Hi Everyone!

I have been lurking about this board for a while now. I've been a regular poster on the General Infertility board... and until recently, not wanting to blame my infertility on my weight. Here's my story...

I'm 35 and DH is 33, and we've been TTC for 2 years now. We just celebrated our third anniversary. We live in the far NW suburbs
of Chicago in a brand new BIG four bedroom home thinking we could fill it up
with kids right away. Well, always the best laid plans... and now I'm sure
some of our neighbors think we're crazy with such a big house.

I am hovering around 290# and I have always struggled with my weight. I am
5'10" tall so I have always been able to carry my weight fairly well, but
now it even bothers me physically. My RE and Ob/Gyn never seemed very
concerned about my weight. I appeared to ovulate regularly, but my
progesterone was low. Clomid seemed to help that, and after six cycles of
Clomid w/ BMS I still had no success. Then we moved on to the RE who
added IUI with the Clomid for 3 cycles and still no success. This cycle I'm
starting Follistim injections with IUI.

The real kicker is my RE told me a few weeks ago that we can't do IVF unless my BMI is under 40. I wish he would have told me sooner because it sure did
scare me. My BMI is at 42 now, so if I can get at least down to 270 I would
be considered. My short term goal is to get down to 240 so my BMI would be
at 35 (still considered obsese, but not morbid... that just sounds
punishing, doesn't it?). I'm hoping I can meet this goal by Thanksgiving. Am I crazy or what?

So, I'm having to really bite the bullet now and lose the weight. I'm back to counting my points for Weight Watchers and getting back to walking. Wish me luck! My first week I lost 5.5 pounds which I'm sure much of it was water weight, but definitely a good start (and now I'm under 290!). Up until now I never wanted to consider my weight an issue in my fertility, but I think it is definitely playing at least a small role.

I'm excited you all are here so I can share not only my fertility ups and downs with you, but also my weight loss goals.

By the way, I head in tomorrow morning for IUI. Then the dreaded 2ww. Wish me luck!

Smiles,
Amy :)

Hi Amy

Welcome to the board. Sounds like you have a plan. Good luck with you I know you can do it. there have been women on this board who have lost a bit of weight and were successfull. Good luck

Thanks for the warm welcome, Denise! I know I will be successful too - I just wish I had a magic ball to tell me when :)

Kelly - Wow, we are almost the exact same size! I haven't tried Tae Bo yet, but think I might go and buy it for a variety of things to do. I started walking this week and I really do love it. I can listen to music and clear my mind. It' pretty funny when I think of my weight battle since I've been an adult. In college I maintained my weight around 200 lbs. The summer I graduated I didn't have a job and gained 35 pounds in 6 months. I went on Jenny Craig and lost it all and then some. I maintained my weight around 200 for 3 years until I started graduate school where I gained 50 pounds in 3 years. Then I yo-yoed for 3 years. When I got married I weighed 250, and have since gained 40 pounds in 3 years. Scary, huh? Looks as if I have major life events every three years - and when I'm stressed out and really busy I make really poor nutrition choices.

But you know what this means? I'm at the three year mark, so I will lose weight AND have another major life event. Yippee!

Did you start your workout again on Monday, Kelly?

Have a great day!
Smiles,
Amy :)

hello, amy I'm also full figured starting my stims first ivf just curious did it work?