(unintended) weight loss during pregnancy

[Tinks]

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.

[Glamourcide]

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.

[FabFiona]

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.

[Curly]

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.

[squidipa]

wow i keep loosing and gaining within the same 1 kilo

[~clover~]

I only put on a total of 4 kgs with DD2, but I lost weight first from severe ms.

[Cass72]

Thanks ladies. I'm not "scared" about what the doc will say on Friday now!! I have been making sure that I've been eating healthy so if I can maintain that after the baby's born that would be fantastic!!