Pregnancy weight gain.

[tireesix]

Anyone else absolutely terrified of potential weight gain???

In my first pregnancy I started off at 9 stone and put on 7 stone, 2nd pregnancy, hadn't managed to lose all the 7 stone and started that pregnancy off at 12 stone and put on about 6 stone........ This all helped cause a severe worsening of my eating disorders and I am now down to 9 stone 9ish.

I can't put on 7 stone again........ My first pregnancy was only about 4 1/2 years ago so I have been all over the place weight wise in a small amount of time.......

I am absolutely peeeing my pants.........

[natalieadw]

What are stones? :o

I started my first pg at 200, lost 15 during the first trimester, and ended up gaining that same 15 back the day before her birth! About five days after her birth, I weighed myself and I was 25lbs lighter than when I first got pg with her!

I'm lighter now (still fluffy though), so who knows what will happen this time around!

[AladdinsLamp]

A stone is 14 lbs.

I am worried too. I gained 50lb last time...
I lost all that and more after ds was born but have gained almost all of it back. I only weigh 10-15lb less than when I delivered him. I don't want to end up weighing more this time than I did last time.

[andi-mama]

I gained 50 lbs last time too, and I know that it was uneccessary (for me). I also did the first-time mom "I can eat whatever I want to, I'm pregnant!" and ate a lot of junk. I really hope I can be better about it this time (I've got a major sweet tooth).

[tireesix]

I thought maybe I was kinda ok witth food again but I am obviously not. I have been referred to an eating disorder group butt because I thought I was ok I missed the first one yesterday. I might phone them and ask if I can still attend. This pregnancy is making me insane. It really has me freaked out on so many levels, I fear I may actually lose it...... This so totally wasn't supposed to happen adn I wish I could be like tthe restt of you lot here and thrilled about having a baby but all I feel is panic and fear.............

I didn't have a bad birth last time so its not the giving birth, its my meental health, my physical health and I really don't think I can handle breastfeeding again (have been breastfeeding for nearly 4 years and was looking forward to the break). I really don't want to bring people down but I really need some hugs. I feel like I am in a storm and I am being tossed every which way and its not letting up............ This is supposed to be a happy time and all I do is cry and my parents are going to hate me (yes, I am 27 years old on Sunday but I am still kinda sensitive to their remarks).......

:(:(:(

Someone please tell me this is normal for an unexpected child, my second child was unexpected but I didn't feel like this. Gah.........

Anyway, I am watching what I eat, I cannot put on more weight than necessary. I have been exercisin regularly for a good while though and plan to continue through the pregnancy, however due to my Ehler Danlos Syndrome, I fear it will become verry difficult and even more painful......

[AugustineM]

Oh :hug I am completely worried about it too. I'm so sorry that things seem really hard for you.... :hug I hope that it turns out a lot easier than you expect.


This is my third child and somewhat unexpected, and I am worried about putting on too much weight. I am tall (5'11) and with my first child I weighed 175 before I got pg with him. I was slim and looked fit. I then gained 50 pounds with him. I had lost almost all of it when I got pg with #2 when DS was a year old. I think I weighed 185 at 6-8 weeks with #2. Then I gained 50 lbs again. Now my DD is 20 months and I still weigh 200 lbs! I don't look especially overweight or anything, but I can definitely feel it. My belly is flabby, I look bigger, yk? I tried so hard to loose 10 lbs starting in January but I barely lost a pound. Anyway, if I gain 50 lbs again, I can imagine it's going to be hard to loose. I just don't want it to creep up.

And I know the feeling of wanting abreak from nursing. I've been nursing for almost 4 years too. And still nursing!

[tireesix]

Thats so weird lol, I had my first in April 4 years ago, my second was conceived when DD1 was 9 months and heree we both are with a third lol.......

I am just totally freaking. We are not in a very good situation with regards to living accomodation (1 bedroom flat with mould problems), financially (on benefits due to health problems but I was just getting well enough to start work again, howevver, due to the hormones during pregnancy, they make my joints go bonkers, today I have almost dislocated an elbow, a shoulder and a hip, if I don't exercise it will only get worse so despite being knackered I am having to do various things)...... My joint problem is another reason I cannot gain weight, because it will just make it worse.

Its just such a bad time for a baby lol......... I guess there is never a good time though.

[Bella Catalina]

I am worried. I gained 40lbs with #1. I was on the brewer diet but I justified a lot of McDonalds (which I will never touch again) to get the protein intake as where we lived did not have a kitchen and I couldn't cook anything.

I was the same weight again when I had the m/c, but then gained 8lbs from overeating because of the depression (in a month!) I have lost a few of those pounds but I am 4-5lbs heavier than when I conceived DS and I feel it... I am aiming for 20-25lbs this time. Though I'd lost 30lbs by 8 days PP with Adrian and the rest came off by 3mths, I cannot expect the same again and I really want to be as healthy as possible this time. I think about it daily and I know it's not healthy but I freak out when I see the scale change unless it's gone down!

