Over weight and trying to conceive??

[89jaffs]

Hi just wondering if any of you lovely ladies had any advice for me. I was overweight with my first baby-she was born at 29 weeks as a result of extreme preeclampsia. She is lovely and healthy now.
I am currently 4 stone heavier than when I had my daughter but when I had a follow up after having her I was told it's likely to happen again and my weight didn't help.
I'm now terrified. I want to have another baby but I feel like if I do not lose weight and something goes wrong with this pregnancy I would completely blame myself.
I have always struggled with my weight and I just feel so pressured like it can't have a baby unless I lose a great deal of weight 😭
Does any mummy's have any experience of either preeclampsia or ttc overweight ? X

 

[Jacko]

I am exactly the same lovely!! I have PCOS and I have out 3stone on and I don't think I am ovulating! I am 32 and TTC my last baby! I have just joined slimming works as I am hoping just weight loss will help kick start my ovulation again! It's horrible isn't it. Always being told to loose weight and I struggle! When it doesn't come off I comfort eat!!!! Xxxxx

 

[Pinkz]

I have about 4 stone to lose and I'm trying for my 1st. I've gone up and down over the years and always end up around this weight so do really struggle. Always been much heavier than my friends even when I was thin and wearing same size clothes as them so I'm really trying not to focus on 4 stone as it may HOPEFULLY turn out that when I lose say 3 stone I might be tiny... a friend had a nutrition plan when she was pregnant and lost weight and didnt have to buy maternity clothes till the last month!

 

[Donna88]

I don't have any experience with TTC overweight, but as someone has already mentioned it I have lost a lot of weight on slimming world before, it's great as I'm like you and comfort eat but you can eat as much of you want of certain foods on slimming world. So when i felt like that I would make something that felt naughty but wasn't like slimming world chips and eat a big bowlful of those and I still lost.

I hope that doesn't sound patronising, I wish you all the best of luck on your journey xxx

 

[Sunflower1]

Yes, I was 19 stone when we started TTC but had hormonal issues and other fertility issues cos of the weight. I've now lost 7.5 stone in 14 months. I did an Atkins style diet, low carb minus dairy and sugar and it was very easy. I would recommend it to lose weight quickly. When I startd I lost 10lbs a month with no exercise at all. I lost 4 stone in the first 6 months. My general fertility is much better now (ironically now my OH has had health issues which meant we had to stop ttc for 5 months). I'm hopeful now that I've lost the weight.