Weight gain?

[Jessy&Noah]

So spill it - how much are you up to?

I'm 24 weeks and at my appt. last week I was up a total of 12 pounds from my prepregnancy weight. Not a lot but I only gained 21 with my son so I'm thinking I may gain more this time around.

What about everyone else?

[OneFabMama]

12 lbs here too (@ 23 weeks).

[veggiechar]

I am up 18 at 27 weeks. My OB wants me to gain 30 since I was so underweight. I think it is a bit much, but we will see where I end up!

[sunnymw]

This pregnancy I lost some the 1st tri, I think I am finally +10 though. With DS1, at this point, I'd already gained 30+. Lost it all pretty quick though!

[Jessy&Noah]

I was lucky and lost it all fast with DS#1 too. I was below my prepregnancy weight at the 6 week post-baby appt.

My boobs are soooo much bigger this time though - I think there's a pound more in each of them. lol.

[diane24]

Yeah I'm up 12lbs too. (23wks) I gained 60 with DD1 so as long as I come in under that, it would be great!

[babyholic]

I gained 35 with my 3 previous pregnancies. Lost 25 the day of the births!

I am up to 25lbs gained at 27 weeks this time. I lost about 50lbs right before the pregnancy.

[amberlina]

i weighed 130 prepregnancy ( couple pounds heavier than my normal 125, it fluctuates) and now i am right about 150, so 20 pounds, 27 weeks. I gained a couple extra at one point because i was SOOOO sick my whole first trimester I pretty much never ate... i got down to 122 and then up again to 130... then when my 2nd trimester hit, like MAGIC I was suddenly able to eat and hold it down. so DH was pressuring me to eat as much as humanly possible :) so my weight spiked at 155 but then fell again. I keep wondering where ill end up. i guess its normal for Drs to want you to gain 35 pounds total... im only 5'2" so i hope thats all i gain!

[FinnegansMom]

Umm, yikes....
I've got you all beat....

And I'm not telling either :giggle: but according to most "charts", I should be 40 weeks pregnant by now.

[Jillybean]

I don't know an exact number since the batteries in my scale died, but its between 15-20lbs :blush: . I think its slowing down now, gosh I hope it is.

[ShayneLeMaster]

counting what i lost cause of sickness and meds... i have on the scale gained seriously 2.5lbs..well i am 2.5lbs heavier than i was when i first got pg.

[bjarrett]

I usually weigh 95-98 lbs. I'm just under 5 ft tall. I weight in Friday at 127.6. My dr. said to watch what I gain, but, I don't think that's possible, I've gained 6 pounds a month, which I don't think is bad, but the first 15 weeks I was so sick I still can't believe I gained and didn't lose! With my 1st I gained 40, so maybe 45-80 this time? not sure, but, I don't think there's anything wrong with my weight. Although he (the baby) did measure 2 cm bigger than being 26 weeks...did that make sense? I can't imagine being this far along and only gaining 12lbs! wow! lol......

[missemily]

i've gained about 20 so far...but then again right before i was pregnant i was eating a little bit too good. I am definately bigger than my first pregnancy. I had to stop bicycling per dr's orders which i was doing on average about 30-40 miles a weeks so that combined with the pregnancy is kinda putting on the pounds.

[keegans_mommy]

Um, at my last appt (20 weeks) I had gained 20 pounds! EEK! If I gained as much as I did last month I am pushing 30 pounds gained so far and I am 24 weeks today :)

[MamaEli]

27 weeks, and am at -7. I'm large to begin with, and my metabolism really picks up when I'm pregnant. I imagine I'll end this one at maybe +10....

[wryknow]

I'm up 1lb.

I lost some at the begning because of severe h/g. But I;ve beeen able ot gain it back! Now I am officially 1lb over my pre-preggo weight.
I'm hopign to pack on another 20 before the baby comes. Realistically, I mean.

[mhaddon]

15 so far which is great for me. With DS1 I gained 60lbs and lost all of it. W/ DS2 I gained 60lbs and lost 90lbs. When I bf my weight falls off so I figure I always gain more for fat reserves. but 15lbs is pretty good, by now I've usually gained 30 lbs...

[betty_joanne]

20 lbs at 25weeks but i will have an official number tommarow after my dr apt.

[Proud Mommy of 2]

My last appt was at 22 weeks and I had gained 3 lbs. I blame it on chasing after my 2 kids non-stop all day long!! I also just don't have as much of an appetite this time around. I get full after half a bowl of cereal in the mornings. I gained 45 lbs with DD though and still lost all of it by 12 weeks postpartum...so not too worried about weight gain during pregnancy anymore.

[Amberjoe_1]

15 lbs here at 25ish weeks..right about on track with my last pregnancy (gained 40 total).

