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Are there additional risks ro being overweight during pregnancy?

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MOMIIB - 423 days ago.
So glad i found this message board! I'm currently 25 weeks pregnant with our first child- a BOY (Elijah Michael) =). We are so happy! I understand what alot of ya'll are going through or have gone through in being plus size and wanting to look pregnant. So far i've gained 5 pounds but i feel HUGE! I'm due in March and can't wait to meet the little one. Hope everyone is well, take care!

Divalalake - 460 days ago.
Anyone have any tips on where to find reasonable priced nursing bras? I'm a 22 normally, though I'd just lost about 18 pounds before I found out about my favorite little hitchhiker. I'm in a 44H right now. I'm planning on nursing but wondering what in the world will happen when I do that!

marta91282 - 495 days ago.
B Belly..... Will it ever turn into a D belly??? whats your experience????

*mommytobe* - 496 days ago.
At the beginning of my pregnancy I had lost 20 pounds... hadnt gained any weight until just the last couple of weeks...I am 30 weeks and have gained like 10 of the 20 back!! Eeekk!!! Im trying to remember though that she already weighs 4 pounds plus the placenta and the fluid so its not as bad as it seems... Im hoping to lose the 10+ after having her. Would be very nice lol

hollylynn09 - 501 days ago.
awhh lol its ohkay hunnii im 31 weeks and ive gained 30 pounds. eeek

hurrymarch2011 - 501 days ago.
Has anyone Gained weight yet? Im 16 weeks and gained 6lbs already? Im so scared Im gonna gain a lot :(

Tristen-and-Noras-Momma - 502 days ago.
Hi am considered morbidly obese and I am 25 weeks pregnant. Me and my hubby tried for 5 years to become pregnant. I already had a daughter from a previous relationship. She is 13 years old. I don't look pregnant and have lost 10 pounds during this pregnancy. I just wished that people could tell I am pregnant because I am so very proud to finally have a baby with my hubby. I have several conditions that make me high risk. I am obese, I am diabetic, and I have a thyroid disorder. This baby will be a girl. We are naming her Nora Nicole. We are due on Jan 11,2011,but due to my conditions she is going to come sometime in Dec.

hurrymarch2011 - 509 days ago.
Hey Ladies! well where to start! lol I didnt realise how much weight I gained untill about a year after I hurt my back. Last year I started a diet and lost 30 lbs winter came and I just gave up. I gained almost half of it back. Then This April I started my diet again I was loseing weight good each week and then In july I was getting sick and tired all the time so I took a hpt andf got a bfp. At this point I had lost 40+lbs but I still have another 75 lbs to go. I am now almost 15 weeks preggo and I have gained about 4-6lbs. *mommytobe* I know how you feel my hubby actually took the scale and hide it from me. I have to go to my moms or his to weigh my self lol. I have notice I feel better not getting on the scale 24/7. Has anyone here lost weight so far? I've seen some ppl post they are down like 15lbs? How can you lose so much weight ugh! I was also told by the doc not to gain more then 11lbs so Im kinda up set im in the begining of the second tri and gained. But hopefully it will be ok. I have to go for my Glucose testing monday doc said because of my weight but she isnt really worried she said. The only thing is I lost alot of weight right be for getting preggo. Well Im off to put my daughter to bed. Good Luck Everyone!

Mommy2Mason - 516 days ago.
I wish I would have known about this forum when I was preggers. My son is now 6 months old (as of the 15th). I was about 225-230 pre-pregnancy. I gained 25 lbs while pregnant. Two weeks after I had him I was down to 210 and loving it! Now I am at 250 - what the hell? I eat healthier now than I ever have. I walk almost every night. I am on the go a lot. I had Mirena inserted in May and I honestly think its causing this weight gain. Aggghh. Really down on myself lately :o(

*mommytobe* - 516 days ago.
I feel you ladies on the being sad not looking pregnant. I see lots of other pregnant girls that are showing and it makes me so jealous and even more down that I just look fat! I started out at 291, I had started working out and eating better had lost 20 pounds and then found out i was actually a month pregnant when I started doing all of that. I am almost 28 weeks and might fluctuate between 5 pounds!! I weigh constantly, its pretty sad. I freak out if I gain anything!! I want to just gain the weight of the baby lol. So im praying that i dont gain too much. And maybe lose a little extra after I have her!! Good luck ladies!! :)

tammybrockway09 - 526 days ago.
TUSHANNA you will be able to feel the baby inside moving around and then outside as you get further along. Just be sure to eat healthy! Stay away from what you normally eat and eat alot of fruits and veggies and water , i am extremely overweight and have only gained 10 lbs and Im 37 weeks .

