Overweight and Pregnant

I'm not sure I can get in on the walking just yet either, If I walk to much I end up with the absolute sorest lower back/bum... sooooo painful

I'm sitting at about 102-103 now, weighed myself before getting pregnant and I was about 104.5 so I'm quite happy about that, Am still worried that I will put on some weight now that I am in my last trimester but we will see.

Dal, I just got my fingers crossed for your BFP hun, don't stress about the weight side of it!!

BIG = BEAUTIFUL hehehehe

BooBoo wrote: Oooo fingers crossed then for me 4eyes! Hope so. Funny thing is though - I eat crap and dont really think about the weight going on - well I do but it doesnt stop me from eating it!

hehe i am totally the same:)

i craved milk, I hate milk.

suns out and jake is refusing to sleep... a walk may just happen today after all!

Edited by melnel

Wow you girls are doing so well with being UNDER your start weights! Maybe there is hope for me! Lol.

Bex thanks hun x

You will have your tummy touched hun. They need to touch it to do the scans Plus the will want to check your uterus is growing nicely at each checkup. When you get to about 28 weeks they will measure your bump (when you are lying down) to see how you are tracking along. It should roughly measure 1cm for each week of pg (ie if you are 35 weeks it should measure 35cm).

Just remember that they are medical professionals that will be looking at your girly bits (and sticking their hand up there!) they are not really worried about your tum!

I hate my tummy too, I cringed everytime I saw the wobble under my bump and I wish I had one of those nice firm bumps that skinny girls get but heh, I have my gorgeous boy and you are not pregnant for ever!.

You really should get onto a mw quick smart as there seems to be a national shortage and they book up fast (you will probably find some are already booked up) and if they make you feel bad about your weight find a new one I say.

Congrats on your pregnancy hun.

On a side note, I did get out for that walk and am feeling fab! Thank goodness Jake slept finally.

Thanks so much for the pep-talk melnel. I really didn't know what to expect.
I do feel a bit better now - still nervous but definately excited about getting the baby at the end of it all.

I think I will try for a walk tomorrow. It will be the first one in, well a very long time!!

Edited by Pinkybar

No probs hun, just noticed you are in lower hutt... I would be ringing MW NOW!!! The shortage down there seems to be the worse in the whole country.

Got out for another walk today, feeling very good about that.

I so hope I will be joining you ladies properly soon

hey hun! Congrats on your BFP

My pregnancy was rough, but I couldn't tell you whether that was due to me being overweight or just what my pregnancies are like. I had numerous issues but none of the really bad ones like I was perfectly fine for GD and my blood pressure was great up until just before my due date bit I believe that was due to family pressure to have the baby before they all went away because as soon as they did it went back to normal.

I had morning sickness the whole way through my pregnancy, and ended up with sciatic nerve pain aswell as really bad pelvic pain where I couldn't walk for very long at all without ending up hobbling. Again can't say whether these are to do with my weight or not. I think the pain ones possibly did though. I pretty much got every pregnancy symptom you can think of but I tell ya what, my babe is only 10 weeks old and already I am thinking of number 2 though I would like to get slimmer and fitter first to see if I have a better pregnancy.

Good luck hope some of that helps though I'm not sure it will!

caliandjack wrote: bumpity bump.. I am obese with a BMI of 39, MW said anything above 35 is considered at risk. I'm only 7 weeks so early days to see how it will all go. For those that have now had your babies how did it go?

Obese eh? My BMI is 44 (137kg, size 26, 178cm tall), so that must make me morbidly obese haha! Big congrats on your BFP, sticky thoughts coming your way :D no health problems here at all apart from my clicky hip giving me grief. Was the same last time round - no problems with ANYTHING. Keep positive, keep moving and dont eat too many pies ;) you'll be fine :D

I didnt really have any complications (other than it being harder to get into my pelvis during my section .. according to my notes).....

Pre Preg weight with jake was 81kg and at his birth I was 96kg... (165cm)

Pre Preg weight with this preg was 86.9kg.... so I am too obese, its such an ugly word!