Is anyone obese and pregnant?

[surprisepreg]

Well first of all thaks for your reply because I could really use all the advice in the world right now. I go on and off of metformin because it gives me the runs lol I know too much info right but I do notice that it helps me loose weight and even get regular periods at times. My biggest problem though is the fact that my periods are so irregular and I have to be on birth control in order to either get a period to come down or get a month long period to stop. I am obese and have believed for a very long time that my weight was stopping me from having babies but now that I see so many overweight and obese women are conceiving on their own gives me great hope. Like many women though I hope I eventually look pregnant and not just fat I will keep you posted on how things go with the clomid. Thanks and I wish you the best of luck with your pregnancy!

I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you!!! Im sure your doctor will be able to work with you and help you to conceive your little baby!

As for your concern about looking pregnant...im sure you will...depending on your body type it may not be as noticable as in a smaller women but you will def see a change! I am really much larger then you...my body has changed a lot. I havent gained any weight during my pregnancy so far....actually ive been steadly losing small amounts of weight...but the baby is growing steadly so im not concerned. I unfortunately dont have a typical baby bump but I am noticiably rounder. Certain clothes make me look more pregnant then others. Empire waste shirts that are snug over my chest and then flow down over my belly are def the best!

You are much smaller then me...so I am thinking you will most likely get a much more defined bump then I have!

Let me know if you have any questions about being heavy and preggers or just pregnant in general...even if they seem strange or personal. I know how nervous I was about being heavy and pregnant and how much the advice of women who were going through it/had gone through it meant to me.

 

[Mum2BeJodi]

Ive only just found this thread... very interesting. I'm a first time mum to be and 32 weeks almost. I was a size 20/22 before i got pregnant. if you wanna chat feel free to msg me.

 

[Lotti1978]

Hey hun, I felt the same for ages and yearned for a 'bump' not just to feel fat...that was my personal feeling and hubby said I had a beautiful shape from about 16 weeks,..for me from about 20 weeks I felt properly pregnant and not just big. I think its a very personal journey and how you feel about yourself. Pgcy is a beautiful things and we should all feel beautiful with our growing babies no matter what size or shape we are. xxxx

 

[linypcos]

hey there girls I am 29 years old I have been TTC for 10 years I have pcos and i am obese I have found a fertility clinic that is helping me now and i will be starting clomid in about a month I am super happy to be finally getting the help that i need after 10 long years of ttc .
Over the years i have tryed really hard to lose weight and somtimes with sucess but i never keeped it of . baby dust to everyone TTC

 

[JMC20]

Hello Everyone, i am 20 years old, obese, and pregnant 7 weeks.

I have never said it all like that before.


Thanks to this thread I felt like I could.

Thank you all. Have a great day.

 

[m4nc3r]

Hunni i shouldnt worry, you're body will all move around a bit.
Yeh you may not look pregnant as such until later in your pregnancy, but theres no hiding these sort of porportions lol.

I was 16.5 stone before i got pregnant, lost 1.5 stone during the first 15 weeks as i had nausea, if i'd actually had proper morning sickness i would have lost more....
Now i'm back up to where i started, but then again i am 35 weeks gone, and i know ive put a large portion of that on since i stopped work 3 weeks ago.

Personally i've had a sort of noticable bump since about 22 weeks i reckon... (OH says since 12 weeks, but i mean to strangers was in the mid 20s)

If you're worried about your weight being a problem, dont be afraid to lose any during the first few weeks. If you go anything like me, the only things i wanted to eat was fruit and the occassional bit of icecream - basically anything that wasnt heavy on my stomach. Like i said, i lost 1.5 stone at the start.
Keep walking around, eat healthy portions (only 200-300 calories more than a normal diet)

But personally i shouldnt worry if i was you, if you have good health now (all things considered) you probably will during pregnancy to, just dont start using the pregnancy tiredness excuse.... the more you sit around and let things affect you, the more they will...

 

[vanessa24]

Any other obese and pregnant women out there? I would love to hear your stories about how you were able to conceive and maybe some baby bump pics too. .

 

[minties]

I can't remeber if I've posted in here or not...

I'm obese and pregnant. Yep, it takes a while before you look pregnant, but it does happen! Also because of my weight and lack of periods (possibly due to PCOS though I don't have all that many symptoms) OH and I didn't worry about protection for many many years. In 8 years I had one miscarriage when I didn't even know I was pregnant till it happened, then this current pregnancy.

I am 4'10" and a UK size 22. He's my bump at 37 weeks, I'll be 39 weeks tomorrow.

 

[xerinx]

im 5ft 6 and a uk size 20 before pregnancy... It took us a year to get pregnant with logan after coming off the implant. We are trying again now

Heres my bump at 35 weeks.. i was huge!!

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs456.snc3/26109_1372851555990_1072823694_31128364_5393960_n.jpg

 

[Cookie1979]

I am technically obese, my BMI is now 39 apparently, I've had to see a consultant, and I have to see a anethetist tomorrow. I do look pregnant though, very pregnant infact, but I did lose over 4 stone before getting pregnant and since being pregnant, and not being able to starve myself to maintain the weight loss (which is practically what I have to do to keep the weight off) I have put all the weight back on and more...which has put me in the bad books with the hospital. I dont know about anyone else but I am made to feel guilty for being bigger, I'm just glad that I dont need to see a consultant again and I'm due on Sunday (fingers crossed he's not late). I think doctors seem to think that if you are bigger then you will have a bigger baby, but I dont think thats true.

