Weight gain recs

SLPMel

I have been reading Dr. Luke's book-and trying to figure out if I should start making the food changes now, or do I wait to see what my MFM says?  I have my first appointment at just before 8 weeks.

Triplet Mom's-how did you manage the weight gain expectations?  I want to do everything I can to make sure these babies are healthy-it's just hard trying to figure out how to do it!

pea-kay

I didn't stress about it, I just tried to eat as much protein as possible. And I drank lots of whole milk and ate lots of cheese. I had serious aversions to a lot of meat, so I just ate what I could.

My doctor was always happy with my weight gain. I ended up gaining 70 lbs, but a lot of that was fluid (17 lbs in 11 days at the end!)

I had good sized kids for their gestation (4'3, 4'10, and 4'10 at 33w2d) so I guess I did something right!

Ruby_Tuesday

I just ate when I was hungry, never limited myself, and tried to focus on eating lots of dairy and protein.  I gained 65 lbs. total and my boys were all between 5-6lbs. at 36w.  My doctors were always happy with my weight gain.

If I had actually followed Dr. Luke's caloric recommendations I think I would have gained a million-billion pounds.  This is not to say I didnt' eat lots, I did.  I just didn't stress too much about it.  If I was hungry I ate.  There were plenty of times I was up hungry in the middle of the night wtih a peanut butter sandwich and a glass of milk.

amamommy

I had the same ? and my Peri recommends I gain 40lbs at the most. But that's due to my starting weight. I think you should def get your Dr's opinion, the more the better, and do what's right and managable for you! Right now I don't have much of an appetite and when I do eat, I fill up so quickly so I try to get protein at each "mini meal" so that I get as much as possible!

All these MoMs with Triplets on here are so awesome with all their suggestions and they give you a realistic perspective on the strategies they tried!

trytryagain

My doctor told me to eat when I'm hungry.  He said not to stress over what the "books" say.  I try to eat as much protein as I can.  I'm 14 weeks now and I have just started to gain weight.  I've gained 8lbs in the past six weeks (that's what I have gained total)   I usually eat 6 smaller meals a day.  Then every night I do have a nice bowl of ice cream.  Thar hardest part for me was switching from skim milk to whole milk.  Eat plenty of protein and dairy!