Hi. I am old enough to be your mother, but my advise is this.
If you are healthy, even though you are overweight, and you continue to eat healthy and exercise, you will be fine. Not everyone in the world is slim and trim and all kinds of babies are born everyday to women who are overweight. Overweight may not mean unhealthy.
Just a thought, so if it was me, I would go ahead and start a family. I WOULDN'T allow myself to eat anything and everything during pregnancy as it will be really hard to carry all the extra weight. You don't say what your health issues are.
Anne
Pregnancy Advise
Hi. I wanted to make a couple of comments if I may. Your clock is ticking and I can see how you are wanting a baby especially your husband. I am not sure about how bad your health or the baby's can be affected by your weight but let me mention a couple of things. I just had a friend who delivered last Thursday. She was 199 when she got pregnant and gained 75 pounds. Blook pressure was fine until the day before her scheduled c-section. Baby was 10 pounds 4 ounces and the mother had twice the amount of fluid than normal. Doctor said her weight contributed to all. Most all women gain weight no matter how hard they try not too. I would not dwell on weight loss after you're pregnant. Too me that has to be more dangerous. I gained 65 pounds myself. I think it would be sad on the other hand to lose a lot of weight just to regain it and have to start over. I would however, have to look at the health issues and seek professional advice. Your husband would have to care enough about your health and the baby-to-be and follow a doctor's advice. Regardless of what you do, take care of all involved and please let us all know what happens.