Oh and I have pcos and it was the weight loss that helped me get pregnant. I plan to lose it all again after christmas.

Here are a couple of pics of me:

30 weeks


37 weeks

 

[valdree]

I am new here so hiya mummies first of all. I found the site when looking for this subject in google. I am a teeny tiny bit pregnant. My period is due now but I have had 2 positive tests this week. We are/were trying for a baby so thats why I have tested so early. I am a size 22/24 and I am really worried about it. I have a gorgeous son aged 21 months and I was a 16/18 when I got pregnant with him. Apart from the overall size I might end up I am also worried about coping with a toddler and a pregnancy at this size. Any tips ladies.
ps I will be 41 in 2 weeks as well so that has an impact as well.

 

[Jojo-Mummy]

HIya hun I was a size 22 pre pregnancy, I have had a bump since 15 weeks! Its very much clear im expecting. xxx I never thought I would "show" but I am. xxx

 

[valdree]

hi Jo-Jo, how have you felt in general? By 40 weeks with oscar I was knackered and found it difficult to get around. I would honestly try and loose some weight it I could, and dont get me wrong, I dont give a fiddle-stick about what other people think, its about a healthy pregnancy. But I read when I was pregnant the last time, that if you 'diet' during pregnancy you teach the baby that food isnt always readily available and they start to store fat for leaner times and therefore end up little chubbies with weight issues. How scary is that.

 

[mummyzilla]

I am new here so hiya mummies first of all. I found the site when looking for this subject in google. I am a teeny tiny bit pregnant. My period is due now but I have had 2 positive tests this week. We are/were trying for a baby so thats why I have tested so early. I am a size 22/24 and I am really worried about it. I have a gorgeous son aged 21 months and I was a 16/18 when I got pregnant with him. Apart from the overall size I might end up I am also worried about coping with a toddler and a pregnancy at this size. Any tips ladies.
ps I will be 41 in 2 weeks as well so that has an impact as well.

Hey

First congrats and you no way look 41 in your profile pic!


I was a size 16/18 in my first pregnancy, I blew up with bloatidness, struggled to walk far by 27 weeks, suffered high bp and pre eclampsia and generally felt crap.

This pregnancy I am a size 22/24 I feel the fittest and most agile that I have for a long time, no bp problems, my ankles are still very visible, infact I joke when not pregnant that I do actually have skinny ankles haha and they are very slender still, no bloating.
My bump is actually really nice and prominent and although you can tell Im carrying weight on rest of body my bump looks in proportion and this was a big worry of mine.

Dont worry no two pregnancys are the same,I feel great in this pregnancy despite my bigger size!

 

[valdree]

mummyzilla, thanks for your post, it has cheered me up. My wee one has a tummy bug and keeps throwing p and I have the start of morning sickness so I am feeling a bit down, but very excited about being pregnant again.

 

[mummyzilla]

No worries, I remember feeling exact same way when I fell pregnant at first.I frantically wanted to lose weight and was so worried despite the fact we had been trying for a baby when I actually became pregnant I started to worry about how I would cope.

People compliment me all the time and say I look blooming and well and I have a big smile on my face because this pregnancy I am enjoying so much

I worried for months about my weight and size and every other little thing but this pregnancy couldnt have gone better , so far, touch wood.

The only thing I have done different is aqua aerobics classes! I not sure whether that is my "secret" haha probably not but I have done small excercise every day like a small walk, nothing strenuous and gentle aqua classes and maybe this has helped me a little x

 

[valdree]

All I seem to remember from last time is the tiredness and the physical discomfort. My hubby remembers it as mostly happy so maybe its the panic blotting out the good stuff. Our meals are very healthy and I cook from scratch mostly (even pizza and curry, no take-aways), but I am a snacker so its that I need to look at.
I try and get Oscar out every day even if its a walk to Asda and back so I am not totally inactive, but I have ruptured discs and this causes me to be slow. During my last pregnancy the pain went away and they said it was probably down to the relaxin, fingers crossed its the same.

 

[Skylily4ever]

I am overweight, but I have a friend who is obese and pregnant. She didn't really look pregnant, but she wore the same kind of clothes everyday. I have a bump, and am 28+2. I don't look pregnant if I wear my normal clothes, a t shirt and jeans. But if I wear my maternity shirt with jeans or nice dress pants, I look pregnant. It's because my maternity shirts are very nice looking, and are banded or tie right underneath my breasts, then they flare out at the bottom, and it makes me look VERY pregnant then, lol. Maybe that'll help for some. But my friend hasn't had any problems with her pregnancy, because she only eats what she is supposed to, walks regularly, and does everything else recommended. (But my friend who is fit and in shape has had loads of complications, go figure, right?)

I don't like the sound of the word obese either, for the person who said it sounds horrid, lol. So one day my friend and I were doing wii fit and it said "oh wow, you're obese," but we thought it called her a beast.

So don't think that you're obese, think "I'm a sexy beast" to me they sound the same =D

 

[crythreetears]

I'm a size 22, and was worried about if I was going to show or not...but sure am, and my bump gets in the way to everything lol...

pre-pregnancy picture
https://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/sweetmella/l_9f8db2cf9fac4e56b93121df22e8c6de.jpg

36weeks
https://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/151/l_ac05b35ce31c4908beb30581d80f0cde.jpg
37 weeks
https://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/128/l_dbdde7b3611c4c2e9172b064e2baab2b.jpg

 

[valdree]

I didnt notice the pre-pregnancy written there for a minute and was about to say, 'you dont show' then I scrolled down lol There is no mistaking that lovely baby bump lol