i am 30 weks pregnant and have gained 20 pounds. just was wondering if that sounded about right.
2006-10-19 06:00:07 · 24 answers · asked by greengrass 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
ya it's about right but as for me I only gained 8½lbs my whole pregnancy and had a 7½lb healthy baby boy.
2006-10-19 06:40:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, sounds perfect! There are many different things about you that gain weight when you are pregnant. When you gain weight, it is not really Fat that you are gaining. This is not 20 pounds of fat that you have just put on. When a woman is pregnant, her blood gets thicker and weighs more. Also the weight of the baby is a factor(6-9 pounds). And then there is the fluid around the baby(it weighs a lot). Placenta adds weight to you while you are pregnant, and there is the water weight that may or may not cause swelling in the fingers and ankles, etc.. Lots of different factors to add in when you gain weight while you are pregnant. I gained about 30 pounds with my pregnancy, and two weeks after the baby was born it was all gone. I was 200 pounds before pregnancy, then I was 236 pounds when I was 9 months pregnant, then 2 weeks after baby was born, I weighed 198. So I lost all that weight because it was not fat.
You also need to remember, that for every baby you have in your belly, you need to be consuming 300 extra calories a day. If you have one baby in there then you only need 300 extra calories a day, if you have twins in there then you need 600 extra calories, etc, etc..(so that is the normal 1500-2000 calories for mommy and 300 calories for baby, so you need to be consuming 1800-2300 calories a day while pregnant)
2006-10-19 13:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by Daft One 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rule of thumb is gaining an extra 25-35 pounds and anything after that will be harder to take off. I gained about 65 and sure enough the first 30 were gone in less than a month. I still have 25 to go.
2006-10-19 13:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by BB'sMom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is great, with my 1st son I gained 17 pounds he weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces with the second I gained 20 even he weighed 7 pounds even.
2006-10-19 13:15:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was told pregnancy is different for everyone. I think I heard/read that over 40 or 50 pounds is when the doctors start to worry about weight gain.
Towards the end of your pregnancy, you will begin to gain more per week.
Check out webmd's pregnancy section. It helped me out a lot when I was pregnant.
2006-10-19 13:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by aobluv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds perfectly fine! Your doctor should be charting you and have given you a target range for your gain during pregnancy. But up to 35 lbs is considered completely average. Good Luck!
2006-10-19 13:07:26 · answer #6 · answered by angie_laffin927 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's different for everyone. I only gained about 16-17 pounds during my entire pregnancy. Some people gain 50 pounds. If your doctor isn't worried, you shouldn't be.
2006-10-19 13:12:10 · answer #7 · answered by Lanani 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that is about what I gained.....then the last couple weeks I gained almost 5 pounds per week!!
35 pounds total pregnancy weight gain.
Congrats and Good luck.
2006-10-19 13:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by amber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like you are doing just fine! I'm 31 weeks, but I've gained a little more than you (about 26 lbs) and my doctor said that I'm doing fine. So yep, sounds good!
Congrats and good luck :)
2006-10-19 13:05:24 · answer #9 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at 30 weeks I had gained 18lbs. So it sounds about right..lol however, as soon as I hit about 32 weeks it seemed as if I balloned out. I am 39 weeks pregnant and have gained 30lbs now. Its crazy..lol. Anyway, congrats on your pregnancy!
2006-10-19 13:02:46 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