Weight gain in pregnancy

[starangelk]

Hiya - thought I would "weigh" in on this debate Sorry, I am in a silly mood. Seriously now...................before I fell pregnant I was 58kg and 162cm. I lost a couple of kilos in the first 12 weeks and was back to about 56kg. I stayed this weight mostly until my 20 week appointment and I was 60kg. So I had put on 4kg in the month since my last Ob appt. It was over xmas though so I wasn't too worried. Then at my next appt after that I had put on another 3kg! So that was 7kg in 8 weeks. I have another appt tomorrow and I weighed myself last night and I think I have put on another 3kg, but that's in 3 weeks. So seriously that is 10kg in 11 weeks. I weigh 66kg - the heaviest I have ever been in my entire life. OMG And I am only 28/29 weeks so still a fair while to go which means alot of weight opportunity OMG AGAIN

So to respond to your question, I wouldn't be too worried unless your midwife or Dr mentions something. It is still early days yet and hopefully for you, you are one of those lucky ones that only puts on a little bit.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

Haha you made me laugh.

*sigh* i remember the days when i weighed 66kgs but then i am tall so i was rather skinny at that weight.

I will mention it to my MW but i think im doing ok, i have moments where i eat quite a bit and others not so much, In a way its good it will teach me to eat smaller portions after the baby is born. And hopefully i can get back to my original weight of 66kgs.

[fionas]

I think you'll probably put weight on at some stage unless you were quite a bit overweight to start with.

The fact is that skinny people generally put on more weight than overweight people.

I was overweight. Didn't put on any weight until very late in the pregnancy and ended up putting on 8kg in total, most of which was fluid. I know this because I lost 13kg in the week following the birth so ended up 5kg less than when I started.

The same seems to be happening in this pregnancy (although I was a normal BMI when I conceived). I've not put on anything so far and it would be lovely if that continued but realistically, it won't. My portions are much smaller than they used to be because I can't exercise so therefore don't need to eat big meals.

[kellsbells]

I am 5' 8" and started my first pregnancy at 70 kg and lost about 5 kg after the 1st trimester. I only gained a few, maybe 6 kg by the end of the 2nd, and then gained about 22 kg in the 3rd. I wasn't doing anything different and I was walking regularly and not "letting myself go." I don't trust the weight-gain rates they put in all the books. I think you can tell if you're being reasonably healthy. My second pregnancy, I gained a lot less and also started out a lot lighter but I still had the same weight gain pattern as in the first with it all being in the 3rd trimester. Everyone's different I guess.