Hi Ladies,
I'm 37. My D&C for my 9 week 3 day old baby is scheduled for this Tuesday at 12:30pm. This is my third miscarriage and my second D&C. We are having testing done on the baby. As soon as I get the answers back, I would love some company on my TTC journey. I'm starting a diet and exercise program in the meantime, as soon as I can get up and running after surgery, because I want to eliminate the possible "obesity" factor my doctors keep mentioning. I'm 5 feet tall 210 lbs- I have gained almost 50 lbs since my 1st mc- depression. I want to take my body back from the sorrow and make it a welcoming healthy place again.
It's hard to find people who understand the confusing jumble of emotions I'm having: guilt, fear, anger, hope, loneliness, love, loss.
I wish you all the best of luck and hope to hear from someone soon. I'm new to the site and don't know how to friend people yet, so any help with that would be nice too.
Take care and sticky baby dust to you all!
Hello
I am so very sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you at this difficult time.
I gained weight this year too. I got married last year and I quit smoking in January. Then I got pregnant in July and MC in September. I've gained over 30lbs and my body has been through a lot.
Since the mc, I have thrown myself into losing weight and working out. It is really helping me heal emotionally so I can't encourage that enough. You will no doubt still grieve but working out and losing weight will help for sure. If you need any help, let me know. I've been dieting since I was 9 LOL. I lost 70lbs when I was 21 counting calories and I am counting calories again to lose. I've already lost 12lbs.
I am going to friend you - please keep in touch and much luck to you on Tuesday
So sorry for your loss as well. It's so hard.
Thank you so much for normalizing the weight gain thing for me. I've felt terrible about it- it makes me look still pregnant. Maybe I have trouble letting it go?
I've been dieting since age 10. Atkins and an hour on the elliptical 5 days a week has worked well for me in the past- I lost 85 lbs 6 years ago that way. Not sure if it's safe for TTC though.
I felt great back then. The endorphins really helped. So does feeling sexier.
I just hit my 1 year anniversary for quitting smoking on Oct 3rd. So, we have that in common too. I quit as soon as I got the results of our fertility testing back from my first two miscarriages in 2009. Before that, I'd quit smoking as soon as the test was positive, which I think was too late.
I was really hoping the 10 month long period of non-smoking would make the difference this time.
Sadly, it didn't.
I'm also fairly newly wed-
We married on 3/6/9. One week after my first D&C. The timing was unfortunate.
I think it's great that you put your energy into something positive to help you heal. Congrats on your weight loss!
Thanks for the good wishes for Tuesday. Thank you for being my first friend on here!