Weight gain - I'm not having any...

I'm using the Wii to track my weight this time round, and I'm not gaining any. I was about 67 when I first got pregnant, and I've gone up and down a kg or two, but I weighed this morning and I was 67.8. My tummy's getting bigger, and I seem to be getting my trademark pregnant bum :p but I wonder about just not gaining weight. Don't get me wrong, I'm quite happy not to! But is it 'normal'? With both others I was lighter when I got pregnant and so I expected not to gain as much given my heavier starting weight, but I'm just quite surprised that I'm pretty much the same.

With my first pregnancy I actually lost 6kg in the first trimester! By the end of the pregnancy I had gained maybe 10kg all up, but lost it quite quickly after birth. This time around I have lost 2-3kg so far.

Didn't put on weight with any prengnancy...so far with this one I have lost a kg.
So think that means I actually lose weight while pregnant, since I am obviously putting on the weight of he baby fluid etc...

And I never got ms either. So I think there are some friends of mine that want to shoot me.

I made up for it last time though by putting on 25kgs in the first year while BF :( Going to be careful of that this time around!

Wow! Losing weight while pg! Morning sickness I guess. I HAD to EAT with morning sickness, so I've already put on a stack of weight :redface:

I'm sure it's normal to be all over the place, as they say, every pg is different. Wish I was only .8kg more than my pre pg weight!

Interesting thinking. I just assumed that if you're heavier to start with, you'd just get heaps bigger. I'm a bit heavier than I was with my last two as well, and have this feeling I'm going to be MASSAVE!! :doh:

I only gained 8kgs during my whole pregnancy with DD but I was really underweight prior so I just got to a healthy weight. i was 54kg when i fell pregnant and maxed at 62

I was only talking about weight gain/loss in pregnancy with DH last night! I was 10kgs lighter at about 25 weeks then what I was when I got my BFP, was back to my starting weight the day I delivered, Im normal a size 12, was buying a 10 while pregnant (had a bit of trouble in the belly department though). Admitedly I suffered debilitating m/s until 37 weeks :(

Lily Dust: OMG! ms till 37 weeks!! How did you cope? I had it till 13 weeks and thought I was going to die!! Actually, I got soo bored of eating, I just didn't feel like eating any more, but HAD to!

It's so interesting to see how differently people put on/lose weight in pg! So far in my two pgs I've been pretty lucky, being able to pretty much wear just a size bigger clothes, bought a couple of maternity clothes towards the end. Think this time I'll have to start them a little earlier...

Good to hear others' experiences - see, with my other two, I gained 25-28 kg by the end :o My m/s wasn't too awful; I was thinking about it after I posted and I'm probably just eating and exercising better this time round. M is trying to lose weight so we're not eating as much junky food, and it's probably doing me some good.

I got about half way through my pregnancy before I gained anything! Then I gained about 15kg.

This time round, I've gained 4kg so far.

I gained 22 kgs each time with DS and DD1. With DD2 I was heavier than I was with the others, so I think I gained about 15kg. Now I'm nearly 18 weeks and I've lost 3 kgs from what I was before I fell pregnant. I don't get morning sickness either so I'm not sure why I'm losing it! lol

With my last pg, I didn't start gaining any weight really till nearly 20wks. I only put on 15-17kg for the entire pg, which isn't a lot at all for me - the other three were all 20kg plus. Up till the 20wks mark I'd have been lucky to have gained 2kg. Not that I minded at all LOL. But I did have worse morning sickness than I did for the other three and wasn't eating much even though I did have a big bump by then.

I actually lost 4kg in the first 12 weeks of my last pregnancy because my ms was so bad, then I took ages to gain any weight but still managed to gain 11kg by the end of the pregnancy, which is the same total weight gain with my first pregnancy. I seemed to put weight on really quickly from about half way. Funny how it's different every time. Hopefully the healthier diet is working and you will end up not gaining much this time, so not so much to lose after you have bubs!

