How much weight did you put on throughout your pregnancy

Hi Ladies,

I am a first timer at being pregnant and am wanting to know if you don't mind me asking, how much weight did you gain while being pregnant and how long did it take for you to lose the weight after birth. I am only 5 weeks and 3 days, and my size 12 clothes are tight on me already. I know it is early days, but I look pregnant already, my stomach is sticking out so much...

Hi there- firstly congrats on your pregnancy hun - hoping its a healthy and happy one for you!
I put on 6 kGS in the first trImester because I was nauseous and eating ALOT- I put on 15kgs all up so it did slow down and I lost the whole lot, 3 weeks after having her - I still have my jelly belly though so a bit of work to go!
Good luck!

at this stage it is prob just bloating.... try not to worry too much about the weight gain - if you exercise and eat relatively well (i have been much naughtier than usual - i cant hlp it) you will only put on what you/bubs need. I have, so far, put on about 6.5 kgs (am 30 wks) and there is lots of time to lose the weight and worry about it after bubs is born.

With my first pregnancy I put on about 25kgs (prior to preg was about 59kgs), my second pregnancy I didn't put on as much but can't remember how much, and this is my third pregnancy and at 29weeks I have put on about 18kgs so far.

Hi there,

with lachlan i put on ...... wait for it....... 27kgs! i was huge, it was mainly belly. I was really bloated in the beginning too. I ate pretty well. i went to my ob one month and he weighed me, then asked me to get off the scales, gave them a shake and asked me to get back on! I had put on 9 kilos in one month!
I lost the weight really quickly as Lachlan didnt sleep for the first 6 months and i spent hours and hours walking the floor with him all day and night. I was breast feeding too which apparently helps with weightloss.

good luck with your pregnancy!!

I think theres a thread on this somewhere...

I put on 2kg in the first trimester, and averaged nearly 1kg a week after that - grrrr.
and that was without GD, and under a dieticians direction, so next time I will be going on my instinct and we'll see if I can have a heathier weight gain.

Thanks so mch for the quick response ladies. The reason why I ask is because a person I worked with, only put on 6 kilos throughtout her whole pregnancy and had a healthy baby. I guess each one of us is different.

I am trying not to eat junk food, but it is so hard.
76stars - Wow....you are amazing...lost weight in 3 weeks, oh my goddness, what did you do?
I have been to your website to see Izzy...she is so gorgeous, like a little angel...

Hi I put on about 10 kg's. Usually 1kg a month and after I had bubs I was actually 2kg's lighter than when I began...mind you I had plenty of weight to lose before getting pg (I'm normally about 10kg over my ideal weight). I didn't eat much differently, I think it was just lugging around the extra weight that kept my weight down, iykwim?

15 kilos with my first pregnancy, and lost 10 in the first week after the birth.
So far about 8 kilos with this one, at 34 weeks, but I have recently been unwell so probably would have put on an extra 1 or 2 had I have not gotten sick.

8 kilos with DD (3.45 kilos born) and 10kilos with DS ( 4.270 kilos born)

when we have our 3rd ( one day! ) i hope to put on around the same..

I put on about 14 or 15 kgs with my daughter, and lost that within a couple of weeks. Breastfeeding definitley helps, and I was very active then.

A friend once told me that if you'rein shape before you get pregnant, and breastfed, then you'd have more chance of losing the weight quickly. How right her theory proved.

I am currently 36 weeks and have put on 11kgs. So I really can't see myself putting on any more than last time, but I'm not as active as I was then, so I think that it will be harder to shift this time around.

And like 76stars.....jelly belly. Sometimes stretched skin just doesn't want to go back.

You said it though Max, everyone is different and every pregnancy is different. As long as you are healthy, and bub is healthy, that's all that matters.

I have put on 8kgs so far.... still 2 weeks to go but hopefully not much more will be put on!

Hi,

I've only just recently started to put on weight and i'm now 22 weeks along! 2.8 kgs so far, and i haven't been watching what i eat too much, apart from avoiding the obvious things like soft cheeses, canned tuna etc. So i think everyone is defn different, i was actually worried because i wasn't putting on any weight! Except after eating dinner i was usually a whole kilo heavier, and then by morning, it was gone! :rolleyes:

Hi max, congrats on your pg. I started getting a belly from about 9 wks (first baby and I'm not very big in stature) and needed to get maternity bras and a belly belt before the first trimester was even over. I ate like a pig the whole pg - and even more when bfing!

