Medication weight gain

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I'm not on a preventive medication, but I did have 5 in vitro

fertilizations where I was " hyperstimulated " with a boatload of

hormones.

Each time, I gained 20 to 30 lbs...water and weight. The last one, I

gained 48 lbs...but I lost a lot of weight when the baby came out!

I'd say this:

You do learn the skill of managing your weight and exercise each time

you lose weight...or at least I did. Since I had to do it 5 times in

10 years, I got pretty good at understanding how my body worked, what I

had to do and most importantly: I just accepted that this was my " new

reality " and this is what I had to do....so I just had to stop fighting

and whining about it. (I fight and whine about other stuff!)

I think as women we go through many more physical changes than

men...periods, pregnancies, menopause. In a bizarre way, I think that

this has benefits...we learn how to " work with " our bodies and their

changing conditions.