Weight gain for baby

[Caralea]

Just curious how much weight people have gained or lost with this pregnancy.

What # of pregnancy is this for you? How much weight have you gained/lost? How many babies are you carrying?

This is my second pregnancy and I am carrying one very active baby girl. I personally started out heavier than my last pregnancy but I have only lost weight for the first 5+ months. Then around 6 months I gained back 4lbs of the 9lbs lost. Well that changed at my 30week appointment I lost 3lbs from what I had gained. So in total I have lost 8lbs and only gained 1lb total.

You dont have to put your total weight.

[connorethansmom]

I'm at 19 pounds at 33.5 weeks.  Things are slowing down.  Yeah!

[Waitingforgoodnews]

Our surrogate has gained 18 pounds with twins as of 32 weeks 1 day......she is actually starting to lose weight, but the babies are doing just fine!

[Caralea]

I too am glad I am dont have any eating disorders/issues with the way I look- cause man, for not gaining anything... I am huge!!  No swelling so far, that has got to suck. My biggest issue is being able to eat a real sized meal. I get full really fast and probably havent been able to intake like normal. She is really pushing at my ribs and organs, which my son never did.

My midwife laughs at me saying "you can gain weight, if you want to". Well easier said than done. I eat healthy- but also have had a bad habit of drinking soda. I dont get it- it must be all the weight I had before.. just slimming it down to make room for baby.

I am shocked that I seem to be the only one in the neg group!!

[Chez_lee81]

This is baby #3. I started out a little overweight but not too bad. I have gained about 9kgs. Not sure what that is in pounds. I gained alot of this weight earlier in pregnancy as I was not feeling great and just mooching around the house. I have not gained anything in the last 7 weeks. Midwifes are happy with this as baby is measuring big and is incredibly active. I treat myself when I want but try to maintain a healthy diet which is no different to before I was pregnant. I really havnt changed things that much. Only experiencing some minor fluid at end of day. Still wearing my rings. I wouldnt be worried about the weight thing I gained about 30 kgs with #1, 15kg #2. It comes, it goes. Pretty lucky I dont have hang ups about body image.

[JadedSweetheart]

I had lost about 50lbs before becoming pregnant.  I was about 155.  I lost some during the first trimester, then started gaining a little too much but only about 10lbs over so at 7 to 8 months I was 185, gained a total of 30 lbs.  Then I got weighed last week and was 199.  I was shocked and just stared at the scale and the nurse when she told me to get off the scale, lol.  I mean I was really in shock.  I had gained 14lbs in two weeks!
Then I went into the room and the doctor checked out my legs and feet for swelling, I hadn't really seen them all day as we'd been busy and they're not really something I try to look at much.  My ankles were HUGE.  Even my toes and calves up to my knees were swollen.  I can't even wear my wedding ring anymore and had a moment of panic when I was taking it off as I thought they might have to cut it.
So.. yeah.. I'm just trying to eat well and avoid worrying about the scale because the swelling is just crazy.  It goes down sometimes but not all the way.  
On top of that I need to watch my sugar intake so now I also need to watch my salt intake.  Serious bummer.
I'm glad you started the topic, though, as I see other women have gained more than 26 lbs!

[Caralea]

I hear ya on working hard after the baby is born.. I really have a long way to go to get to my pre-children weight or my ultimate goal 65lbs!

I cant believe other than my self how even the polls are 30% for each category!