Hello Ladies!!! Help Me!!!

[Smile_21]

O.k. I question. First, I was 17 when I had my son, he is now 5 and I'm 22. I married his father and we are very happy. We have been having sex once a week without protection for 3 years and I can't get pregnant. Now I have had the same ob/gyn since I was 15 and she told me it was because of my weight(I gained 100 lbs. after the birth of my son). Now I have been on Atkins for 2 months and have lost close to 50 pounds so maybe in the next couple months I will be able to concieve, but my doctor said if I do she still wants me to lose weight while I'm pregnant. Now do you think this is ok and had anyone else been the same situation, because when I had my son I didn't even have to try. Someone please help and don't be shy!!!

[shelbyquinn03079]

Re: Hello Ladies!!! Help Me!!!

Don't panic. There is literally only like 2 days a month where you can get pregnant and depending on your cycle you could be missing the days. I had a friend who had sex once a week but on the weekends and she always ovulated on like a wednesday or thursday. Are your periods the same amount of days apart every month? Mine are kind of screwy so what I did was first track what my periods were like as far as timing apart. I was about 35 days apart. I also go ovulation tests. They come with like 6 in a pack and then they say you ovulate about 14 days after the first day of your period. So at about 7 days I would start taking the ovulation tests every morning. You can read the package but it says that you ovulate 24-48 hours from your first positive. If you dont' want to go through all that trouble just have sex a few more times a week. They say every other day is best for trying. I am also guessing that you were having more sex when you were 15 with no kids!!!! I know I was!!!!-lol I don't really like her pushing you to lose weight while you are pregnant. Yes you should eat healthy and sometimes because just lose because of this but she shouldn't pressure you. I know I only gained 20 pnds with my daughter because I had a lot of extra weight on & I haven't gained any with this one yet because I didn't lose the weight yet. If you browse through the pregnancy threads you will see several people on here have not reached goal or even close and they got pregnant. I am over 200 right now myself and my doctor hasn't said a word other than I have to deal with it after the baby. Stress itself can cause a problem also. I paid super close attention to my cycles, had sex so much, and took the ovulation tests and it still took me a few months but I did get pregnant even with 80 extra pounds on me.

[momof3]

Re: Hello Ladies!!! Help Me!!!

There's a really good book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility that will teach you exactly when you ovulate and when you should try to conceive. It takes a little bit of discipline but I don't think it's too bad once you learn it.