Has any other woman ever thought this about Pregnancy and... ?

This is kind of strange but, it was sparked by a convo I had last night with my girlfriend so I'm curious to see what others think...
I'm 22 with a serious bf (of 4 years, who I live with) so the topic of marriage and kids does come up sometimes.... Only when it does I get to thinking about being pregnant and it freaks me out. 
The first thing I think of is "Omg, I need to lose weight before that happens or Ill never be able to lose it."  I'm wayyy too young (in my mind) to be havin any babies, or to even get married, but it still sends me into some kind of panic mode, like I've gotta lose it all right now just in case.  Lol.

Is this a normal reaction for someone my age or am I just nuts? :)
(and does it really destroy your body beyond repair?... can't beleive i just asked that, ha.)

 

I have totally had this experience.  I am also 22, and my relationship isn't even to the point to really think about those things realistically, but I have had the thought that I should lose weight now so I get used to being healthy and eating well before I get pregnant.  Plus I've read that you need to have had good nutrition for two years before you get pregnant.  I'm assuming that means nutrients and such, so I guess that's not that big of a problem for me (I tend to eat relatively healthily, just a bit too much).  I just think that it would be a good idea to already be accustomed to tracking what you eat and knowing what your body feels like and being able to read its signals and stuff before you get pregnant, so you can adjust appropriately.  I would hate to just have to start eating healthily when I got pregnant, because I'd be less experienced at it and would be sort of experimenting.

...Plus I want to be thin and hot for a good couple years first, in case it never happens again.  :)

I am 26 and just had a baby, well I had him 8 months ago, he was an 8 pounds and a half baby and very healthy, before getting pregnant I was in the best shape of my life with abs that caused envy and an excersice routine that I followed religiouslly every  day, during my pregnancy I probably gained the recommended maximun of 32 pounds and I really wasn't thinking about calorie counting when I was pregnant I was just eating what I felt like eating and there are something that happened to me during my pregnancy that I would like to share:

1.- I suspected I was pregnant because everything I saw on tv that  I used to like like hamburguers and delicious taco bell made me want to puke, so I lost weight instead of gaining it.

2.-If you follow your cravings in the right way they usually show you something your body requires for the baby, like I would really crave ice cream one day and I ate it or pizza and I ate it, but not in excess, just when I really felt I needed it and as I said I didn't gain weight like crazy, just what was needed, cravings in pregnancy most of the times are things you really need and other times just result of been tense or stressed out about the whole thing.

3.- My pregnancy was the happiest time of my life, even looking my abs dissapear ( and I was a body looks freak before it) I think hormones has something to do with it, so even looking at my belly grow was awesome.

4.- I lost the baby weight in about two months, I waited two months after having the baby because I was getting used to breastfeed and then just started a healthy diet with a nutritionist so I could diet and breastfeed and it went away super fast, so now I am even thiner than before having the baby, it is not the same for every woman I know but it is possible to lose the weight fast, all depends in how much you want it and how you do it.

5.- Ok, the consecuences of my pregnancy: I have no time to excersice anymore but I  get my excercise taking care of my baby and cleaning the house, I am more active now than before.

My abs are not here anymore, but it is fine, not that I think about that so much this days, I am in love with my baby and have no time to love myself as much as before, I still love myself but my obsession is with my baby.

my stomach is not flat and I still have that left skin resulting in having a big baby and some stretch marks, it is not that bad, your life and priorities change with a baby and everything is worth it.

What I want to say is: Don't freak out, it is awesome to have a baby and your body is  made for that and it will take it the right way the way it is supposed to take it and your body may not be the same but believe me, you won't care.

oh and I also got pregnant with the pill, change of weight they said, it seems that the effectiveness of the pill can be affected by so many things, changes in weight one of them.

I have thought this many times.  I have also thought "I need to get into the habit of exercise so it won't be so hard when I have a baby"

Just thought I'd add my own experience as far as body changes go. I had my first baby when I was 24 (he was a surprise, got pregnant on the honeymoon). I gained quite a bit of weight with him because I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, then developed near pre-eclampsia at the end so I gained lots of water. By the time he was six months old I was about 5 pounds lighter than I was before getting pregnant. My second baby is 9 months old, I had him at 28 years old. I gained FAR less weight with him and was back in pre-pregnancy clothes by two weeks post-partum. Now I'm at my lowest weight since college and my pre-pregnancy clothes are way too big!

So, no it does not have to destroy your body beyond repair. Things are a little different, for sure. My belly is soft now and I don't think I'll ever look as good in a bikini as I once did. Likewise, my breasts are not perky like they used to be but that's what a good bra is for! I breastfed both my babies (still bfing the little one) and that's really helpful in taking the weight off. Lots of people think it's BFing that changes them but it's actually pregnancy itself that does it. Anyway, I feel better about my body now than I ever have, and I've got two beautiful boys to thank for it!

I'd say at 22, kudos for knowing what you want at this point in your life!

When you get to the point of wanting to have children, assuming you get to that point, that will override your other concerns.

I was 36 when I got pregnant, plenty overweight, and had morning sickness throughout the pregnancy. I had trouble gaining weight, but did manage to gain 20 pounds (six pounds of that in a matter of days soon before I gave birth). I looked giNORmous in my eighth month, as though I were having twins. My 9-pound boy came nearly a month early. I went home from the hospital 31 pounds lighter, so I had a net loss of 11 pounds for the pregnancy. I was in my pre-pregnancy jeans the day I got home from the hospital.

My son is 13 now.

It's a bit early to have kids imho. If things go south, and that tends to happen pretty often, and you have to deliver by cesarian, your abdominal area will never be what it used to. Just wait a bit longer, get married first, make sure and I mean absolutely sure that the person you're with is 100 % responsible and mature, finish your studies if it applies, get a good job and only then think about havin' kids. Marriage and children shouldn't be taken lightly, and people tend to do just that nowadays, that's why the number of divorces, domestic violence and emotionally scarred kids is constantly growing.

I'm 21 and 12 weeks pregnant. From what the doc has told me as long as you only add 300-400 extra calories to daily diet and exercise you should only gain 25-35 pounds during pregnancy. After having the child breastfeeding will help as well as the 7-8 pounds from the child you will lose most of the weight.

One reply said that it would be hard to not eat when hungry and truth is I have trouble eating all the required calories in a day.

I read one of the other replies and the person stated they weighed 113 and were 180 by the end of the pregnancy. That is alot more than 25-35 pounds. It would be alot harder to lose all the extra if you gain more than the recommended weight.

I know this is an old post but I just found it...

 I was 19 when I got pregnant and I had my baby at 20. I was 135 lbs when I got pregnant and I was up to 160-165 at the top of my pregnancy. It was really easy to lose my pregnancy weight...I didn't have to diet at all...I didn't decide to change my eating habits (a lifestyle change) until my son was 4 months old. Then I went from 135 to 115. I don't think the pregnancy effected me at all. I am still able to lose and maintain weight fine and my son is 1 year old.