Weight Gain & Fertility Treatments
I am going into my second transfer and I have hit 200lbs, this has caused me to beyond depressed, even with maintaining healthy diet and exercise I am still gaining. I’ve never been 200lbs before, keep telling myself this is all worth it but this is so hard physically and mentally
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I put on so much weight during fertility treatment. I was not small to begin with but I definitely noticed a difference. I remember being just under the clinics BMI limit when we started in September, and in January when I was preparing for my FET I was 101kg. The first 8 weeks of pregnancy I put on 6kg and have plateaued out now it seems (13 weeks now). I feel huge.
I'm 100% it's the hormonal shifting and artificially messing with things that caused it, as my weight was stable at 90kg before any treatment. And had been for years apart from the Christmas podge coming and going
I was 131 lbs before treatment and now I've finished I'm 154lbs! I understand the feeling depressed about it cause me to!! Feel like I've sacrificed so much of myself for treatment and like you even though I've made sure I've had a super healthy diet and have been exercising my body went against me 🤷🏼♀️ shitty side effect no one talks about 💔 x
It’s just heartbreaking, reminding myself this is temporary
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