Did you lose all your baby weight from 1 before trying for 2?

[Anonymous]

i lost all 40 pounds before trying for number 2 - it was actually the standard i set for myself- wanted to be fit and ready and healthy for pregnancy #2 - took 9 months to get it off. and started trying after baby turned 12 months...

[Anonymous]

Yes, but that was from running around after a little hellion spaz-devil. If you didn't have issues like gestational diabetes or pre-eclampsia, and you aren't over 35 (and therefore 'high risk'), then it would seem perfectly fine for you to get preggo again. After all, why bother getting your body back if you're just going to balloon again? (I say that in the nicest way. I mean, you are kind of balloon-like with a big ol' pregnant belly). That said, I gained 65 lbs with my first pregnancy, but only 30 with the second. The demand for calories that pregnancy has, plus chasing around a toddler kept things well under control. So just be careful about what you eat and how active you are when you're pregnant, and then worry about getting your body back when you're done popping out kids.

I'm 8 months post-#2, and just starting the 'get my body back' campaign because weight-wise all is good, but I look/feel like a pile of jiggly lard jello. Sigh...if you thought the extra tummy skin was bad the first time around...

[Anonymous]

I gained 70 with the first...lost 65 in 4 months. Lost the other five when I got frikin' swine flu one year post partum. Got pregnant 6 months later. Gained 40 with the second...only three pounds left to take off now at 6 months post partum. Pants are much tighter in the tummy area this time though. Overall I think my tummy is poochier and my boobs bigger than before I got pregnant the first time. However, my arms and legs are thinner and my butt is better from running around after the kiddos.

[Anonymous]

No. I gained 5 lbs with each of my two pregnancies that I haven't been able to get rid of. I gained 35-40 lbs with each and lost all but 5 lbs after four months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only gained 26 lbs so it wasn't hard to shed post patum.

I was back in my reg. clothes within 3 mo.


Didn't you stick to the recommended 25-30lb pregnancy weight??

Really? It took you that long to lose just 26 lbs.? Weren't you eating healthy and working out?

Shame on you.

Agree

[Anonymous]

For me, it's not just about the number on the scale (a solid and completely depressing 22 lbs more than I would like), but my overall fitness. I lost all but four lbs of the pregnancy weight. No one warned me how much you can gain after the baby is born: no gym, no sleep, lots and lots of cheap calories and comfort food. Besides DS was a winter baby. Snowmaggeden did this momma no favors!

Anyway, enough of my excuses!

I've heard that abs work is super-important before TTC #2 because of the back ache that will occur as the pregnancy progresses. There's a poster who scared me with talk of early-pregnancy bladder pressure that kept her tethered to a toilet from conception to delivery. I was duly motivated to tone up what I could right then.

I want more gym time because I want to be stronger than I am right now. I'd be thrilled to lose the weight before TTC, but that clock is ticking, so I'm hoping that a focus on muscle tone, stress release, and general cardio and gentle dieting will help improve things overall. I really don't want to look at a scale though.

And, I really don't want to beat myself up for this. I mean, when do we get to give ourselves a break on anything?

The ice cream and fried chicken that characterized my first pregnancy will have to be replaced with healthier alternatives, like yoghurt and baked chicken (for example).

I vow to breastfeed longer, get a babysitter earlier, and ask for a packet of personal training sessions in lieu of spa treatments.

What can ya do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only gained 26 lbs so it wasn't hard to shed post patum.

I was back in my reg. clothes within 3 mo.


Didn't you stick to the recommended 25-30lb pregnancy weight??

Just because you have a metabolism that works at warp speed, does not mean that the rest of the world does.

Don't you realize the OP could have gained the recommended weight but is having a more difficult time getting it off? Or do you believe we should all be like you?

It's not my personal recommendation it's pretty standard - ask your ob/gyn next time.

I will ask the question again...Do you not realize that the OP may have only gained the recommended amount of weight but is having a more difficult time getting it off? Are you saying that everyone has the same metabolism and we can all get off the recommended weight in the same amount of time? Apparently, you have lost your ability to read as well.

[Anonymous]

OP here- I actually gained the recommended amount of weight 27 pounds, but am having trouble with the last 4...