Umm...I'm already at 38 pounds and the time before last when I was at the dr, she told me I would be gaining around a pound a week. I've been gaining a bit more than that, but I've also heard that your weight gain slows towards the end.
I started gaining pretty early, and I've got quite the bump. My body is really starting to hurt though, and I don't know how much more I can handle! I might increase my swimming just to give my body a break.
Re: Does weight gain slow down in the last 10 weeks?
Just realized that I'm in the last 10 weeks
I've also heard that the weight gain can slow down in late pg due to a squished stomach (and therefore less eating), but my stomach is fine and I have been gaining weight at the same rate that I have since beginning of 2nd tri. So it's probably not going to magically happen for you.
I highly recommend water exercise. The weightless movement is so much easier on your body and a welcome relief.
When I was pregnant with DD it did. ?There were weeks that I had lost a pound, weeks I gained a pound, or weeks that I stayed the same. ?It basically worked out that the last 5 weeks or so I didn't gain any weight. ?I am beginning to notice a slow down with the pregnancy too.
I hope so. At my last appt at 28 weeks I had gained 27 total but all pretty much in second tri. My doc said to try to not jump up so much for my next appt lol. She wants me to try to stay under 35 lbs. My belly feels like it grew soooo much from around 20 weeks on though.
She said it is possible for me to still keep it under 35 and I was like wow really in the last 3 months? she said yes so maybe it does slow down.
I gained the most weight in the 2nd tri (for both my pregnancies). I hadn't gained any weight at my 30 week appt (4 weeks after my last), then gained 4 at my 33 week apt. As of today, my weight is the same as it was 2 weeks ago at my appt. I expect to gain about 5 more lbs this trimester.
Usually weight slows or evens out about 3-4 weeks till your due date.
This is pretty much me exactly. Though my growth spurt was early in my 2nd trimester.