as long as you are gaining some weight you are fine, at 19 weeks you should not have gained much anyway. If you are finding it hard to eat more, try making what more nuritious and higher calorie. Add protein shakes to your diet too, it will add calories without filling you up as quickly. Good luck
2007-07-22 14:45:01
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answered by parental unit 7
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I was worried just like you are now when I was pregnant for my second child. I had been suffering from severe depression and actually had lost all the weight that I had gained and more at 19 weeks. I think I was about 10 lbs. lighter then before I was pregnant. What the doctor explained to me was that your baby is like a parasite in a way - being that it will take all that it needs before your own body will get anything. And even if you are eating less, it will take from you and you will get less nutrient, not the baby. Everything turned out fine for me, I was a couple of weeks early but the baby was within normal weight range and started breathing right away. At the end of my pregnancy I was only ten pounds heavier then before I was pregnant and my baby was healthy.
2007-07-22 21:55:28
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answered by misty h 3
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Short women definitely can give birth to healthy babies... being underweight may be an issue, though. You need to consume more than milk, egg and fruit juice daily... you need some vegetables and protein in your diet, as well as fat and calories to feed the developing fetus.
People should be consuming at least 1200 calories a day normally, and pregnant mothers should be eating more than that. If you're having trouble eating enough, you may want to see a doctor for a solution. If you're undereating, the baby may not develop properly and will probably be underweight as well. You want to start the baby's life on the healthiest path possible.
2007-07-22 21:49:47
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answered by Nellie 2
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Are you taking your prenatal vitamins? If so I'm sure baby is getting plenty of nutrients. The reason you're not able to eat much is, being that you're so small, baby is probably already limiting your stomach space, if not by actually pressing on your stomach then by rearranging all your OTHER innards to press on your stomach. It is quite possible that your baby will be smaller than other babies because of your size (generally speaking, a 6 foot tall woman's baby will be larger than a 5 foot tall woman's...I don't know that you being any fatter or skinnier would make a difference, though, as I know a 300lb woman who had a full-term 5lb 12 oz baby), but this is nothing to worry about...as long as your full-term baby is at least 5 lbs, they generally aren't too concerned about the weight.
2007-07-22 21:46:32
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answered by grayhare 6
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Your weight will not affect your baby's birth weight to an extreme. True, smaller women tend to have smaller babies, but nearly always on the smaller end of normal - in the six pound range or so, not truly tiny. Keeping your diet as healthy as possible will help your baby more than anything else you can do right now - rest assured that the nutrients you put into your body do pass across the placenta to your baby. In fact, your body will make sure that the baby gets his or her nutrients FIRST, so YOU will suffer before the baby does in that regard.
Best of luck to you!!
2007-07-22 21:54:43
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answered by ragmama210 5
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I'm short and when I had my first I was 103 pounds, so that doesn't matter, what matters is that you eat right and your treating your body right. I gained almost 50 pounds with my first and she was a healthy 7 pounds 4 ounces.
I'm sure everything is fine with you baby I'm mpregnant with my second now and I don't look 4 months pregnant.
2007-07-22 21:49:28
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answered by connieandmatt8485 3
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You need to try and eat more, even if you're not hungry. You're going to cause more harm to yourself than the baby by not eating enough. If your baby isn't able to claim the extra nutrients that it needs from the food you take it'll take them from your body, harvest them from your body's stores, calcium from your bones and such. Short women have been having healthy babies for a long time. Your height isn't the reason that you're not eating more...you just need to try and force your self to eat more than that per day. You also need to make sure you're drinking LOTS AND LOTS of water and taking all your vitamins.
2007-07-22 21:55:34
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answered by Dani 5
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I suggest that you try to eat more, especially more dairy products, whole grain, fruits, vegetables, and meat. Those types of things to help your baby become strong. Throughout the pregnancy you will get more hungry because your hormones are reacting that way for your baby.
If you are that short your doctor will probably deliver your baby through C-section. Also if you are short and frail your doctor might put you on bed rest.
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2007-07-22 21:47:49
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answered by Anonymous
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i'm five foot even, and if your eating enough your child should be fine.
i had a six pound baby and shes so healthy.
2007-07-22 21:46:42
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answered by kayla 3
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