[mom2zachnmac]

I'm Amanda- I'm a stay at home mom to 2 boys ages 3 and 1 and am due next month with our first girl! I thought I'd join in here now since this is where I'll be as soon as this baby is born. Ideally I'd like to wait at least a year before getting pregnant again since I have quite a bit of weight to lose and I also don't want to end up giving up nursing like I had to this time (got pregnant while ds #2 was 5 months old and my supply just dried up). Those of you that are waiting to ttc while you lose weight - how did you decide how much weight / what amount of time you want to wait? I hate waiting- I always wanted to just not worry about it, I don't think birth control is wrong but I didn't want to use it. but I feel like at my weight (260ish lbs) it's more than just wanting to be "thin"- I feel like it would be selfish and not taking care of my body to have another baby before I reach a healthier weight. that being said I'm having a hard time deciding if I should set a time frame or pick an ideal weight? I have a hard time going with what the Dr.s say you should weigh because those charts are ridiculous...and lets face it- If i needed to weigh 130-135 before getting pregnant again it'd be years... lol.

[jellybean529]

You and I are right in the same boat! I'm 240-ish now but started out just above 270 so I KNOW how you feel. I basically picked a weight that's at the top of the healthy BMI range for me (150) so that I can start my next pregnancy at a healthy weight. Since we don't want to TTC until 2012-2013 anyway, that gives me a good amount of time to make that happen. If your time frame is sooner than that, I think as long as you're not aiming to lose more than 1-2lbs/week you're in good shape! Good luck to you, your kids are adorable!

[mom2zachnmac]

Thanks! Your daughter is adorable as well! I know I have a definite below 200 goal before I get pregnant again because in order to have a water birth at my hospital now your bmi has to be under a certain number and a weight of 200 would get me there... but I'm thinking I want to try to be at or below 170. I guess we'll see how it goes.