[Jessy&Noah]

Well I am now 25 weeks and I weighed 14 pounds over my prepregnancy weight this morning at my appointment so it looks almost like a pound a week! Scary. The good news is that it will ALL come off in a hurry if this baby nurses like my DS did! :giggle:

[Shyla]

Ive gained a total of 5lbs so far I don't need to gain any extra :giggle:

[kello]

wow. I am ashamed to say how much I have gained so far. I started out 10 lbs heavier than my last because I was still carrying some extra baby weight from previous pregnancy. At my last appt I had gained 7lbs since my last appt! so I can´t even imagine only gaining 12 lbs so far! I was 145 when I got pg this time and now am up to....168 but I go to the ob on Monday and I know it will be 170 or more! Oh well.

[sarahrichardson]

I don't have a scale, but at my appointment at 23 weeks I was up 14 pounds, and the dr. said I hadn't gained enough? Whatever, we're fine. I have an appt next week and we'll see.

[AmberS]

Got weighed today....128lbs at 30 weeks. So I'm up 12 pounds.
The funny thing is I weighed 128lbs when I got pregnant with DD#1. I lost a TON of weight after having her, and I was 116 when I got pregnant w/ #2. Once again I'm carrying very low, people at work have just starting asking if I'm pregnant!

[FinnegansMom]

wow. I am ashamed to say how much I have gained so far. I started out 10 lbs heavier than my last because I was still carrying some extra baby weight from previous pregnancy. At my last appt I had gained 7lbs since my last appt! so I can´t even imagine only gaining 12 lbs so far! I was 145 when I got pg this time and now am up to....168 but I go to the ob on Monday and I know it will be 170 or more! Oh well.

I'm so with you, mama.:hugs:
I gained 10# in ONE MONTH. Maybe we should start our own thread...:giggle: I gained 65 with my son, so I hope to at LEAST not gain that much. That would be a small victory....

[rabbit0860]

I have gained 25 lbs at 25 weeks visit. I told the doc" no worry, i gained 55 lbs last time and lost them all thru breastfeeding" but doc said I am heading towards over 55 lbs if I don't take control. :blush:

[Mamabexter]

I'm up 13 pounds at 28 weeks. Gained 32 total with DS and am on track to total about 25 for this pregnancy. I am very happy with that as I started out heavier this time. Will see what happens.

[nina730]

how are you guys doing this? i gained 30lbs already...im 28 weeks today. i dont feel like im eating much more than i did before i got pregnant and my activity level is the same. i didnt have any morning sickness....ill blame it on that. im so afraid of becoming a hippo.

[amberlina]

how are you guys doing this? i gained 30lbs already...im 28 weeks today. i dont feel like im eating much more than i did before i got pregnant and my activity level is the same. i didnt have any morning sickness....ill blame it on that. im so afraid of becoming a hippo.

haha. im there too. i was around 130 to start and at just about 30 wks im up 34 pounds! Ive never weighed more than 140 my entire life. i actually lost a couple pounds since my visit last week, but i was holding water weight and swelling then i think (my OB rubbed my swollen ankles sadly) but today went again and he said they are fine. im afraid of being big too as im short. but im hoping to have plateued off again until my 9th month. i dont think my back can handle any more belly--i gained it all in the tummy! i have always been a light eater and have eaten better/more since being pregnant, but as much as a "normal" person would be expected to eat. so my body is going crazy.

[ShayneLeMaster]

from my first post in this thread to now. i have gained a total 4.5lbs.. i had gained a couple and then lost a lb and a half in last 3 weeks.. so..

they said baby is growing great and i shouldnt be worried ( i am though.. just cause ) but i trust my dr.. and i had it to loose so maybe i can actually be a skinny mommy this time around.. :yay:

[GrowingUpMad]

I've gained 22lbs as of 27 weeks 2 days. More than I gained total my last 2 pregnacies so I am worried but the doc said I'm doing good. I gained 30 with my 1st, 20 with my second and 15 with my 3rd so with 13 weeks to go I am scared. Though #2 and #3 were end of summer babies and I was out walking and swimming a lot. Right now I am just indoors going for a walk here nad there.

[joslin]

I started waaay overweight and have gained 4lbs at 28 weeks. But now that we are 3rd trimester I think he will pack it on. Although I am totally not hungry, I think my stomach is squished.

[betty_joanne]

26 pounds at 28 weeks

[Jessy&Noah]

I'm up 15 lbs at 27 weeks so it seems to have reached a plateau. I was nervous for a second at how fast it was coming on but I remember the same thing happening with Noah. Now if I can just maintain without packing on 40 more between now and the end!! :blush:

[Merrilee]

I started overweight, at at 27w3d I'm now 3lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight.

