BecZ - I am suffering with the same problem, this is going to be my second bub and I stacked on 18kg after first bub 19 months ago. I really don't want to add anymore kgs than I have to. I think the general good advice is to make sure you eat as little junk food as possible and make every calorie count towards the health of little bun in the oven! Varying calorie intake from day to day makes a huge difference to metabolism - it confuses the system as to whether or not it needs to store or burn the surplus in calories. If the body gets used to a certain calorie intake every day the body's metabolism will relax and either store fat or simply become stagnant.
Frequent exercise is obviously really important and as RayRay said keeping the heart rate at a lower level is very important not to stress your body too much. The exact ideal heart rate to maintain is calculated using a specific formula however - according to your current age and weight - I can't remember it off hand but I'm sure google could find it easily enough
I wish I had adhered to these rules in the first place! I think by being sensible it's actually possible to lose fat at a steady rate/ or maintain your current weight with it still being quiet safe (perhaps even desirable) for your little growing youngling
Fingers crossed that we can all be successful in being healthy for ourselves and our younglings (as well as our mental wellbeings as yummy mummies)
Take care, I hope this has been useful
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