[selena_ski]

well i guess i am on the opposite of this concern, my concern is not gaining enough. with my first i started at 125-130 then i lost 13 lbs in first tri, and i had a very hard time putting on weight. i ended up with a +25 on due date. but my DD was only 6.5lbs at 41w1d. My MW wasn't very happy. plus at my 2 week i was down to +4 lbs.

I have already lost 2 lbs. and at the same starting weight and the same lack of appetite and nausea starting up already i really worry about not having a healthy baby, add to all of this the fact i am still nursing DD (18 months)

[Alison]

I'm not worried about gaining too much. I gained 50 lbs with my first pregnancy, mostly because I had morning sickness for 6 months, constant nausea without any actual vomiting, and only felt better when I had something in my stomach so I ate constantly. But my doc wasn't worried about the 50lbs, so I figured that was okay. However, it's the losing of the weight after the baby is born that I worry about. I'm still holding ten lbs from my first pg with DS going into this pg. If I end up holding onto ten lbs of this one, I'll be 25 lbs overweight, and pushing 150 lbs (I'm not tall enough to carry off 150 lbs when not pg!).

[buckysprplmonkey]

I gained about 35 or 40 with DD#1. I'm pretty small to begin with, so that was alot for me. The second time, I was much more careful and only gained 20 or 25. I'm shooting for the 20-25 mark this time too. I'm 20 pounds lighter now than I was when I conceived DD#2, so I'm not too worried about weight gain. I'm the annoying little friend with the high metabolism.

[LotusBirthMama]

I gained 35 pounds with DD but with DS2 I only gained about 6, after factoring in everything I lost due to HG. I'm interested to see how this pregnancy plays out.

[knittinmama]

I thought maybe I was kinda ok witth food again but I am obviously not. I have been referred to an eating disorder group butt because I thought I was ok I missed the first one yesterday. I might phone them and ask if I can still attend. This pregnancy is making me insane. It really has me freaked out on so many levels, I fear I may actually lose it...... This so totally wasn't supposed to happen adn I wish I could be like tthe restt of you lot here and thrilled about having a baby but all I feel is panic and fear.............

I didn't have a bad birth last time so its not the giving birth, its my meental health, my physical health and I really don't think I can handle breastfeeding again (have been breastfeeding for nearly 4 years and was looking forward to the break). I really don't want to bring people down but I really need some hugs. I feel like I am in a storm and I am being tossed every which way and its not letting up............ This is supposed to be a happy time and all I do is cry and my parents are going to hate me (yes, I am 27 years old on Sunday but I am still kinda sensitive to their remarks).......

:(:(:(

Someone please tell me this is normal for an unexpected child, my second child was unexpected but I didn't feel like this. Gah.........

Anyway, I am watching what I eat, I cannot put on more weight than necessary. I have been exercisin regularly for a good while though and plan to continue through the pregnancy, however due to my Ehler Danlos Syndrome, I fear it will become verry difficult and even more painful......


:hug

I feel that is normal! Our pregnancy is unexpected as well, and DS is still so young. I am not so much still in denail as DH is though! I believe you need to give yourself some time to get used the idea. Everything will OK!:love

[knittinmama]

With my last pregnancy I gained about 40, and had lost it all by January. I was working on the 20 pounds I didn't lose from DD, but that has been put on HOLD! :lol:

[Booflies]

I gained 50+lbs with my first pregnancy and am soooo determined not to repeat that.

I don't want to weigh myself this pregnancy. All the numbers do is make me feel depressed!!!!

[starkyld]

I'm overweight enough that I'm hoping that I don't gain much weight with this pregnancy because I feel like I already have a lot to go around. I've been eating REALLY healthfully since I found out and intend to continue to do so. Even though I'm eating in sizable quantities right now, I think that having cut out alcohol & candy from my diet will help stabilize things. I'm not going to try to hold myself to any particular amount of weight gain, but I'm guessing it'll be on the low side. We'll see.

tiresix, I'm sorry to hear that your family has been so unsupportive. I really hope that things get easier for you.

[MommaGreenBean]

I gained 60 lbs last pregnancy, lost 50 by 6 weeks, the rest by 3 months post partum. I guess that's just what my body needed to do.

I do weigh myself because an excessive weight gain in a short amount of time can indicate a problem, but I'm not going to stress about the numbers going up steadily this time :)

I'm about 140 now. Need to buy a scale to keep track ;)

[birthangeldoula]

I never gained in my last pregnancy. I lost 35 lbs during the duration. I started out a little bit fluffier though, and was a gestational diabetic. The diabetic diet they put me on was a modified low-carb diet which had me eating every 2 hours. My body must have liked it, because I continued to lose weight. I was fortunate enough to keep that weight off when getting pregnant with this one. We shall see what happens with this pregnancy though.. im always STARVING.