This is my first, and I lost about 8lbs in the first trimester. My doctor says I'm right on track, and records that I've gained more than I have because she didn't weigh me until 11 weeks (lack of doctors in my area, took forever to get an appointment) and I had already lost weight. My friends think I look like I've lost weight and that I look skinnier, except in my belly! It's true though, most of my maternity pants that I bought at the beginning fall off because my butt shrunk so much. Maybe BFing will help me lose some of my prepregnancy weight?

[Mamabexter]

Okay, even after feeling like I ate a TON over the last two weeks I only gained another pound from my last appointment. How is that possible? I am now up 14 over pre-pregnancy weight at 30 weeks. It was funny, my neice had a baby on Saturday and I visited her in the hospital yesterday. While I was there, she asked how I was doing. I told her I had gained 13 pounds at my 28 week appt. She replied that yeh, she had one 13 pound month and one 15 pound month and I felt bad clarifying that I had gained 13 total at that point. Her husband looked right at me and said, "you know she hates you right now". She of course doesn't but agreed that my being so sick for the first several months and initially losing definitely contibuted to my slower weight gain. She felt really good so was able to eat a lot more than I was earlier on. Weird how people have such different experiences!

[rabbit0860]

I wonder if there is a weight gain chart online that I can follow and take control?

[OneFabMama]

I am now up to 15 lbs as of 27 weeks.

[Dandelion]

I'm up to 25 Pounds at 28weeks4days

It's a bit more than I hoped to gain so far, but with moving and being in transit for 2 months at the beginning of the year it made it hard to eat right. I'm doing better now, but I feel hungry all the time!

[missemily]

i gained approx. 25 lbs at 28 week appt. The nurse pract. said to me 'if you keep this up you'll be giving birth to a toddler'. Oh well. I'm up to 195 but everyone keeps saying i don't look that big but then i explain again that my exercising habits have been changed alot since becoming pregnant.

[amybabya]

Oh Lord! I gained (at least) 65 with DD1. I lost all but 7 of it and got preggers with DD2. Gained 30 with her.

[Mamabexter]

i gained approx. 25 lbs at 28 week appt. The nurse pract. said to me 'if you keep this up you'll be giving birth to a toddler'.

It is interesting to me how different care providers are in this. With DS I gained a total of 32. The doctor was glad the month I gained 8 pounds at once because he said it "caught me up" to where I needed to be. I now have a new doc and he was slightly concerned that I had gained 5 pounds each in the two previous months. He told me yesterday to gain about 1 pound a week from here on out. That will land me at a total of 24 at the end if I can manage it. Granted, I did start out about 20 heavier this time before ever getting pregnant. (From stress - long story, I had already lost all of my baby weight and ended up putting it back on when he was about 2) But, this doc is way more laid back about other things: VBAC, going "overdue", not having to have IV fluids, that kind of stuff. Maybe he just wants to help maximize my VBAC chances by helping to keep the baby from getting too big?

[mhaddon]

i gained approx. 25 lbs at 28 week appt. The nurse pract. said to me 'if you keep this up you'll be giving birth to a toddler'. Oh well. I'm up to 195 but everyone keeps saying i don't look that big but then i explain again that my exercising habits have been changed alot since becoming pregnant.

Wow, that was rude of her. I always gain a lot as my bfing reserves b/c my weight falls off while I bf so I was worried about not gaining a lot, but I'm up to around 25 as well and am happy with that.

[amberlina]

im at 31 weeks and have gained about 35 pounds... although i lost about 5 last appt (due to swelling and water weight, it has been soooo hot)... i dont know how you other ladies feel, but i cannot feel bad about my weight gain so long as 98% is gained in my boobs/belly. which is totally the case. and i can feel how compacted my l.o. is in there and almost feel like i should be bigger because it feels like she is running outta room and she beats me up internally over it...haha. im not really that big, im still able to wear my "flowy" tops and they are just now starting to rise off the very bottom of my belly:)

[kochanyk]

25lbs by 22 wks- totally where I need to be- I have to gain a minimum of 40, but gained 60 w/ea child thus far. I can't stop losing weight while nursing so this is my only chance to pack it on since I hate wearing little girls' sizes!

[missemily]

I really didn't feel like i gained too much esp. since the month before i gained only 2lbs and this time i gained 6lbs. It kinda evened out in my opinion. I'm glad the doctor will be back from vacation next week!!

[mhaddon]

I really didn't feel like i gained too much esp. since the month before i gained only 2lbs and this time i gained 6lbs. It kinda evened out in my opinion. I'm glad the doctor will be back from vacation next week!!