Tushanna - 527 days ago.
I am overweight and this is 1st time pregnant...I have extra skin on my stomach and wasn't sure if I would be able feel the baby moving in few months. Do you guys feel the baby?

jenelaca (Dimity) - 535 days ago.
Finally found something i can relate to on this website. I live in Australia and there is nothing much here like this website, glad i found this forum. Im about 111kgs which i think is about 240pounds, i certainly dont feel overwieight, the only time i feel overweight being pregnant is not being able to find normal clothes for pregnant women my size, and when i do, they are just horrible or you pay twice as much. why?? Even though i may be overweight, i am probably more healthy than someone who weights 105pounds, my blood pressure is perfect, my blood works have always come back normal, i think sometimes the dr's are surprised themselves. Plus Size Mummy and VERY proud of it!!

deebo - 574 days ago.
SouthernMama - I am just over 300lbs myself, and am ALMOST at 37 weeks. I haven't gained any weight really this pregnancy. I'm on restricted activity because of my blood pressure. Talk to your doctor about it, if your BP is okay, maybe try some light exercise (I still swim, I just don't push myself at all). I didn't know anything was wrong with my BP in the beginning of my pregnancy, so I was working myself really really hard (especially cleaning the house, ugh, I walked up and down stairs soo much and then would throw up from it), and I had severe morning sickness for the first 4-5 months (probably why I didn't gain anything), now I just try to eat three square meals a day, and drink as much water as possible. That's the only advice I can give! Just be careful about dieting, 'cause that can be bad while pregnant. And CONGRATS :D :D That's awesome that you were able to conceive! You might be retaining water, as well. It's odd, most women get swollen ankles from pregnancy. My legs haven't swelled up once, my arms on the other hand.. hooboy, I look like I'm trying to grow fat-wings, it's pretty gross LOL!! Good luck, and I hope your pregnancy goes better than mine (I wouldn't wish morning sickness like that on ANYONE!)

desertmonkey73 - 574 days ago.
SouthernMama, with my previous pg's, I gained upwards of 60lbs. I ate very healthy, and was very active, but gained it anyway. If you are gaining it and still eating very healthy, your dr will possibly give you a hard time, but your body knows what it needs. If you are eating right, there is nothing more you can do...unless you can do some light exercising. Good luck, and take care!

southern-mama2011 - 574 days ago.
Hi! I just found out that I'm pregnant a couple of days ago, and my ultrasound this morning said I'm 5 weeks and 5 days. For years I've been told I am infertile, and that I would have to have Invitro. I'm thrilled to be pregnant! However, before I got pregnant I weighted 296 pounds. Now I'm concerned about getting too heavy during my pregnancy. I am only 5 1/2 weeks, and I've already had to buy maternity pants!! Is this normal? I've already gained 7 pounds and my diet hasn't changed! I'm eating more fruits, vegies, and cut my caffeine and sugar, but I'm concerned about the belly change and the weight gain this early. Advice?

jessp27 - 582 days ago.
mross as hard it is, try not to read into being plus size and pregnant I did this in the beginning of my pregnancy and made myself and a lot of people around me misreable. Plus size woman have healthy babies every day! I am now 21 weeks and I never thoughts I'd be here. I thought I'd loose the baby because of me being overweight and my baby is healthy and actually I am the healthiest I have been myself in a long time. Listen to the docs and your instincts you will be fine! As for not have the prego belly I have come to grips it may never happen for me. I am not ok with it, but I will not loose sleep over it either. It just gives me motivation to loose weight after the baby so next time I get pregnant the world will be able to see it! Take care ladies!

mross615 - 586 days ago.
Thank you for your wisdom. =) Im definately more of a judge to myself than others are and yes i am very hormonal and cry alot over dumb things. LOL i have been finding myself crying over tv shows on things that arent even sad!! LOL oh another thing i worry about is miscarriage. I heard it is more common for bigger women to miscarry or have a still birth. Im 6 1/2 wks. Im definately more worried this time around now that i am bigger than i was when i was skinny. BUT on the plus side. i have never miscarried, never had an abortion. and both of my pregnancies were perfect. No MS, very big healthy girls and both over due.

