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Re: Do I need to gain weight to get pregnant?
From: offpill (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:26:40 -0600 (CST)
These are my stats almost exactly: 5'6", 118 lbs, 20% body fat and 26-28
day cycles usually. I am fertile! It differs with women but you
probably only need to start worrying about low weight affecting your
fertility when your periods become irregular or absent or your luteal
phase shorter than 8 days. By the way, I've noticed that even though I
do just over the minimum recommended amount of exercise people still
think I'm fanatical. The usual body fat percentage which starts to
adversly affect fertility is 14% or under for women if I remember
correctly. Good luck. Hope it happens for you soon!
At Wed, 22 Jan 2003, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
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>At Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Sarah wrote:
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>>I am 5'6", 120 lbs, 23 years old, 20% body fat and I've been trying to
>>concieve for 5 months. Everyone (my Mom, Husband, Grandpa and
>>Mother-in-law) is telling me that I may need to gain weight to get
>>pregnant. I have 27 day cycles and I am pretty sure that I am ovulating
>>(OPK's and BBT), could I still need to gain weight?
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>I wouldn't think so.
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>100 normal couples with no contraception:
>in 6 months, 50% will have achieved a pregnancy
>in 12 months, 85% will
>in 24 months, 95% will
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>5 months is just getting started and is perfectly normal.
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>I work out 5 times a
>>week for 45 minutes nothing extreme, I dont know what gaining weight
>>(fat?) would do.
>
>--
>R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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