Weight Loss

i always say next week but this time i mean it i feel horrable being this big and want to be fit anuff for when james hits toddler hood

Oh boy.. don't get me started on the weight thing! I weighed myself 4 days after I had Mason and while holding him (I thought that was only fair to get an estimate of how heavy I was at the end of my pregnancy), and I'd gained about 25kgs :( So far I've lost 14 in 11 weeks, which I suppose isn't too bad. 20 more to go until I'm at my goal weight.

Better get that Weight Watchers membership sorted!

Nah... no bleeding isn't suprising, especially if you hadn't had one for the last two years!!! I had irregular bleeding [read: every couple of days! arghhhh!] but now it has stopped.

I think with the mini pill they can be irregular too.
Though, I'd get regular pregnancy tests Rachael, my midwife told me that the mini pill wouldn't be best for me due to natural fertility (which judging by having a babe so easily, you do too!) so just be aware that it's easier to fall pregnant on mini-pill + being extra fertile. (p.s. I ignored midwife and got pregnant again )

And that's all from Dr Nikki today.

I'm too paranoid about getting knocked up again so we use condoms too and we hardly ever have sex

It's alright Nikki... Murphy has it in for me too!

Kiya: condom baby.
Josiah: planned, and conceived pretty much the first time after we stopped using birth control.
#3: minipill/condom baby (I forgot to take my pills with me on an unexpected weekend away, used condoms inbetween, STILL got knocked up!)

Hi

Interesting reading. I piled on the wieght with my first (going from 58kgs to 81kgs) - its those mince pies I tell ya - no wonder my son loves them. Took about 8mths to lose doing nothing - I had youth on my side. With my daughter i went from 53kgs to 71kgs back down to 64kgs day after I had her and lost most of the wieght straight away - although I have crohns disease then pretty bad so weight just kept dropping off. Once fixed I have put on a healthy weight gain - although would of liked to be a few Kgs lighter before getting pregnant. So far i have lost 1 kg but i am prepared and not niave that I shall put on at least 10 kgs in pregnancy. I have tried to watch what I am eating as buying savory morning tea isn't great for the waist line (hehe neither is getting pregnant either I guess I shall worry about losing weight after baby born. Going to Uk when baby is about 5 months so would like to have got down to pre pregnancy weight then. Lost of walking over summer and joining the gym again is the plan (we'll see will keep u posted on that one! Best laid plans and all

Also someone mentioned the Inplanon, I was thinking of trying that out as I don't like the idea of the depo (nor the weight gain that goes with it) IUD had one got put in hospital because of it never allowed one again, and PIll well I just have a terrible memory and keep forgetting. What was it like?

Karin, I don't know how old your babe is, but I found the great way to lose weight is forgetting to eat!
I was so busy taking little bites of Hannah's food all day (once she got past baby mush) that by the time I got round to thinking about food for myself, I wasn't hungry.

Then I lost too much and had to concentrate on eating properly again Amazing how much energy I got back though!!!

I got the opposite - I was a nice B cup pre kids - now am a D cup and they told me they don't get bigger!!!!

Don't worry Karin, by the time you are making 5+ meals a day for your toddler and cooking for hubby too, food for yourself will be the last thing on your mind!!