From the article: Pregnancy Weight Gain
During the course of your pregnancy how much weight did you gain? Was it on track with what you expected to gain? What did your practitioner have to say about it? Were you over or under weight? If you're still pregnant, are you on course? What nutritional advice are you getting form your doctor or midwife? Are they being positive about your weight gain or do you worry about it? Share Your Experience
Little Weight Gain
- I'm 21 weeks along and have only gained about 6-8 pounds. I feel like I've gained a lot more than that, however... Anyway, at my first appointment I was 122, then the second 121, the third I was 124, and at my next one (I find out the gender at this one!!) I will more than likely be at 127 or 128, maybe as high as 130. I mentioned to my doctor at the last appointment that I was concerned about gaining to little weight, and he just laughed it off with a little joke about women and their weight problems. I believe I am right on track, because the my stomach is growing rapidly, and my breasts are way bigger than they were before I got pregnant. So, I don't think little weight gain is a problem as long as your baby is doing fine.
- —Guest Alicia
Trying to be careful...
- It's been really encouraging to read all of these. I'm 18 weeks and I've gained 11 pounds. I've started over weight with a BMI (according to the charts) of 25.8. I live in Japan and they only want me to gain 1 kilo a month. I've been fretting about this a bit, and doing my best, but it feels next to impossible. I'm trying to exercise as well. I figure since I'm starting overweight if I only gain the 7 kilos they suggest (15 1/2 pounds), I'll still be within what American guidelines suggest, then all should be good. But we'll see. I think I've been stressing over it a bit too much. Thanks for all of the input ladies! I'll try not to worry about it so much from now on. :)
- —Guest Elnora
My Pregnancy Experience
- I gave birth to my daughter at 40 weeks, so right on time and gained about 45-50 lbs. I am 5ft 3in tall and weighed around 125-130 my whole life prior to getting pregnant. Was always fairly active and ate really healthy...was mostly vegan for a couple of years before getting pregnant. Then when I got pregnant, I added moderate amounts of animal product back into my diet because I was craving it. I tried to stay active and eat healthy during my pregnancy and I felt like I was doing really well even though I gained more than they predicted I should...I felt great throughout my pregnancy so I think that is all that should matter. When I gave birth to my daughter, she weighed 6lb 9oz and I immediately lost 20 lbs upon delivery. I solely breastfed her on demand which I think is the main reason I have lost most of my pregnancy weight. She is 7 months old now, still breastfeeding, super healthy baby, already crawling and climbing up on furniture and I weigh about 134lb now..weightlifting/walk
- —Guest Kaydi
12 weeks and 98lbs
- I'm 12 weeks with my first baby and was a bit worried seeing as I started off quite skinny at 102lbs and then gained to what I thought was a healthier weight of 105lbs in the first 6 weeks but since then I have dropped to 98lbs and was quite worried that I'm damaging my baby. I'm trying to eat when I can but my sickness has been quite bad and I just don't have an appetite because I'm always feeling queasy, I'm having blood tests at the hospital in a couple of weeks and they'll weigh me then so hopefully I'll find out what I need to do to be healthier for my baby.
- —Guest first baby
My journey
- I started at 60kg which was almost 10kg more than when I got married 2 1/2 years earlier so I was definitely in the normal range after being used to 'skinny' or healthily underweight. Didn't put on weight til about month 4 then I got hungry all the time and caught up on weight. Right now at 35 weeks im 74kg or 165pounds for you american mums so put on 30 pounds of my supposed 35 pound allowance. Here in new Zealand my midwives don't weigh me but I guess they would say something if I got too big right? I'm sure my weight is perfectly fine but i feel bigger because I was so used to be 'the skinny chick' before I got married. I guess I'm still holding out on getting back to that but in reality I aim for my pre-pregnancy weight, not my pre-marriage rate. Overall it's helped having lots of fruit lying around the house to snack on so I can eat as much as I want. Unfortunately I didn't snack so healthy during months 4-6 when I put most of the weight on quickly. In the end it's about baby :)
- —Guest Harmony
Just 20 weeks
- I'm 20 weeks and have literally put on 1 pound. I don't eat healthy either except for very nutritional breakfasts of fruit smoothies & gluten free waffles and peanut butter. But besides that I eat what I want everyone is different & I feel like I've gained 20 pounds even though the scale doesn't say so.
