BABY weight, whats accetable or normal ?

[PumpkinZulu]

Your gains sound totally normal I lost weight in the first and second tri, and then put it all back on and then some in the third tri. I gained 13kg from my pre preg weight.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Sounds very normal

I lost between 10-15kgs in the first 12 weeks i then went on to gain it back plus 8kgs and i was far from skinny pre pregnancy.

[chody47]

A book I have says 'normal' weight gain is anywhere from 8-20kg with the average being 12. From what I remember I didn't gain as much in the final few weeks so I wouldn't worry at all. Your really haven't gained much at all.

[Nai]

I gained 18-20kg both times and I have lost it all both times. I am a fairly average weight I guess.

[Beach Mama]

I am short and pre baby was around 60 -65 kgs - with DD I put on 15kgs and with DS I put on 20 kgs. Don't forget that that is also baby (4.560kgs of baby for DS!!) and then fluid etc. I lost all my baby weigh within 2 weeks of having mine although everything seemed to change position on my body!

It sounds to me like a normal gain, but if you are worried I guess all you can do is make sure you eating healthy, sensible food most of the time ( i say most because I craved maccas and nothing was keeping me from those golden arches while pg). xoxox

[KitFaerie]

I gained 30kg. Go me. I didn't eat well AT ALL in the last trimester, I've lost 26kg, but I've done a fair bit of toning so despite being 4kg off pre-preg I fit into pre-preg clothes (cept the boobs!).

[Trillian]

I think anything is acceptable or normal if you are healthy and have no medical problems or indicators that may indicate something isn't right. I think the whole suggestion about there being a *right* amount of weight to gain during pg is unrealistic and it should be abolished because as soon as a women is outside of those parameters, then there is something wrong. Gain too much weight and you deal with "oh you're too fat to birth here/baby will be too big/fat women with fat vaginas can't give birth vaginally" or if you don't gain enough weight you get "your baby is too small we need to induce/you're too small, your baby is too big we need to induce" You can't win either way. All it does is make women worry that something is wrong if they are outside of the figures that *they* say you should be putting on. I've had a huge variation in the amount of weight I put on during pg from as little as 15kg with my last pg to 27kg with my second and I did nothing different with any of my pgs.

[JBM]

thanks guys. i normally wouldn't worry at all but when i had my book in with hospital the doc told me i was "overweight"big meanie she was.
also she told me i couldn't gain too much or i wont be able to use BC to have baby.

all my boys were BC babies with quick labours and big boys also all early by 2 or 3 weeks. so who knows. i guess if they hadn't said anything maybe i wouldnt worry ?????????????

thanks for your comments.