I went to the doctors today to have a ‘before I get pregnant’ conversation. Basically to see if I’m healthy enough and if there are any concerns from a medical perspective around getting pregnant. I was expecting to be told I had things to work on first…. To my surprise he gave us the all clear to start trying.
All my health issues that can affect a pregnancy are under control at the moment. He even told me I don’t need to loose any more weight (this one especially surprised me as I am still overweight). He said that I can loose more weight if I want, but losing some more weight would not significantly reduce the risk of the same complications in my next pregnancy. In fact he said based on recent studies loosing more weight at this stage would likely reduce the chances of conceiving successfully.
After a lengthy conversation when we got home my husband and I have agreed to start trying now. I’m happy that both my fitness and strength are solid enough to get me though pregnancy and there are no other advantages to waiting. I will keep working on improving these further while we are trying, after all it could be many months away before I am pregnant again. Now to go and enjoy that last piece of Brie in the fridge…
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