[tireesix]

I am so hungry ALL THE TIME. I am getting regular exercise, just as much as before, my eating hasn't really changed (except for yesterday when I was down in the dumps and ate loads) and yet I have put on loads of weight already, although I am constipated....... :o

I just don't understand why pregnancy does this to me every time.

[tireesix]

OK, official count so far: Somehow, despite not eating awfully, I have managed to put on 10lbs and I don't understand it at all......... 10 lbs in 6 weeks. How is that even possible?

Maybe its because I am so tired and haven't changed eating habits despite nott exercising as much but I am still keeping within how many calories I need (I think)...... Really fed up today.

[starkyld]

I appear to be holding steady at about 215 thus far. I did, however, have to start buying maternity pants already because my tummy is pooching out and firming up. The waistbands of my regular pants are feeling uncomfortable. Strangely, I wear 2 sizes smaller in maternity than I do in my regular pants.

[kitkat5505]

With my first I gained 35lbs, and my second I gained 31lbs. But luckily I have a high metabolism and lost weight quickly while nursing, so I started pg #2 weighing 6lbs less than before kids, and started this pg weighing 4lbs less than that at 115, which actually is not a healthy weight for me, I should be at the 125 I was at before having kids. I figure I'll probably gain 30-35lbs again this time.

[nina_yyc]

Me. I gained 35lbs with DD but felt that was excessive since she was 6lbs 8oz and I have a very small frame. I ate a lot of carbs and takeout and probably not enough veggies. Yesterday I had a really bad day where I got takeout not once but twice!! Then I went to the groc store and bought $45 of healthy but convenience foods we cannot afford.

I'm already thinking about how I will lose the weight after this babe...I want to stay fit as long as I can through this pg and start working out again at 6-12 weeks PP. I don't feel like myself when I'm bigger and out of shape and I really resented that after DD#1.

We need a nutrition challenge thread...

[honeybunmom]

I'm not concerned. I gained 40lbs with dd. I didn't over eat; I ate healthy; I worked out througout it; dd was 9lbs born 4 days before her due date (on time in my opinion since due date calendars are based on a 28 day cycle and mine is normally 24 days). Anyway, I lost it all (but retained a fluffy belly which dd still likes to squoosh when she nurses :irked:). I think that's just what my body needs to sustain a pregnancy. We'll see what this one brings. I'm more concerned with the 5lbs each year brings when you're over 35 - I'll be 38 next Thursday. I was starting to see some weight creep just before getting pregnant and had lost the 3-4 lbs. I don't know how I'll have time to take care of myself with 2, when I couldn't with 1!

[PookieMom]

OK, official count so far: Somehow, despite not eating awfully, I have managed to put on 10lbs and I don't understand it at all......... 10 lbs in 6 weeks. How is that even possible?


:crying Me too. I'm just so very upset today. I was actually going to post my own thread about this but I think we're in the same boat. :hug I think today is just one of those days for me. :crap

[tireesix]

:crying Me too. I'm just so very upset today. I was actually going to post my own thread about this but I think we're in the same boat. :hug I think today is just one of those days for me. :crap


I was really upset too, really upset, I just burst into tears in front of DH who just cannot understand how this has happened.........

This pregnancy is just going to be a real tough one and I am just gonna have ride it however it happens. I dunno, maybe its twins lol......... Although I am not sure whether that thought makes me feel better or worse lol.......

Huge hugs coming your way!!!!!!!!

[purple2008]

I have been obsessed with this as well. I lost 15 pounds last year, and really wanted to stay within the recommended guidelines. I've gained much more than I'd like already, even though I've been exercising regularly. I read somewhere that if you've lost weight recently your body might gain it back more quickly, but i don't know if there's any truth in that.

[ambotchka]

I gained 35lbs with my last pregnancy, and although I felt at the time that it was ok, any photos I see of myself that last month give me the shivers. Luckily, I nursed it all away plus another 15lb. Nursing gave me a normal-sized body that I had been trying to attain for years.

This time, I'm going to do my best to stick to about 30lbs. Well, if I gain it, that's ok, but I am going to be more conscious of what I'm consuming. Less fast food and junk, more healthy food. We eat better now anyway, and since I'm not working an hour away during this pregnancy (I'm a SAHM now), I won't have the stress from traffic and the desire to pig out at lunch with my buddies. (My buddy now is, uh, DD, who eats very little.)

Here's to a healthy weight gain everyone!

[slinginhipmama]

I didn't see this thread before I posted mine. I am so relieved that other mamas are feeling/going through the same emotions....

My concern about the weight gain is that I'll get too obsessed and then not gain enough...a tangled web we weave! yikes!