You're doing great, I just couldn't believe that she said that. Guess she thought she was being funny :dunno: But a comment like that to an emotional pregnant woman can send her overedge! At least it would have me!

I have to pack on the weight too like I said b/c of bfing. I was 180 when I got pregnant w/ ds2 and when I had him was at 215lbs. I lost all of my pregnancy weight before he was 3 months old. By the time he was 7 months old I was down to 155lbs.

I started out at 150lbs w/ this pregnancy so we will see how things work out...

[FinnegansMom]

I am officially enormous and have gained over 30 pounds. Let's keep it at that. "Over". haha.

I'm huge, and my flip flops are starting to get tight and my bra's hurt and my stomach is HUGE, way bigger than it was with my son. LIke, I stick out further. I can't believe I have 10 weeks left, I'm going to be a MOOSE.

[bjarrett]

I have gained about 30 lbs so far, and have 10 weeks left, or less, well, 9 if I make it to the scheduled c-section. July 7. I know it doesn't really mean anything, but, my daughter came at 38 weeks with my water breaking at 3am......

[spacestitch]

Hello! I'm 31 weeks and have gained 2 pounds so far--not much change from prepregnancy since I'm already overweight. I lost quite a bit in the first trimester (10-15 pounds) so at least I gained all that back. I do have to be on this diet because of my blood sugar so I suppose that helps with keeping weight gain down.

[ezzie]

My OB says that your body gains what it wants to gain (providing you're eating healthy, moderate meals). She's very laid back about it (I love her).

My friend and I are both small, both eat the same types of things, with roughly the same calorie count at the end of the day and she' gained 30lbs 29 weeks and so far and I've gained 6lbs (and am at 29 weeks).

Go figure.

You all are doing great.

[mommy2008]

I'm sorta freaking out because of how much I've gained so far! I'm only 25 weeks and I've gained 25 lbs. I exercise and eat healthy foods and yet the pounds keep piling on. I actually gained 3 lbs. since yesterday! I hope it is water weight and will go down before my next appointment on Thurs. That way, I'll only be up 22 lbs. from my prepregnancy weight. I've always been thin, so gaining so much is really hard for me to accept.

[srexrode]

As of my 31wk appt yesterday, I've gained 22lbs. My mw is thrilled. I'm freaking, because that's more than I've gained since my FIRST pregnancy (I gained 50lbs with her!) If I recall, I tend to gain more with my girls than boys...

[ktdid525]

I'm 33 weeks now, and as of my last appointment I had gained right around 15 pounds. I'm hoping to not go over 25 total, so we shall see I guess.

[Knits4Noah]

I'm up to 21 pounds and I'm 31 weeks. It's all belly, I am so lucky!

[OneFabMama]

I am up 21 lbs at 30 weeks.
I can't wait to start nursing. LOL

[kalamos23]

I'm up 13-15 lbs at almost 34 weeks. I'm on the milkshake diet now!

[Merrilee]

I'm now up 6lbs at 31 weeks. And I look huge. Customers at work stare at me in wonder when they find out I'm not due till the end of July and that it's NOT twins. He's all in front, so I look a lot farther along than I am.

[amberlina]

urrrg. im 34 weeks and up 40 from my prepregnancy weight. which is fine., but its the WORST water weight. and im randomly puffy and swollen. it gets :yuck: hot around here sometimes...and i apparently have carpal tunnel. so my OB told me to wear a wrist brace/splint thingy when i sleep on the hand that bothers me. he said i may have to wear one on both. haha. that will be ridiculous! bring it on baby!

[happymama1]

So far I've gained 10lbs and I'm 18 weeks. I'm hoping to stay under 30lbs if I can...but with DD, I gained 45lbs (August baby...lots of water weight and lots of DQ blizzards by the end) and it took me about 10 months to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight...and then another two months and I was 10lbs below my pre-pregnancy weight. I started this pregnancy about 8lbs lighter than I did when I got pregnant with DD...which I am very happy about. :) I'm tall, average weight, and carry all belly...so I already look about 30 weeks. Strangers are already starting the "any day now" comments. By the end, I'll be getting the "how many babies are in there" comments....lucky me...

OOPS>>>>didn't realize this was the due in July thread!!! I'm due in OCT :)

[betty_joanne]

blah, not even counting anymore. Not overeating and taking prenatals so i guess that is what really matters.

[ShayneLeMaster]

I went in on friday and since my 10 week confirmation appt I have gained a total of 6.5lbs and that friday was my 35 week appt. With #1 gained 60+lbs with#2 gained about 25ish lbs can't remember but was right in their... Baby is growing great @31 weeks was a lil over 4.5lbs so he's actually kinda big for dates..