Weight gain

[chody47]

I'm sure people have asked this before but I couldn't find any posts so I thought I'd bring it up again.

I have been refusing to weigh myself all pregnancy as I didn't want to see the numbers go up, however I caved this afternoon and was wondering if anyone was brave enough to compare their gain to mine...

Pre-preg I weighed around 64-65kg, depending on the day. A couple of years ago I weighed closer to 60kg but it seemed to have slowly crept up even though my exercise and eating habits didn't seem to have changed too much. That being said, I was always within the 'healthy weight range'. Anyway, today I weighed myself and I'm 71kg. I've never been anywhere near that in my life. It makes me feel huge, however, that being said, I don't feel like I have any extra 'fat' on my body. My stomach feels fairly tight and I don't feel like my legs are any bigger or anything....The only real thing that seems bigger to me (besides my bump) is my BB's, they've gone up 2 sizes I still fit into a lot of pre-preg t-shirts and some pants with looser waists (not my jeans lol)... so what I'm wondering is if 6-7kg by 23 weeks is 'normal' or too much or what? I know it ranges a lot depending on the person but your experiences would be great to hear about.

[skybie]

Everyone and every pregnancy is different hun, so far ive put on 8kgs, with DD2 i only put on 8kgs the whole pregnancy!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Its perfect. Just relax and enjoy your pregnancy. Worry about your weight after bub xo

[peanutter]

sounds perfectly fine, hun

double check with your gp or midwife if it's stressing you out, though ... but it sounds perfectly fine - particularly given the BB upscale.

[chody47]

Thanks for the advice guys. It's not stressing me out, I just wanted to know if it was 'normal' or not

[Jas]

That sounds like a very normal weight gain