clothes are still too big. Ill-fitting clothes don't do much for the self-esteem. Sigh. I hate feeling so ugly.

Sorry for the rant!

[4cheekyboys]

I'm on zofran, have been since the start. last time my HG lasted until 24wks. seems to be a common time for it to end. I'm just hoping it ends sooner this time. i'm at the end of my rope

[trishalishous]

oh that sucks! I was lucky that maxalon worked (as long as I set my timer and took it every 5 hours around the clock) with Zofran as backup if I did end up missing a dose.
The fact that this time was easier has been the deciding factor in 'thinking about talking about trying for a third child'

[samantha-jane]

Hope everyone is well ?
My MS has gone ! haven't gained anymore weight sitting at 95kg (little bummed I haven't lost any but not gaining is good too)

I hope you all have a lovely weekend
xx

[trishalishous]

I ended up gaining 5-6kg, and birthed a 4.5kg son.
Now at 2 days PP, Im back to my starting weight.

[samantha-jane]

Congratulations Trish ! I hope your both doing well, and excellent news back to normal weight well done

I ended up gaining 5-6kg, and birthed a 4.5kg son.
Now at 2 days PP, Im back to my starting weight.