All up I only put on 9 kgs throughout my pg (baby a tiny 2.5 kg). I had 2 kgs on top of pre-pg weight when I left hospital and lost those after bfing for 6 mths. I didn't even notice when they went as I could fit back in my pre-pg clothes earlier. I only realised when I hopped on the scales at a shop somewhere.

Everyone is different and I wouldn't bother using the scales at all if you don't want to! (I only did at my drs)

I'm like Kiera, I'm 23 weeks and have only just put on 2kgs. Remember that each of us is different and each pregnancy is different too. Try not to worry too much about it because at the end of the day a healthy baby is the most important thing.

With my first I put on 17-20 kilos easy. I did seem to have some water retention too but it most mostly savoury food. My starting weight was a little on the low side, and I enjoyed putting the weight on. I lost a lot straight up - maybe 10 kilos and then when my daughter was 3 months I got a personal trainer and shed the rest. Stopped at a weight I was happy with and stopped exercising too! (never been one for gyms anyway)

This time I'm around half the weight I was with my first and looking to put on somewhere between 10-12 kilos all up. I'm buying a skipping rope this time around and with a toddler to chase around shouldn't be too difficult to lose most of it.

Congrats on your pregnancy!
I weighed myself 4 days before my daughter was born and I was 4kg heavier than before I got pregnant, and I was one of those freaks that was back to pre-pregnancy weight by the time I was home from hospital. She was 2.9kg and a healthy little full term baby. I was 2 kg lighter 1 week after she was born, i suppose due to my milk coming in at that time? I ate well during my pregnancy - i just ate when I was hungry and I also kept active. I'm not one to gain weight when i'm not pregnant so i guess that makes a difference. I totally thought I was going to gain like 20kgs! but really, we're all so different and each of our pregnancies will be different. I was needing new bras at like 6 - 7 weeks, and was feeling (and looking!) so bloated at 8 weeks.

With the first pregnancy I put on 30kg (4.3kg bub). Didnt watch what I ate at all.

Second pregnancy I watched what I ate a lot more and put on about 13kg. (3.2kg bub)

gees, this thread has me a little depressed!! i know they tell you that everyone is different, and not to worry about everyone else but... i can't help it!!

i'm 30 weeks PG and have already put on 14kgs!! i haven't been following a strict diet or anything, but i'm not eating any more than i did before i got pregnant... i don't understand why i'm putting on so much weight, and how the hell i'm going to lose it all!!

max, i put on 6kgs during my first trimester. and i started getting bigger STRAIGHT AWAY. i was all upset one sat night (was going out to a party) that i was looking so big even though i had been eating well and exercising lots, and then the next day i discovered that i was PG (and only 4 weeks and 1 day!).. i wasn't trying to get PG, so it's not as if i could have been "imagining" that i was bigger in the hope of being PG...

Ella - with my first I'd put on the same weight gain by 30 weeks. Don't be so hard on yoursellf. Maybe our bodies naturally store more with the first babies. I was very active with my first, more than I am now by far and put on heaps more weight.

Hello ladies :hello:

Thanks very much for the updates. It has been very useful.

I am trying to make an effort to eat healthy. Did any of you ladies exercise while being pregnant? I do go walking in the weekend with my other half and my two beautiful doggies for about an hour and half. I am not sure if that is enough. Should I be doing a bit more exercise? What did you ladies do?

Thnx

I did some excercise - but just light stuff. I did walking and yoga.

i swim and do pilates and yoga. i was 'power' walking but did get some pelvic pain so i have been giving that a miss lately. my ob never weighs me, she did at the start said i was good weight and would not do it again unless i was worried either way. dont stress about it, try to be healthy and a little active and you will be fine.and Ella DO NOT stress about it, you look fab!

hi there

i put on about 18 kilos with my first but only got to 35 weeks so would have been over 20 had i gone full term. lost the weight pretty quickly with breastfeeding and i think a lot was fluid anyway.

second time around i think it was about 16 kilos at full term. i was more careful with what i ate and did more exercise. i lost the weight very quickly with breastfeeding and got down to the lowest weight i had been in a few years (57 kgs).

this time around i have put on 7 kilos so far and i am now nearly 22 weeks. i have been careful with what i eat although very hungry all the time so eating more and i have been exercising - yoga, pilates and very low level gym exercise.

i think some people just have a tendency to put on more weight when pregnant. i try not to stress about it too much as i experience has shown it is not too hard to lose if breastfeeding and i figure my body must want me to put on the weight if i am eating well and exercising and still putting on weight.

im sure the tightness you are noticing is just bloating. its very common in those early weeks and it settles down - although by then you get the belly anyway!

best wishes

beccas

With DD I did exercise - yoga, pregnancy excercise classs, walking.
With this one - nada! And weight gain is still about the same. As I mentioned in my earlier post, I think that getting it off will be different though.

