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  1. #1
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    Jun 2009
    in the Capital
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    (unintended) weight loss during pregnancy

    No, I'm definately not dieting!

    I have lost about 7kg since falling pregnant - am now 65kg (and am in my healthy weight range). DH and I did do one cycle of IVF although I didn't gain weight during this. I can only put it down to eating healthy and giving up wine! LOL!!

    I've lost 2kg since my visit to the OB last month - I'm off to see him again on Friday. My weight just seems to go down weekly instead of rising. My bump is getting bigger but I've definately lost it - weight that is....not the mind yet! People at work have commented. I feel like saying was I really so FAT before?!!!

    Has anyone else had this happen?

  2. #2
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    Dec 2008
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    My sister was 5kg under her pre pregnancy weight when she was weighed before her c/s. Her baby was just under 4kg.

    I stayed the same weight throughout my whole pregnancy with my 2nd and she was perfectly fine.

  3. #3
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    Dec 2007
    Taking a ride on my grdonkey :D
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    Oh yeah, I was constantly freaking out that my poor baby must be starving in there because every antenatal check, I'd lost 2kgs. The bump got bigger, but the rest of me got smaller, and then towards the end of the pregnancy I stacked on a few kilos and had a healthy 3.6kg bub. My GP assured me that weight loss in the first and second trimester was quite common, and that a weight gain of around 12kg over the whole pregnancy was normal (I think I whacked a bit more than 12kg on at the end hahaha, but she said it's very common for women to only put on 'baby weight' and not anything more).
    As long as you're eating well and feeling healthy, the gain/loss is fine.

  4. #4
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    Oct 2008
    Newport, VIC
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    I lost about 10kgs in my first trimester due to continual vomiting. Now at 29 weeks I'm still not back to the weight that I was when I conceived, although it is slowly going back on. That being said, my face is still thin so I'm not putting the weight back on all over, just the baby bit (if that makes sense!).

    As long as you are not deliberately dieting or depriving yourself, then I wouldn't stress too much.

  5. #5
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    Oct 2007
    Sunshine Coast
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    Another reason it can happen is because you are so much more conscious of putting high quality food into your body that your body loses weight while you are putting on the baby weight. As long as your bump is getting bigger and you know within yourself that you aren't restricting your food intake then you will be fine.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jan 2008
    3,305

    wow i keep loosing and gaining within the same 1 kilo