hi, i'm new!!
i'm 14 weeks with twins and just discovered i've gained about 12 pounds since before i was pregnant (8 of those were in the last month) i'm 5'2" and was about 125 lbs. i was shocked, because i've haven't been eating anymore food than pre-pregancy and sometimes it seems like less. i've been eating heathly - high protein, low fat, low carbs (just because that's what i've been wanting).
i didn't have much nausea, so it didn't really stop me from eating, just slowed me down for a couple of weeks.
i found that 4 to 5 lbs is average in the first trimester and i'm shocked that i almost tripled that!
i've never had an issue with weight gain - except that the past couple years due to last of exercise. but otherwise, i've always been at a healthy weight. i should say that my belly is huge already and that this week is the first week my pants (besides the waist) feel snug.
for twins moms, what was your weight gain like? should i be worried?
Re: weight gain during pregnancy
Get Dr. Luke's book on being pg with twins, triplets and quads - it goes into great detail about weight gain - which you WANT to be a lot more than a singleton - esp early on --- she recommends aprox 20lbs in 20 weeks... that way if you give birth early they will be as big as possible.
I gained 19lbs in 24w and was trying REALLY hard to gain weight- it just didn't happen - they seemed to use it all up for energy -- but in the end i gained 40lbs (less than i gained with my singleton and went 2 weeks longer than that pg, too!)... my boys were born at 38w healthy at 6lb 6oz and 7lb 15.6oz.
the key is to eat a lot of protein, healthy fats, and dairy.