This is also my first pregnancy and at 33 weeks, so far I've gained around 8-8.5kg. I guess everyone's different coz some people said I'm small and some said I'm getting bigger now :p
Don't worry too much about the weight, something good is coming our way :)

I gained 6kg in total (was already 12-15kg overweight before i got PG). I'd lost it all by the time DD was 4 days old and i am now 20kg lighter than when i got PG. I breastfed, which helped me, but it doesn't help everyone.

I walked 4 miles 5 days a weeks, too and from work, and swam 1km every week (sometimes twice depending on my mood). I finished work at 34 weeks but i still walked 2 miles every day (i walked a mile IN labour). Keeping active helped me to feel human on those giant-like-a-gable-end days. LOL

Bx

Hi Max,

I don't generally exercise, but if i have to go somewhere nearby, i'll walk it instead of catching a bus or a cab, or just shop for hours walking around the shopping centre! But usually i'm just at home on my laptop! I think my girl just guzzles a lot of what i'm eating/drinking and then i'm passing it out fairly quickly! :D

All you ladies are just great inspirations. It is so lovley reading everyones experiences and thanks for all your answers. It has been great help. And like Aglinra said, something good is coming our way....

Hi Max.

Firstly, everyone's pregnancy is so different, so remember not to compare yourself to what anyone else says :) During pregnancy I gained 12kg (baby was 4.2kg at birth). I did regualr swimming and was on my feet everyday at work. I lost most of the weight in the first month after birth. I was surprised to find how amazing your body is-- it does so much slimming down on it's own-- I can assure you I was not out there madly exercising post-natally ;) but with the loss of the weight of the actual baby, placenta, excess blood volume, fluid, etc., (plus I found that my utereus contracted heaps on its own in the first week or so) it all adds up to losing those kgs.

Good luck for a healthy pregnancy!

I'm not exercising this pregnancy - I'm not allowed to swim which I normally do at least 3 times a week and I have quite bad pelvic pain, so walking aggrevates it. Saying that I'm seeing the physiotherapist next week and will hopefully get some exercises to do, if only stretching.

With my first I walked, walked, walked....

i weighed myself religiously during pg #1 and put on about 12 kgs all up. With pg #2 and this one it will prob be around 10kgs. Like Karina, i too was a freak and wearing my sz 8 jeans outta the hossi....BUT please dont be obssessed by the scales. It truly is a wonderful journey in life, your body knows what to do (it got pregnant didnt it !!) and with eating in moderation, you should be fine.
I do no exercise. Running after two toddlers is my exercise....

I was 54kg before prg, I weighed 84 kg the day before giving birth. The day after I weighed 76kg. Nine months to gain and 2 years to shift. So far this prg I have gained 18kgs. Will be interesting to see what happens this time.

K

I put on 13 kg last time. I was pretty happy with that, but it took me a whole year to lose! I lost about 5kg from the birth, but the rest was quite hard work (& I was bf too).

This time I have put on around 9kg, so should be approx 10kg by the end, but I am a lot more active, much fitter than last time. So I think that will help to shed the weight afterwards.....at least I hope....

Try not to worry too much, it really isn't long in the grand scheme of things. :)

Hi Max, congrats on your PG :bellyrubs:

I put on 12kg with my daughter who weighed 4kg at birth. Somehow I lost all of it over night & was walking around the hospital the following day in my normal clothes, I even got asked by one of the midwives if DD was mine when I went to the nursery & picked her up!! (As if I'd be in there picking up someone elses baby... honestly!)

I didnt do any excersise whatsoever during my PG or after so I think it has alot to do with your genes, but I do recommend excersise, I will be trying to with my next PG because it is of course good for you & your baby & can only do good hey :)

I have since put on 9kg in the past 8 months while TTC our second child so when I do get PG next (fingers crossed I can!) I will definately be watching what I eat etc as my body is obviously different now to what it was pre-baby when I could eat whatever I wanted & never put on weight.

As the girls have said, everyone is different & every pregnancy is different so I wish you luck with your pregnancy & also for after you've given birth. Of course the main thing is to have a healthy baby but we would all like to look our best at the same time... why not!

As I said, good luck... try not to be too hard on yourself, you have to try & enjoy your pregnancy too so you cant be too strict on yourself.

Take care,

Danielle