is anyone else stressing about their added weight gain?

vgnick

I have been a little obsessive lately and getting a little upset every time I get on the scale! It keeps going up! I thought that if I was as healthy as I have been and exercising that I would not have gained 20 pounds already. Anyone else feeling this way?

MK072107

I weigh myself every single morning.  With my first baby I gained 60 lbs in total even though I ate pretty well ( I was a total junk food eater before getting pregnant).  It took me a long time to lose all the weight so with this one I want to make sure that I keep it more in check, thus the daily weighing.  A little obsessive, yes, but I know I work well with numbers and checks and balances as opposed to just feeling if my clothes fit the same.

 Last time I lost 40 pounds in the first month without having to do anything different at all.  It was the last 20 that were difficult, mainly because it was me weight and not baby weight. 

 At this point in your pregnancy 20 pounds sounds perfectly fine.  And you are just going to have to get used to the scale climbing.  It sucks, but it is just the nature of the beast.

vegandy

Nope.

Save yourself some pain & hide the scale until after the baby is here. 

kayteatrudeau

I'm at 20 lbs + at nearly 22 weeks. I gained about 6 when we moved in the first tri. Silly mistake. Next pregnancy I will make sure I don't gain that extra amount in the first tri.

srbmvp

I keep freaking out, especially since my Dr. told me I should be aiming for 15-20 total, not 25-35... I just hit 18 lbs. gained this week =(

I'm just trying to eat healthy and not freak out too much... I'll diet after baby boy gets here

grace416

No female ever likes to see the scale go up, . All you can do is eat healthy and the scale will go up at the right amount and pace.

yourmomwreckedmybike

You have the wrong attitude. Gaining weight while you are pregnant is normal. You should be getting an extra 300 - 500 calories a day. Quit stressing about the numbers going up. If you are exercising and eating healthy, you will gain weight still, but it will be healthy....

jellybelly03

I really really think that your body gains what it needs to gain.  With DS, I started gaining 1 lb per week every week from the week that I found out I was pregnant (4 weeks!) and I think I actually gained a little bit more than that at the end, so my total weight gain was at something like 38-40 lbs.  And I really don't think I could have done anything about it.  I ate well, I exercised (and, for what it's worth, I also only really put weight on in the belly area, not all over), but I was STARVING all the time.  So...  whatever.  Anyway, by my 6 week appointment, I was down to within 10 lbs of my prepreg weight and I lost the rest after DS started sleeping through the night.

Fast forward to this pregnancy.  I don't feel like I'm doing anything differently and now I'm up only 7 lbs at almost 19 weeks (I was up probably 16 lbs at this point last pregnancy).  For whatever reason, my body just doesn't need quite as much this time around.

So...  am I obsessed?  A little bit (I do weigh myself regularly), but am I stressed about it?  No.  I'm confident that I'll lose it all once #2 gets here.  Good luck!

Tulips21

you sound exactly like me.... I have gained 20 lbs at 26 weeks.  I walk about 7km a day and for the most part try to eat really healthy.  I gained 8lbs in the first trimester with m/s then a lb a week from then until week 22.  Then over the last month things started to change and i have gained less (even though the baby has gained more).  But most people think I look really small- even the nurse the other day said "well you are in your first trimester".  I was so happy to hear that.

But I am pretty obsessed about it....so what i started to do was weigh myself everyday because then i can see how it fluctuates so much from day to day- once you see that you realize that the number means more about hydration than fat. 

I think it is important to try to be healthy and active, less so for weight reasons and more so for healthy baby, healthy delivery.  But if you body needs more lbs than that's what it needs...

cheex090

I go through stages with it. Sometimes, I can easily accept the fact that I'm gaining weight at a steady pace...and some days I cringe when I step on the scale. I've always been slightly obsessed with my weight pp, as many women are. We're conditioned to think weight gain is bad! You just have to remind yourself that you're pregnant and that your body will do what it  needs to do. I just try to be healthy...which is ALSO difficult. haha.