Weight gain with IVF? *child mentioned* - Cloth Diapers & Parenting Community

sillyutalktome · 08-22-2011, 08:49 PM

I was just wondering what everyone's personal experience has been regarding weight gain with IVF. Either up to the egg retrieval part or the entire time. I am heavy, my bmi is borderline as far as my doctor is concerned and I am trying to lose a little bit of weight in the next two weeks before my next cycle. I am also trying to do some light exercise (yoga dvd, ballet dvd) so that I can continue on with that during a pregnancy. I know not to go too crazy trying to lose weight. But I'm nervous. I weigh 15 pounds less now than when I got pregnant with my daughter and I just don't want to gain all that doing IVF and start off a pregnancy just as heavy.

I know it would have been better to lose weight before doing IVF, but this was a surprise that we'd get to do it so soon.

meldo · 08-22-2011, 09:21 PM

I actually lose weight. I think a lot of it depends on your meds, too. I know that about a week into my Lupron I'm only eating because I know I should. I'm pretty nauseous. After the retrieval I'm usually really really bloated (somehow this time I wasn't) and there is no room in my belly to overeat. In fact, eating at all is pretty blah. In the 2WW I feel like I'm more apt to gain weight. Progesterone supplements mimic pregnancy symptoms and I get "the eats" as I call them. I'm close to my beta right now and my hpts have been coming up positive, so that explains why I've been having "dinner-time sickness" and can't even think of eating anything. I haven't weighed myself in the last week but I know once my body was feeling normal after the retrieval, I weighed myself and I'd lost 7 lbs. This is my 8th IVF cycle so if you want to chat, feel free to PM me!

HeatherlovesCDs · 08-22-2011, 09:49 PM

I did not gain weight when I did my fresh cycle. (I am overweight by a decent amount.) Good luck with your cycle!

sillyutalktome · 08-22-2011, 10:02 PM

Oh that is great to hear! Everything I read online people say they gained around 15 pounds! Which if a pregnancy was the result, I wouldn't care, but it just scares me. Mostly it scares me because I'd have nothing to wear as well. Lol.

Mel I may pm you after our next appointment. Right now it's all so vague a concept in my mind. Once we start meds and have a schedule I'm sure it will seem more real and terrifying.

Wanderlust · 09-12-2011, 05:44 AM

Not sure if I gained weight, but I really bloated up with my fresh cycle. I had a high FSH, so I had to take a LOT of follistum (sp?).

3 ladybugs · 09-12-2011, 06:02 AM

I gained a bit but in my case that was a good thing. I was a bit too underweight when I started and unfortunately the diet my RE puts me on makes me loose more. So it is a struggle for me to be where I am suppose to be. I also bloated to the point of nearly needing maternity though. Not sure if I would have that happen again as my son stretched me out and my triplets didn't.

08-22-2011, 08:49 PM	#1
sillyutalktome Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: TX Posts: 3,610 Ratings: 38 Feedback: 98% My Mood:	Weight gain with IVF? child mentioned I was just wondering what everyone's personal experience has been regarding weight gain with IVF. Either up to the egg retrieval part or the entire time. I am heavy, my bmi is borderline as far as my doctor is concerned and I am trying to lose a little bit of weight in the next two weeks before my next cycle. I am also trying to do some light exercise (yoga dvd, ballet dvd) so that I can continue on with that during a pregnancy. I know not to go too crazy trying to lose weight. But I'm nervous. I weigh 15 pounds less now than when I got pregnant with my daughter and I just don't want to gain all that doing IVF and start off a pregnancy just as heavy. I know it would have been better to lose weight before doing IVF, but this was a surprise that we'd get to do it so soon. __________________ SAHM to my Dd(6/08) , Ds (9/12) and foster mom. Always praying for our five former foster kids. Last edited by sillyutalktome; 08-22-2011 at 10:00 PM.

08-22-2011, 09:21 PM	#2
meldo Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sunny southern California Posts: 1,237 Ratings: 73 Feedback: 100%	Re: Weight gain with IVF? child mentioned I actually lose weight. I think a lot of it depends on your meds, too. I know that about a week into my Lupron I'm only eating because I know I should. I'm pretty nauseous. After the retrieval I'm usually really really bloated (somehow this time I wasn't) and there is no room in my belly to overeat. In fact, eating at all is pretty blah. In the 2WW I feel like I'm more apt to gain weight. Progesterone supplements mimic pregnancy symptoms and I get "the eats" as I call them. I'm close to my beta right now and my hpts have been coming up positive, so that explains why I've been having "dinner-time sickness" and can't even think of eating anything. I haven't weighed myself in the last week but I know once my body was feeling normal after the retrieval, I weighed myself and I'd lost 7 lbs. This is my 8th IVF cycle so if you want to chat, feel free to PM me! __________________ I'm Melissa, married to my soulmate, S and mama to my girls: 8 year old K and 3 year old, A and my new little BOY! Baby W arrived 4/29/12 Most likely nak!

08-22-2011, 09:49 PM	#3
HeatherlovesCDs Registered Users Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9,427 Ratings: 99 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: Weight gain with IVF? child mentioned I did not gain weight when I did my fresh cycle. (I am overweight by a decent amount.) Good luck with your cycle! __________________ Heather SAHM to 6 who are 7 and under, including 2 sets of twins and our last little miracle, a surviving identical twin, born Oct 2012!

08-22-2011, 10:02 PM	#4
sillyutalktome Registered Users Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: TX Posts: 3,610 Ratings: 38 Feedback: 98% My Mood:	Re: Weight gain with IVF? child mentioned Oh that is great to hear! Everything I read online people say they gained around 15 pounds! Which if a pregnancy was the result, I wouldn't care, but it just scares me. Mostly it scares me because I'd have nothing to wear as well. Lol. Mel I may pm you after our next appointment. Right now it's all so vague a concept in my mind. Once we start meds and have a schedule I'm sure it will seem more real and terrifying. __________________ SAHM to my Dd(6/08) , Ds (9/12) and foster mom. Always praying for our five former foster kids.

09-12-2011, 05:44 AM	#5
Wanderlust Registered Users Formerly: jeneth Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany via military Posts: 6,126 Ratings: 116 Feedback:** 100%	Re: Weight gain with IVF? child mentioned Not sure if I gained weight, but I really bloated up with my fresh cycle. I had a high FSH, so I had to take a LOT of follistum (sp?). __________________ Proud wife to Air Force DH. Honored SAHM to my twins Samuel and David. EP'ed for 1 year!