Remember than weight fluctuates wildly based on whether you've eaten, peed, pooped, drank, WHATEVER differently than the last time you weighed yourself. It's not like you're fluctuating actual MASS that fast.
I gained 35 pounds last time, just about dead on a pound a week, from really early on through about 35 weeks, hitting 195 max.
My starting weight was maybe 4 pounds heavier this time than last time. 160 vs 164. I'm just over 13 weeks now, and at 170 this morning. So 6 pounds gain, so far, but less than last time...I would have been about 173 now last time (so I've gained less, and my total weight is slightly less).
I'm curious if I'll wind up any different this time. I'm comparing absolute weight more than gain, in my mind. And I don't really care...I'm just fascinated by what happens to a body during this weird and wacky process.