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Lily Dust: OMG! ms till 37 weeks!! How did you cope? I had it till 13 weeks and thought I was going to die!!

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Not sure I did cope hun, spent the first 18 weeks bedridden and in and out of hospital on a drip and medicated with a drug used with cancer patients to assist with their nausea. I was pretty much non responsive all that time except to throw up, spent my days lying in a dark room, light made me sick as did the sound of the tv or radio. Got jupped outta pregnancy really :rolleyes:

I lost 6kg in the first 16wks with DS, and then put back on 14kg, but lost it all after he was born before putting on a whole heap more weight from the stress of TTC... I had bad all day sickness with DS, not enough to put me in hospy other than a few trips to emergency for dehydration, but enough that I could hardly eat anything for the first 16wks.

This pregnancy I've lost 12kg in the past 10 wks, and the MS hasn't been quite as bad as it was with DS, but bad enough to make me choose when I eat a lot better lol
Helps that I crave a lot of healthy stuff (fruit & veg) but I also make sure i get to ease my cravings for sugary things and chocolate once a week or I'd go nuts.

I'm half hoping I'll loose another 10kg before bub is born, as when bub was conceived I weighed 110kg... so not very healthy at all!

Wow! I've NEVER heard of ms that bad! I guess the rest of us should consider ourselves lucky. Actually, it sounds to me like a migraine that lasted 18 weeks, then maybe recovering from it until 37.

My Mum always tells us that with my brother she had ms for the first five months... and then the last four. Guess I'm lucky that I didn't get the same.

*sigh* I hate gaining weight. Ha! It'll be good, once I actually LOOK pg, I guess... :)

Yup, very normal. I didn't gain anything until my 25th week and it was only 1kg! I gained 10kg all up then lost it all by the time DD was 6 weeks. You might just be lucky and not gain much

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Wow! I've NEVER heard of ms that bad!

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One of the ladies I was in hossy with was so sick her entire pregnancy that she had a 2kg baby at full term and was demanding to get her tubes tied! She didn't even look like she'd had a baby when her son was 12 hours old.

I am 800g over my pre-preg weight with this one - dropped down 4kg and haven't put on any weight since around 25weeks

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Wow! I've NEVER heard of ms that bad!

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My SIL suffers badly from hyperemesis gravidarum (SEVERE morning sickness, almost killed her). She was hospitalised with both our nieces, the second one from about 5 months until she delivered. When she delievered our second niece, she was 5kg lighter than before she fell pregnant and SUPER skinny. It's an awful curse!!

CrazyLady: (I love your screen name!!) I'm not surprised that chick demanding her tubes tied! I guess that's the kind of thing that makes people not want any more children, it'd be awful! Though I bet she'd feel real good after, and not have to worry about baby belly!!

Kazbah: I'm still amazed with people who don't gain much. You have bad ms too?

Taurean: It's really incredible that your SIL has had more than one baby after being so sick. It's scary it can kill you - and she went back for more! Hehe, she must have a really strong will for that!

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Taurean: It's really incredible that your SIL has had more than one baby after being so sick. It's scary it can kill you - and she went back for more! Hehe, she must have a really strong will for that!

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I know! She's mad!! LOL! She actually had two miscarriages along the way too and was told by her doctor after our second niece was born that she was not to fall pregnant again as she seriously was at risk of dying. She is literally allergic to being pregnant. I have a good friend who was similar but not as bad and she threw up constantly with both her pregnacies as well. She's decided two kids is enough, any wonder!

i gained over 20kg's with my first 2 but this pregnancy i have only gained 2-3kgs so far! i am only very little and light my pre pregnancy weight was 45kg's, so i have been freaking out i am only put on a tiny bit of weight, but my ob didnt see any concern as long as we are both fine he's happy. i might be lucky and not gain alot this time round.

