Overweight and Obese UP/UC'ers - Page 2

[Sharlla]

I didn't bother weighing myself because I didn't want to get depressed LOL I started out being a size 8 and ended up wearing XL maternity clothes in the end (size 16?)

I was 290 lbs when I had DS1 and 225 when I had DS2. I'm one of those ladies that destined to gain 60+ lbs no matter how well I eat and exercise.

[gossamerwindweb]

Originally Posted by sunflwrmoonbeam

gossamerwindweb: I have a very similar story, minus the weight loss. Gained a bunch of weight quickly, had a bunch of miscarriages, get diagnosed with PCOS, get put on metformin, get pregnant, stay on metformin, stay pregnant. Still fat, but I feel so much better than before and I'm holding my perfectly healthy baby right now

YAY! I am always so glad to hear of someone who beat infertility. Amazing how sometimes one little tweak can make all the difference

[fyrebloom]

I'm another Big Beautiful Woman. I was 251 for my first 261 for my twins (270 on D day) and 261 for my last. First baby I had GD. If my Dr had told me how to manage it, it probably wouldn't have cause such a prob. I had pre-e with my twins. I attribute it to my having two babies in there and with the huge HUGE stress they had me under. Last baby (my UP with vbac transfer) was perfectly normal. I monitored my blood sugar and BP just to be sure but boy do I wish I had just HBed my first and gotten a glucometer. Would have saved us a NICU stay.

So, I guess what I'm saying is stuff can happen and it's more likely to happen if you are heavier, but you can test for problems and get help if needed. Heck last pregnancy my sugars were getting high so I asked my endocrinologist for insulin. After a month my sugars were normal and I stopped using it. You are not a ticking time bomb because of your weight, you just deal with whatever might happen if something does.

Oh I'm a met mom too. I took it through my first two pregnancies and for the first trimester of my third (even though my third baby was the first to be conceived without Met!).

[UCmamaToMany]

I had never weighed below 250 with any of my pregnancies except this one. With my last one I know I gained up and over 300lbs, but after birth went back down to about 270ish. That was in 2007. In 2008 I miscarried and ate through my depression. At the beginning of 2009 I weighed 326. In April 2009 I finally got my WLS done (A VSG not gastric bypass) and when I got my BFP I weighed 214 but still lost down to 196 by the first week of January. Since then I have maintained between 198 and 202.

I have never had a problem with birthing at home unassisted or with my unassisted pregnancy/prenatal when I did it. Even when I had shadow care and tests done, I never had GD or high BP or anything like that, so it is possible to have a healthy pregnancy and be overweight/obese.

I've birthed at home/UC'd 5 times now very much overweight/obese. This is the first time I have actually been this "small" for a pregnancy/delivery. I have some scar adhesions from the surgery that may cause some problems and my tailbone is less "protected" than it was before so it may be more uncomfortable as well. I'm very much interested in seeing how different this birth is 130lbs less.

[elissamay31]

ttc planning UBAC

I am 5'6" and weigh 250#. I just found out I'm type 2 diabetic but am seeing a doctor and have gotten better control. hoping to ttc by the summer (after glucose/diabetes is under tight control).

I plan to UC if I can maintain tight glucose control during pregnancy. I had a c-section with twin boys in 2004. I hope to never have to experience that again!!

Health, not weight in the priority.....good luck to all!

[h@ppy mama]

I'm not a UP or UC mama but I just wanted to say that it's really, really, nice to hear about other bigger mamas. I'm 5'8 and started out this pregnancy at 265. I'm up to about 287 now with 9 weeks left to go. With DD (18 months old now) I started at 210 and ended up at 275 on delivery day. I lost about 20 of that after her birth but never went below 255 between pregnancies.

Both of my pregnancies have been perfectly healthy, despite being overweight. No GD, blood pressure issues or anything else. I eat well and am active but I am just a bigger woman. It takes a LOT of effort for me to lose and maintain weight. I hope to drop some after this baby but I know it's going to be an uphill battle so I'm trying to not freak out about it.

Good luck to all of you mamas!

[Sharlla]

so I just weighed myself today, OMG I'm 247!!! I'm a size 16 so I figured I would be about 180-190. Not sure how I weigh so much. But yes, easy pregnancy, easy labor, great blood pressure etc despite being "obese"

[guest8990]

i am rather obese by medical standards. i weighed the other day, and at 41w i am 260lbs. i am 5'7''. im okay with my body,a nd my husband is too, and to me thats all that matters. i am healthy, and regardless of what medical proffesionals say about "obesity" i wont have it. the way i see it, if God saw a problem with us being fluffy, he would have said something about it you can be big and healthy. so i wouldnt worry about it. we UC, we tried clomid, metformin, everything my dr handed me to concieve this first one, and dang it all, it wasnt until we decided to trust Gods timing, and accept my body for how it is that we got pregnant(took 3 years and 2 losses) so i wouldnt worry about it honestly. if you start feeling icky, then check ur blood sugars but i wouldnt worry about being bigger, in any aspect of your life.

... oh and i thought i would add, i have pcos, and i gained 80 lbs one year because of it, and metformin helped me temporarily lose weight, but not keep it off. love your bodies people, we arent all supposed to be the same. eat healthy, and excercise, and laugh. and dont fall for all of the stereotypical media pushed be skinny or ugly crap. love your bodies, and stop judging yourselves. love yourself, and those who arent in "societies standard guidelines" you would be amazed at how much happier you are!