- —Guest mandy
First versus second
- My first pregnancy I had all day sickness. Lost a bunch of weight in the beginning. I only ended up gaining 18lbs and all in the 3rd trimester. I was happy and healthly and worked full time till 6 weeks before due date. I'm now on my second pregnancy and this one is totally different. I'm overall bigger than I was the first time. The familiar nausea came back full force but didn't lose any weight this time. I actually gain 15lbs right away and my doctor was concerned. He said if I continue to gain weight like this I was be huge when baby comes. I was hurt and now worried about weight gain. I'm now 17weeks and have gained 17lbs. I eat what I want to eat but no more than I would normally. I'm never feeling well and am always tired. I get home from work and sleep. People say I should exercise but I never feel up to it.
- —Guest lacey
Eat right, and ignore the scale!
- Everybody is so different! I have a friend (who is fit and slim to begin with) who gains 15 pounds (yep, kinda hate her!) and a sister (who is also fit and slim to begin with) who gains 45-50 pounds each time and works it off afterward. Both are healthy eaters and active women. I am in the middle - and gain about 28-30 pounds each pregnancy so far. And I lose it too... I think there's no standard - the standard should be to eat healthfully and to your fill and also, enjoy your pregnancy appetite! It really is fun to eat for such a good cause! And stay active... that's helped me feel well through all of mine so far. The weight does go away afterward.
- —Guest Momma to 3
Worried second time round
- I put on 84lbs with my first baby! I ate a lot - and a lot of biscuits/cakes etc, and wasn't active at all. I lost all of the weight within 8 months of having my very healthy 9lb 7 baby through serious diet and exercise. I am now pregnant again and really paranoid about weight gain. My lifestyle is much much more physical and I don't eat the cakes/biscuits I was eating first time round. I do have a healthy appetite however and I think it has increased since being pregnant. I am 19 weeks and think I've put on about 19-21lbs. I don't think this is too bad?? but I really hope I don't balloon as time goes on.
- —Guest Kate
Weight loss
- I am 36 weeks pregnant with my second baby and have lost 6lbs. My midwife is not concerned as I measure the right size so baby is growing.
- —Guest florencebaby
weight yoyo'd before I fell pregnant!
- With both my previous pregnancies I was a healthy weight prior to falling pregnant and put about 25-30lb on quickly losing this with BF after.... but its going to be hard this time around because my weight shot up and then I fell pregnant being about 21lb more then I should be I really don't want to put more then 14lbs on in pregnancy... which hopefully eating really healthy and exercise will achieve... I think when looking at your pregnancy goal weight you should take into account if your over weight or under before hand.
- —Guest 3rdtimearound
Every Body is Different
- I gained close to 60 pounds during my first pregnancy and continually beat myself up for it. I ate well-balanced, highly nutritional meals, but felt I was to blame for how quickly my weight came on. I lost every single pound (through healthy eating and moderate exercise) and was back to my normal self when I got pregnant for the 2nd time. I am currently 26 weeks and am on track to gain about 50 pounds by the end. This time, I feel no guilt. I asked my doctor how many calories I should be eating, kept track for a few days, and saw I was doing everything just right. I refuse to listen to the guilt trips laid upon pregnant women about gestational diabetes, difficult labors, etc. Yes, some people eat cheetos and brownies all day and are irresponsible. But some of us just have bodies that feel most comfortable with more fat stores. I have no doubt I will be back to 125 pounds in time to get pregnant with baby number three.
- —Guest MamaJ
Worried
- I've gained 40 pounds and I'm only 26 weeks and I eat a little bit for lunch and a healthy dinner, no junk food.
- —Guest ashley
Weight
- I recently went to my specialist and was told I had put on a ridiculous amount of weight in the last month. I cried when I got back to my car. He told me I was only meant to be 85kg when baby is born. I am 26 weeks now and am 83kg I was so up set I am thinking of changing to a midwife.
- —holz2186
Why all weight gain focus?
- I am confused. If you are eating only for nutrition, why the focus on gaining weight at all? How would you being fatter help your baby? In the old days women did not gain weight, and babies (me) came out just fine. I honestly don't understand fattening up to have a baby. Seems more harm comes from it than good. Also, aren't women naturally fatty and didn't we lay down our fat stores in puberty in order to reproduce? Why do we need more fat stores that are hard to get off afterward? Seems to me women should be going for quality not quantity.
- —Guest Whygetfatatall?
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