Overweight and Pregnant?

[visitor1]

Kimbaz, did you put on much weight with your second pg?

With my 2nd i gained 7.8kg compared to 18kg with my first (which all i lived on was lettuce leaves, passionfruit, strawberries, mangoes and tomatoes cos thats what i had cravings for). With 2nd i lived on junk food and the occassional strawberry and mangoe fetish again!

[Doing my best]

Hi,

Can't believe I am writing this, but I was just over 100kgs when I fell pregnant with DD, but I lost weight through much healthier habits and was 98 kgs the day I had DD.

I got high BP at about 28 weeks which I had to take medication for, but was off it at 32 weeks. Otherwise no other health issues.. But OB was always telling me that you are supposed to gain weight, not lose it while PG.. But I always get things mixed up.

[mummy of many]

Hi all, I too was overweight for my pg`s except the very first,i was only 20 years old then,now that iam 35 and had four more bubs,i was considered over weight by my Doctor who said i should be 67 kilos,yeah....Iam a big bone girl, like all my family,got the dinasaurs genes,lol. I also tipped the scales of just over the 100kg mark,but trying hard to get it off.My last two pg`s i ate Subway alot when i had to go out,but lucky for me i had salad cravings. My last pg`s i only gained 8 kg,but had to be strict with myself.I must say i did cop alot of crap from the clinic at the hospital about my weight but i never suffered any medical problems with any of my pg`s,i suppose i was lucky.I had four vaginal births and one c-section for my last baby,all went well. Big girls have feelings too !Not all of us can look like a model,and i don`t intent to try.

[MrsFabuloso]

I had a pretty easy pg with my dd. I was about 75kg's (and 165cm tall). This time it's been more difficult. I have put on weight since being a sahm- about 10kg. So when I fell pg I was about 85kg, and not doing nearly as much exercise as I was when I was pg with DD. I was walking about 30-40mins almost every day then. Now I'm lucky to get in one 40min walk a week, and I'm eating alot more cr@p.
This pg has been harder in terms of doing things like walking up and down my stairs (I live on a 3rd floor unit), and now I'm getting so much bigger than last time I find it hard to do everyday things like sweeping and mopping and running around with DD. But my blood pressure is fine and so is everything else in terms of health, though my back is playing up alot more than last time too, and I have been to see a physio, who has given me a support thing to wear. I have only put on about 5-6kgs though, so it must be the weight I put on between pg's which is causing the difficulties.
I would definately say if you can, lose some weight, though it's not the end of the world if you don't. And doing exercise is a great idea even if you don't lose weight. There's nothing to say that you wouldn't have had the problems you had even if you weren't overweight.

[frazaled1971]

i was 19 when i had number 1 and weighed 119kg so i was and still am a big girl i worked up until 2 weeks before he was born no health issues at all and had him in 4.5 hours and he was postierior,bub number 2 120kg once again perfect pregnancy only thing i had was low blood presure(go figure)great birth 2.5 hours , bub number 3 125kg once again great pregnancy i lost 18kg not sure how i was eating like a pig and none of it was healthy great birth 1.5 hours ,bub number 4 120kg same again great pregnancy and even better birth 28min labour,bub number 5 140kg once again couldnt ask for better pregnancy or labour 50mins,bub number 6 160kg no health issues at all and by now i was also advanced maternal age (36) he was breech wich they say can be caused by haveing a lazy lifestyle and whilst im no athelet im not lazy either but once again great pregnancy and fairly good birth as this one was a little harder but thats because he was breech and postierior it took 4hours and 48 mins this time but i dont think that had anything to do with my weight,i never once had high bp or gd or anything else that i can think of i was told with the last one how dangerous it was to have a baby at my weight and age but all turned out well for me and as my doctor said if my body couldnt do it i probably wouldnt have been able to get pregnant,i know its bad to be this big but all my kida are healthy and none of them are overweight and there now 17,15,13,12,8 and nearly 3 months old will have to wait to see how he goes but being overweight is not the end of the world when it comes to having babies or being a mum ,i have very thin friends how got bp and gd and found it really hard to keep up with the other kids while pregnant while i didnt i thing good and bad pregnancys are just the luck of the draw.