I started my pregnancy at 115 lbs. I'm 5'4" and petite. My weight gain has been right on target...between 3-4 pounds a month. I just came back from doctor's office and I gained 11 pounds during the past 4 weeks...11 pounds!!! My scale at home and the scale at the doctor's office match sometimes and sometimes they don't. For example, during my last visit, I weighed 129 at home but I weighed 125 at the doctor's office. But this morning, I weighed 136 at home and 136 at the doctor's office. Anyways...my clothes are not any tigher and it only looks like i'm carrying weight on my belly and boobs. I'm so depressed about the 11 pounds. I'm 26 weeks by the way. Has this ever happened to anyone? I need some encouraging words...Thanks!!!
2007-08-23 04:28:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
This is when I first noticed my weight gain (or an gigantic increase in it). Don't stress, because you are supposed to gain weight! At least you know the baby is healthy and you are healthy as well. I can tell you this: I am 30 weeks today and went to the doc 2 days ago, I had lost 4 pounds. As much as I had been freaking out about my weight gain (I also weighed 115 before pregnancy) I was way more freaked about my weight loss. I went directly to the steak house that night and ate and ate and ate! As long as you are gaining weight there is nothing to worry about. I figure, even if I were to gain 50 pounds, at least I know that my legs work and I can do plenty of exercise once I have my baby and feel up to it. I weighed almost exactly the same as you at 26 weeks. There is nothing wrong with gaining this much at all! You are supposed to gain between 10 and 12 pounds in your last trimester...so don't be concerned if you gain more. The way that I do it, is I tell myself that I will eventually weigh at least 30-40 pounds more than prepregnancy weight in my 9th month. It gets me by and lets me know what to expect. I know that it is uncomfortable, but all of us are in some way.
2007-08-23 05:03:05 · answer #1 · answered by Brooke S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah, yes. See, I didnt' gain a single pound utnil after 4 months. And then it was slow utnil into the third treimester...and then all of the sudden BAM. I gained like 20 lbs in the last 6 weeks.
If your diet is reasonable there's no reason to think every pound of that is actual fat-- the baby may have grown more than usual (they do that as you get further) or you may have gained a lot of water weight.
In the 2 weeks after my daughter was born, I was losing 2-5 lbs PER DAY. My legs and ankles and even hands had been swelling with water weight and it just melted off incredibly fast. I was only left with about 20 lbs out of SIXTY that were actual fat.
2007-08-23 04:42:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It happens to everyone. at the 5 month mark you have 50% more blood in your body, much more amnitotic fluid then before, and a larger baby. Plus, your body holds water, and stores extra fat for surviving nursing post delivery.
Perfectly normal. There is no "right on target" with pregnancy weight gain, its whatever your body decides it needs. If you're active, eat healthy and only when hungry, then you're fine.
Iam 5' 7" and went from 126 to 170 while pregnant. Thats WAAAAY more than normal. But i lost it after baby came.
Dont stress it.
2007-08-23 04:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
With my 2nd pregnancy, i didn't start gaining weight til i was 23 weeks...i went from 102lbs to 110lbs and dr said it was ok. then i came back for the next month and i gained 5 lbs n my ob said it was too much soo i had to cut back on my eating habits..such as sweet stuff. Then i came back for my 31 week check up and i gained 11 lbs. And the OB n nurses were shocked that i gained so much, they said it was water weight and that i should really watch what i eat.
2007-08-23 04:39:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's good you are gaining. It would be more worrisome if you were losing, right? Anyway, the best advice that I could give you is make sure you are eating a diet full of nutrition and not junk food typed items with a lot of sugar and fat because those things will just PILE on to your body! Good Luck! If you are already doing those things, then you are okay.
2007-08-23 05:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by Roz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same happened to me, I went from month 4 to 5 from 100 lbs to 110 lbs so I gained 10 pounds! my dr said to slow down with greasy food so I did but this month I gained 6 more pounds , so she said to watch out what I eat
2007-08-23 05:39:27 · answer #6 · answered by Annely E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-22 03:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by Hrvoje 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless ur doctor is concerned about it i wouldn't be u will gain weight and it is normal to gain between 2 - 3 stone gaining weight means ur baby is healthy as long as you are not over eating
2007-08-23 04:40:13 · answer #8 · answered by smitters06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ride him like a cow girl for 26 minutes straddling requires more calorie burning leg work
2016-04-10 12:09:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don t go back to old eating habits even after you lose weight
2016-03-29 08:45:20 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