I was grossly obese for 2 pregnancies

and, thank God, my pregnancies were very healthy. I lost massive amounts of weight both times== with the first pregnancy that freaked the doctor out but I started off with nonstop morning sickness both tims and then I ate healthier than I ever have in my life. When I went to deliver, I was about 75 pounds lighter each time. I ate healthy and well and my babies used the rest...

My only advice would be to be incredibly vigilant about the QUALITY of food that you eat and let your doctor stay on top of your blood sugars and blood pressure just to monitor for any problems.

Let us know when that baby gets here! I'll be praying for both of you.

• Anyone ever been really heavy and have a healthy pregnancy? sm - Just wondering
  • I know of 2!!!! - SM
    • Thanks for all of the nice responses! - Just wondering
  • I was "only" 65 lbs overweight with 2nd pregnancy... - sm
  • Baby sm - me2
  • I was grossly obese for 2 pregnancies - ClinicMT
  • Pregnacy and obesity - mtme2
  • Congrats!! see inside...... - midwifeMT
  • My SIL was heavy and had two healthy babies. - don't worry, be happy
  • Congratulations! My Mom was on the heavy side - when she had all three of us.
  • My sister-in-law did just fine with her pregnancies. - kam (sm)

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which include one abortion, one child put up for adoption and raised 2 children. Don't ever try to tell me I don't know what it feels like to experience any of those things. 

First of all, congratulations!  I'm no expert, but I would say just so you listen to your doctor you should be fine.  My sister-in-law is morbidly obese and has had 2 very healthy, very beautiful, intelligent children.  She doesn't have diabetes from her weight or any really serious health problems from it at this point, so I'm sure that helped her too.  She has been thinking about getting the Lap-Band procedure too.  She tried LA Weight Loss and worked her tail off but only lost about 15 pounds in the end, so the Lap-Band might be a good option for her too.

Take care and make sure to give yourself lots of pampering while you "grow" a whole human being!  Congrats again and Happy Thanksgiving. :)

I have no idea how someone could consume that much food.  I mean really?  It is interesting though how it goes from one extreme to the other in that anorexics do not eat anything at all, and I mean nothing....  So, I couldn't do that either, and I certainly believe in eating disorders; I really do.  I am no skinny minnie, and my daughter is sort of overweight for her age, but not really for her height.  I see her go to the fridge just cuz she's bored....  So, I've been trying to teach her other things to do when she's bored; she's only 9.  Here's another thing that's interesting...   At school, if she mixes odd foods together (like ketchup and BBQ sauce to dunk chicken tenders), she gets a rise out of the other kids at the table. 

That site and what my daughter does certainly shows me that this is part of a much broader, wider (no pun intended) problem with this society, which is that if we are odd in any way it draws attention and we all love attention don't we? 

P/S:  YUCKO on the huge Scooby Doo sandwiches, but I watched that growing up in the 70s and 80s, so this is not a new thing!  Anyone?