Waaa! I think I'm gaining too much weight! - Page 2

[3for3hb]

I gained 10 pounds at 20 weeks too! It really *feels* like I've gained more like 25 though despite my attempts to keep active after morning sickness passed. I checked my weight the other day because I was a little concerned (same thing minus the preeclampsia with the first pg... and the worst was the unfamiliarity with my body post baby) and was surprised with only 10 pounds. I was 116 pre baby 1st time and somewhere around 177 last time I weighed myself about 2 weeks before he was born. Then I only lost about 9 pounds at 2 weeks postpartum and was a size 16 at 6 weeks postpartum. This time I started at 132 and am at 143ish at 20 weeks. We'll see what happens.

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE POLISH LIFE RAFT!!!! What's up with that? Last pg when my hips started spreading I caught a look in the mirror and was horrified to see my mother's body... eeeeek the dreaded hips wider than a** was mine to keep! One day I was bending over in the shower and my dh happened to glance in and as he glided his hand over my hips and around the front to my belly he said "Oh... now I see." When I asked what he meant he said that he could see how I had to gain weight on my hips to balance out the belly in front (literally) because I carry so low I guess. Well, in my opinion I never really lost the "hippy" (and I don't mean the 60's and 70's) look. This time around my hips are definitely already wider than my a**. And that's a scary thought. Though my dh says that I make it a bigger deal than it really is (ha).

I don't have any body/vanity issues really except that I really don't want to look like my mother's body (mainly because she never really took the time to really take care of herself, not that she is a slob or anything, and I try very hard to take care of myself with seemingly no results... but then again, I probably won't end up having a stroke at the young age of 46 either).

[flyingspaghettimama]

Originally Posted by willemsmamma

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT THE POLISH LIFE RAFT!!!! What's up with that? Last pg when my hips started spreading I caught a look in the mirror and was horrified to see my mother's body... I don't have any body/vanity issues really except that I really don't want to look like my mother's body (mainly because she never really took the time to really take care of herself, not that she is a slob or anything, and I try very hard to take care of myself with seemingly no results... but then again, I probably won't end up having a stroke at the young age of 46 either).

Hah! I guess this is what affects me as well, if I stop to think of it. Seeing my mother's body in my mirror is also scary to me, mostly due to the health problems she's had and her refusal to do anything about them. For example, taking insulin shots rather than change her diet or exercise (the doctor's other offered choice). Getting diverticulitis from processed food diet. Having her arches collapse due to heavy weight for her body type. She is a very heavy woman, and she had four children, gaining and never losing after each one. Reference what I said earlier about the horrible diet during pregnancy and refusal to move off the couch.

She, (of course!) never had any problems in pregnancy, unless you count enforced c-sections (back in the 70s and early 80s apparently this was common, and because she liked c-sections - really!). She never had any sort of preeclampsia. However, post-baby was a different story. I guess I'm just afraid of ending up like that, seeing as last pregnancy I went for the same approach as her, and ending with super-bad results both during and after pregnancy.

It seems though that 10 lbs is the norm around here (and today I'm at 21 weeks, woo-hoo!).

[zjande]

That's funny, I'm 18 weeks, have gained 10 pounds, & actually went to my MW appt all worried 4 days ago because I thought I'm not gaining ENOUGH weight!! :LOL I put on that 10 lbs fast, then stopped, then lost a pound... here I've been worrying about the exact opposite of you! She told me not to worry, but talked to me about protien & analyzed my diet with me. She was very reassuring.

I don't think either one of us has anything to worry about, really.