Taurean: Heh, allergic to being pregnant. Haven't heard that before! hehe. Was your SIL thinking of having any more children anyway? It's amazing these girls have had more than one child!

ashie: Good to hear that your ob says all is good. I guess that's why they say that every pg is different! Sounds like you will be lucky and not gain much this pg. Wish I could say the same for me!

My Ob has never once weighed me during this pregnancy or my son's pregnancy. I told him how much I was losing with my son's pregnancy (I started at 59kg and lost 6kg, and didn't get back to 59 until I was 20weeks pregnant), but he was never worried at all. He said he would have concerns if I was in my 3rd trimester and losing weight, but early on he said it was all fine.

This pregnancy I lost about 4kg's before putting it back on. I'm now about 3kg's over my pre-pregnancy weight, but my tummy is huuuuuuge! Looks like I'm making a habit of growing big babies as DS was 8lb10oz when born at 37 weeks, lol.

I gained like 8kgs in the 1st tri (I didn't vomit and cause I felt sooo bad I ate! Only thing that made me feel better) but then between like 18-26 weeks I didn't gain anything at all!! I think maybe like 200gms or something! I def was getting bigger and was concerned that I wasn't gaining but my MW said it was fine and that really it is only in the 3rd tri that you "should" be gaining weight... but pregnancy is so individual! Every single mother is different!!
I wouldn't be too concerned unless your belly wasn't growing etc...

I think there is too much emphasis on weight in pg anyways, it ends up stressing us out, are we gaining too much, "I've gained more than the normal 11-16kgs", are we not gaining enough, in the end... just make sure you're eating enough for you and baby, and that you are getting all the vitamins, minerals, calcium etc and don't focus on the numbers on the scales...

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i didnt read the other responses so no doubt im just repeating what every one says so i appologise in advance but you have nothing to worry about, i to weighed 67 at the start of my pregnancy and had MS up until 34 weeks. in the 1st trimester i lost 9kgs due to being so sick and didnt put on any weight until towards the end (even then i only ended up being 2kgs over my pre pg weight :dance:) but i asked my GP about it at 20-something weeks and she said as long as im eating well and able to keep it down i have nothing to worry about :) so im sure you dont either. just relax and enjoy the rest of your pg

Well, I'm still around the same - had first birth centre appointment yesterday and I'm 70kg, but belly is definitely growing, so it's all good! :)

PS Raffy, that picture in your ticker of your little boy is absolutely gorgeous.

Same thing happened with me. During my 2nd pregnancy my m/s was so bad I only gained 6lbs my whole pregnncy and DD came out at almost 8lbs. After I had her I needed all new clothes as I am now 2-3 sizes smaller.

Wow good to hear I'm not the only one on this thread! Lol

I was quite overweight when I fell pregnant to begin with, but I lost 20-25kgs in the first 16 weeks or so due to my severe morning sickness.

Thank GOODNESS I'm better now, but I haven't put on any weight I've lost even still (I don't think?) and I'm over 26 weeks now! (so technically I think that means my bodys still losing weight, but the baby's gaining it all? Lol)

My middies didn't seem to care, most likely because I could still drink some amount of water and keep my vitamins down, and I was overweight to begin with, but still!

I was very worried I'd end up like my sister who had hyperemesis with my niece and was in and out of hosp all pregnancy and had to have anti-nausea drugs for cancer patients to try help calm her down! :o

I had this with my first child, I walked out of hospital 10 kilos lighter than when i got pregnant, morning sickness was crazy!!!
My midwives didn't have a problem with it either

thank you sasha :)

Wow! MrsBexie, I think you're the only person (apart from myself) to have EATEN because of m/s! Glad to hear that I'm not the only one, thought I was a little crazy! But I did put on a lot of weight in the 1st trimester also, and kind of plateaued in the 2nd. Still gaining a bit, but not much.

It's funny how different pg can be for everyone! But yes, we should all stop worrying so much, I guess. I find it very hard!