Speaking of weight, I REFUSE to look!

Oneday82

Yup, that's right, I DO NOT want to know how many pounds I gain.  So, I get on the scale backwards and have told my nurse every time to not tell me how much I'm up to!  I just don't want to know, honestly! I eat healthy minus the occasional splurges.  I told her that I would probably be the only pregnant woman who doesn't know how much weight she gained during pregnancy!  She told me that there are actually a lot of patients who refuse to look! 

Do you all look at the scale or no?

Meehanbride

I usually look but I did so well in my pregnancy with DD. I only gained 27. I was really proud of that cuz I was so scared i would like 80. I would like to track what I gain in case I get to out of control and I watch what I do.

I do try to eat healthy but with the splurges, I just never know what I am gaining.

stellahav

I didn't last time until the very end.  I don't even own a scale at home though, so it's nothing different for me. I gained over 40 lbs with DD.  I would just obsess over it if I looked every time I go to the dr!

84Lauren

I've been looking, because my clothes no longer fit and it looks like I have a beer gut - so I'm very anxious to see if that's the baby pushing things around or just me gaining fat!  So far so good, but I can't wait for it to be a bit more obvious!

fabfive

no.  i don't want to know and figure that if there is a problem, my ob will say something.  it's just too depressing.  

aggiej15

I would not be able to stand not looking! Maybe this is unhealthy, but I weigh myself almost everyday.  My eating habits have been so much worse and I am hungry all the time and I look huge, so I like to monitor my weight closely to make sure I know if I need to make changes to my diet.  So far I am right on track.  I think I just have this fear of getting to 25 weeks and having already hit my goal weight have the doctor saying "hold up, time to stop gaining" and then I will feel guilty over every indulgence.  I am still nauseous and tired all the time so the only good part of my day is getting to eat exactly what I want.

cozylittlecave

I look, but I don't really care. Mostly because it's too much hassle to remind them not to tell me/look away.

But my plan is to eat as healthy as I can & listen to my body & eat when I'm hungry. Until my doctor tells me there is a problem with my weight, I don't care what it is.  I'm not even sure how much you're 'supposed' to gain.

rock-elle

I dont look either!!

JenJar

I weigh myself weekly here at my house, and I look at the doctor, too.  I don't really care what it says and I don't think it's depressing at all.  Your body will do what it needs to do for the baby.  I'm not eating like a pig (at least not all the time) and I'm still active having a toddler/preschooler around.  No reason to stress out.

veggiemomto2

Right now I only look at home, without clothes on!  I imagine that I will get to the point that I've gotten to in my past pregnancies where I lose the scale and stop getting weighed even at home.  It is very hard for me to see it climbing, especially since I'm eating healthy but still gaining too much weight, more weight than I see anyone else complain about at this stage. 

tourqeyes

I am with you ladies. I do not know how much I weighed before I got pregnant and ask the nurse not to tell me. I figure if I am gaining too much or too little, my doctor will bring it up to me.

eminbmore

I did that last time, it worked out very well for me - I didn't agonize between every appointment about how much I'd gained the previous time, and just ate as healthily as I could and gave in to cravings now and then.  The nurse told me every time that my weight gain was fine, and that's all I needed to know.  In the end, I gained 30 lbs, so a healthy amount (5 lbs of that was in the last week! I try not to count those pounds though :-P).

BUT... and this is a big but... I had to go to L&D around 30 weeks for monitoring for possible PTL, and the nurse there YELLED at me (yes, actually yelled!) for not knowing my current weight.  She said that if they'd needed to give me drugs, they would have needed to know my exact weight, and it was irresponsible of me not to know.  She then proceeded to lecture me about how gaining weight is a normal part of pregnancy, it's important to be healthy but to be aware that you will gain weight, blah blah blah.  Just be prepared for a situation like this to happen.