baby phat?

[A_Fortune]

Hi ladies,

In January we started going to a nutritionist to help us through our fertility journey and prepare for IVF. Among other things, she recommended full fat milk, Greek yoghurt and having more eggs and a lot more water. Which we did.

Fast forward a few months and I got pregnant. My main pregnancy symptoms were feeling super tired and having a big appetite. So I was just trying to rest as much as I could.

Unfortunately, I had a miscarriage just before we made it to 10 weeks. That was in early June.

right now, I have a belly, something I have never had before and it’s making me reallly struggle looking at myself. I feel the polar opposite of sexy and can’t wear most of my more tight fitting clothes. It’s making me feel super insecure.

As I am about to start a new IVF cycle again soon, I can’t even join a gym or anything like that as anything that is not gentle exercise is not recommended.

I just struggle to focus on exercising on top of everything else.

Any wise words?

thanks,

A

[Weareback2]

Sorry your feeling like this, i know how hard it is when you are not happy with how you look. Maybe try and increase your walking and do light exercise. It is also coming into the colder weather so cosy/baggy clothes are fashionable. I know that isn't the answer though, but doing lots doing things that make you happy to increase the happy hormones might help and a good diet of lots of variety of colours.Wishing you all the luck x

[DianeArnold Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hi A_Fortune. Walking is good, why don’t you have a look at the front page of our website and see what’s going on, even yoga classes. Diane fertilitynetworkuk.org