Tia38

Yes, there are more risks and possible complications. Only you can decide and it can be hard.

Some other things to consider:

-age? If you are already looking at IVF you have IF issues. Things won't get easier with age. Even with IVF I believe your odds of successful TTC go down with age. Conversely, odds of complications (like GD and low-birth weight and others) go up! Double whammy.

- Ability to lose weight? Do you think that taking some time to address diet/exercise/other will help you drop some weight? If you've been trying for a while with little/no success, what's going to change? If you haven't been trying why not? Are there other things (e.g., met) that might help you on the way?

If age is an issue I wouldn't wait. At what point is age an issue? Some say 35. For others it's 30 or 40.

If you you've been having some success at dropping weight, then I might postpone TTC for a few months and see how I'm doing... you could set mini-goals (2-3 months) and revisit the issue. They say that even losing some weight is helpful.

If you haven't been very successful losing weight (for whatever reason) and the doc gives a green light, I'd probably go forward. Note that many of the TTC meds, especially with the injectables for IVF can cause additional weight gain. So you'll probably want to keep working on the weight/health issue.

pg+child mentioned
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Me? Conceived and had DD at 39 -- I was 'overweight' (but had been dropping some weight and getting more exercise). Currently 41, 12w+ pg with #2 (and thrilled). BMI over 30 this go around. I'll be getting some extra monitoring at the end, both due to age and my elevated BMI. I have more risks this go around. I didn't feel I had the luxury to wait and try to do something about my weight at 41. I was kicking myself a bit for not working harder post-pg (while not yet TTC), but that's not so constructive.

Good luck whatever you decide.

Tia

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