deebo - 586 days ago.
mross - I've looked pretty much the same through my whole pregnancy, just big and fat, lol. People who don't know me, don't know I'm pregnant, you can't really tell. But I think it depends on where you gain weight, I gain all mine in my upper half, so I have big boobs/belly/arms. My butt is small, and my legs are muscular, I look very out of proportion. Looking fat sucks anytime, but especially during pregnancy.. Your husband shouldn't make you feel bad.. :( It makes me sad to hear that, I would kick his ass lol!! I try to look at the good side of it, though. No strangers touching me, no strangers giving me pregnancy advice, none of the crap that would just make me angry anyways. I'm used to people looking at me like I'm a cow, so their opinions mean squat to me. No one's said anything to me about my weight since I've been pregnant (no one as in strangers), and if they did, I'd have a lot of pent up hormonal rage to take out on them. The only thing that really matters is that your baby is safe, healthy, and protected. (though, it still doesn't make you feel better when your hormones are making you cry over everything..)

mross615 - 587 days ago.
I am 24 i already have 2 daughters. I had my first when i was 17 married her daddy then came baby #2 since having both of my kids i have ballooned way up. I was skinny and now im huge. I have big babies my first was 8 lbs and my second was 9 pounds. I am just worried because i had a big prego belly with both of my girls but now that i am fat im worried no one will notice. im so self concsious now and my husband certainly does not help me feel better about myself. In fact he makes me feel like a heffer!!! I hope and pray that i dont look fat my whole pregnancy

deebo - 588 days ago.
At first I didn't love the movement, but the first time I felt my girl get the hiccups I think I melted. Sure being punched and kicked and smashed in various organs hurts.. but wow, the hiccups, and feeling her little hands moving around makes up for the pain. But yeah, other than that, being pregnant kind of sucks. I hate that I can't reach my feet, and that it is killing my sex life, and LOL! It's just sucking my will to do anything productive. It'll be all worth it when the little squirming alien inside me pops out and turns out not to be an amphibian or anything other than a pink little baby. Ah, I can't wait. I want to meet my daughter so bad X3!!! I am so not excited for the hospital part though, I wanna be one of those moms that shoot out a baby in the car LOL!! Okay, maybe not. But still. Hospitals are scary. I like the fact I use the term 'shooting out' for giving birth, haha.. I'm so classy ;D, hope you all are doin' well!

*Bun*in*the*Oven* - 588 days ago.
I totally get the lack of the cute baby bump... I have a hard stomach above my belly button, but below is icky mush! Everyone that knows I am pregnant says I look it, but am not really a big fan of this part of my pregnancy. It seems like everyone comments on how much bigger I have gotten every time they see me. Everyone is nice about it and excited, but I just feel like its a nice way to say I look like a beached whale! Granted that's not their intention, at all! Maybe it is different because even though I have been fat my whole life, no one has ever had the balls to say anything and now it is the topic of conversation. I just want the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, minus the getting fatter to get there part! 10 more weeks to go for me! I wish I didn't feel like this but besides feeling the movement, I could really do without the whole being pregnant part. Some people love it, but I am not really feelin the love....

mrsgaylonj (Mary) - 589 days ago.
Deebo-when I was prego I used to mow our land, I had asked doc if I could wear OFF! Bug spray and he said yes, thank goodness because the chiggers and 'skeeters sure love that sweet meat! Good luck, your coming to a close now.

deebo - 591 days ago.
Well, yesterday my fiancé and I both seemed to notice my belly has gotten A LOT larger. Like over night. HAHAHA, I still don't have a cute pregnancy belly, but just look especially fat. Maan, mosquitoes have been killing me lately, I wonder if it's safe to wear bug spray. You'd think it would be safer to wear it, than risk the diseases that mosquitoes can carry. Who knows! I'll ask my OB on Thursday. How is everyone else doing?? I'm at 34 weeks already, I can't believe it! Only 6 weeks left.. omg. I'm so excited. My shower is so late in my pregnancy though, on the 22 of July, because my mom is coming to visit.. I'm so impatient, I want it noooow.

jessp27 - 594 days ago.
I am with you ladies on not showing! It is depressing, I do feel like I am missing out on something. My friends keep asking me 'when are you going to show' I said probably never. I hate it! Especially getting called names lately is the worst!