That doesn't sound like much of a weight gain to me BUT if you're concerned then I think look at what was making you overweight to start with.

I was overweight when I got pregnant and it didn't take a rocket scientist to work out why. I drank too much, went out for pub meals a lot and although I ate lots of the right stuff and virtually no junk, my portion sizes were too big given that I wasn't exercising very much.

Obviously when I got pregnant out went the drinking and an enormous amount of calories. We also wanted to save money so out went the pub meals and the huge portions.

I only put on 6kg in total - that wasn't through dieting, it was through eating sensibly. AND I couldn't exercise because of an unstable and very painful pelvis.

Like I said, your weight gain doesn't sound like much but if you DO want to do something about it then perhaps cut down on portion sizes and make sure you're eating the right things.

Sorry, I don't go for the theory that it all comes off easily afterwards. There are enough magazine articles filled with women complaining about how they could not shift the baby weight to suggest that's not true.

After having DD, I am now 5kg less than when I got pregnant but again, that didn't happen magically - I just continued what I'd done throughout the pregnancy and ate sensibly.