Weight gain

Xtinasanderson

Just curious.. I think I've only gained like a pound or 2 probably just from bloating & I'm only at 6 wks! When should I expect to start gaining? Has anyone started to actually gain?

Hummingbirdbaby3

Not yet. But my appetite was already pretty big before I got pregnant. With DS I gained 50. Definitely don't want to do that again

amdecker1016

Tell me more about weight gain in pregancy.

greneyedmom19

It will be different for every woman. During my first, I would gain in intervals. At one appointment I would gain a few pounds then the next I would be the same as before. The important thing is that you gain the amount of weight that is healthy for your BMI pre-pregnancy by the end of the 9 months.

greneyedmom19

amdecker1016 said:

Tell me more about weight gain in pregancy.

Is this necessary?

greneyedmom19

dragonmom35 said:

greneyedmom19 said:
 healthy for your BMI

Fun fact, BMI doesn't mean shit and shouldn't be used to determine healthy weight. It doesn't differentiate between muscle and fat. Two people who both wear the same size and are the same hight can have two completely different BMIs. 

The person who invented the the BMI scale never intended it to be used to determine whether someone is healthy or not.

And OP it varies for each woman.

Fun fact: I know this. My BMI says I'm borderline obese and I am only 170 at 5'5" and I played softball in college and still lift weights (pre baby) but I was going off my doctors suggestion which if you look it up they base the weight gain depending on if you are underweight, "normal", or overweight and the only way to measure that is with a BMI range. So check your self before you attack someone for giving advice that is one from a doctor, and two printed in medical articles. K thanks!

greneyedmom19

Yes I exaggerate situations I openly admit that, just part of my personality but with the use of "fun fact" and language it came off as a bitchy tone so I will apologize for using the word "attack" but your so called fact is not a fact. So please do not use hostile language towards me. All you could have said was that was not directed toward you but this is my opinion. I am not one bit excited by your comment so I don't need to chill out.

knitfastdiewarm

...I am really confused at how we got to this point.

greneyedmom19

Someone got excited about BMIs

greneyedmom19

Ok one, I am not butthurt, I couldn't care less about what people who I don't know care about me. Two all I did was give advice to OP and someone tried to give "facts" about said advice that were not facts so I was trying to set it straight. The other person then started using language towards me so I'm not the one that got bent out of shape over it, they obviously were. I'm perfectly calm over here. I just think it is funny that the real issue here is someone angry with BMI for whatever reason got mad that I suggested that to look into what is a healthy pregnancy weight gain. I also am not taking anything personally. I apologized for overexaggerating and I always openly admit to that so I am not sure why you all had to repeat that back to me, and I apologized for thinking that persons comment was towards me so I don't see why there are comments posting here about me getting a thicker skin? I really don't know what I said that shows I am the one that is hurt? Because I'm not, if I was I would also be using such language to show my emotion. But I'm not so thanks for the advice about skin thickness, already have it.

greneyedmom19

@dragonmom35‌ where is this "I'm still not hurting inside comment" coming from? I am totally confused what the heck that means or has to do with anything.

greneyedmom19

Ok thanks for letting me know.

greneyedmom19

Yes it wasn't supposed to be used to assess individuals however doctors use it that way and that is how they determined how much weight women should gain during pregnancy depending on what category you fall in. So maybe it shouldn't be used in that way but it is. I also didn't tag you in the previous post bc I really did not pay attention to who it was quoting me and I didn't feel like scrolling back, sorry. It's ok if you like to curse that is your deal, but on the internet they can be interpreted as being angry, just putting out there my reason for asking you to please not curse on posts towards me which you haven't so thank you. So all you had to say was I'm not attacking you and then my apology would follow for using that word and this would have been done. I really hope you have a great night and good luck in these next 9- a couple months you have left.

greneyedmom19

Whoa!!! I said that bc I have no idea how far you are and obviously no one knows that are pregnant until they are at least a month into it do that is what I meant, like a normal person would mean it. And I really am being sincere so I am nit sure why you are getting worked up, again SORRY!!!

Btw I am a member and can post as much as I want. Just like you. I could say don't read them but I don't tell other adults what to do.

klt2015

Wow !!

That being said, I am similarly built to @dragonmom35‌ and have loathed that evil thing called BMI. Of course I'd love to lose weight, but when a chart tells me I'm borderline obese?!?! Especially when I can rock a bikini.... That chart can fuck off.

However, if you take into consideration what gain will actually be baby, water and just plain donuts, I think 25lbs is a reasonable goal. At least that's what I'm telling myself.

klt2015

@MOtownMama‌, wtf?!?! Now I have to cut out donuts?

Xtinasanderson

I can't even believe the amount of immaturity we are having on a simple post && the people who have an issue with me asking! I thought this was a place to share and learn with one another? I was simply trying to gauge what others had experienced as I have had different experiences myself with lost pregnancies. Didn't anyone ever hear- if you have nothing nice to say don't say it at all?
Thank you (well most of you) for your unnecessary input!

klt2015

There's an extra pound in that equation, I declare that donut weight!