any hypo/overweight moms?

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Wendy328
I've been so emotional lately. Doesn't help I have clinical anxiety so the smallest things makes me feel like my world is ending. My husband and I have a plan to TTC our second child in march and/or April this year. We have a lot of plans and those are the only months that I can conceive and not completely disrupt our lives and my son's life. It sounds selfish but my son was a surprise and threw a monkey wrench in our plans and although we love him and he's the best thing to ever happen to us we don't want another surprise pregnancy or to be pregnant at a really inconvenient time in our lives. I've been reading a lot about TTC and when I got pregnant with my son I had recently lost 20+ lbs and although I drank a shit ton & smoked, I was pretty healthy. This time around I've gained 50lbs that I can't seem to get off because I have hypothyroidism and I'm reading online that it's really hard to get pregnant with hypo and being overweight 😢 now I'm scared I won't be able to get pregnant the time I was planning, let alone at all. I know women that have tried for months and don't care when they get pregnant as long as they do. I feel selfish being so strict with this but I just really hope this spring it happens. Because we won't try again until next spring and maybe the spring after that if it still doesn't happen. How many of you women are overweight and/or have hypo and have had multiple healthy pregnancies? 
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If you're clinically hypothyroid, you really should get on meds to get your levels right before TTC. It'll not only make it hard to conceive, but if you do succeed, it'll put your baby at risk.

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K • Dec 23, 2016
Then being hypo should have no effect :) Just make sure you get blood tests periodically during pregnancy in case you need a dose adjustment.

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Wendy328 • Dec 23, 2016
I am on medication.

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K • Dec 23, 2016
Hit post on accident. Was going to say, I'm hypo but on meds, & I got pregnant my first month TTC & have had a very healthy pregnancy so far (30w). It's a pretty easy fix that makes a big difference!