I wanted to know how common it is/was to lose weight with GD... I'm not sure if I will, but my issue is that I don't think I NEED to... I am 5'8" and at my "goal weight" I'm about 140, so yeah, I had gained since my wedding... Just before getting pregnant, I was 160 (which I don't think is too too much for my height but whatev)... Now, 30 weeks in, I'm 181 and at a plateau.
For those who lost weight once they started the GD diet, would you mind telling me what your heights and weights are or were? I'm just curious whether "average" and slimish people lose weight or if it's just those who are curvier already. I hope that doesn't sound bad. I'm new to all this and I just have no idea what to expect...
TTCAL Siggy Challenge: "He's my favorite. His birthday is the same as mine almost"
Missing my little one lost at 9 weeks on 2.24.13. brokenhearted but not broken...
d&c 5/21/13... Still Healing, Still Standing...
MMC discovered 10/2/2013, TWINS... d&c 10/7/2013. I still miss you, little ones.
Surgery December 2013 to remove a 10+cm fibroid... Open myomectomy. Benched for 3-9 months...
Will TTC summer Summer 2014 we hope!
Dear God, Since I couldn't hold my little one in my lap and tell him about you, could you hold him in your lap and tell him about me?
PgAL and PAL always welcome...
Re: For those with GD who LOST weight...
I'm "curvy" and 5'4". With my DD I didn't lose weight, but I plateaued at my highest weight around 36 weeks and stayed there until delivery at 39 weeks. I gained 17 lbs total and walked out of the hospital at pre-pregnancy weight.
With this LO, I gained 10 lbs before getting pregnant again, and have lost 9 lbs since I started the diet 11 weeks ago. It's not because I "need" to (though I certainly have it to spare) or because I was trying to, I just eat healthier and less carbs on this diet which caused the weight to come off. I'm also more active this time chasing DD around. I still have 17 weeks to go, so we'll see where I end up overall.
If you start losing weight and your doctors are concerned, they will probably up your calorie/fat intake by way of proteins and veggies. But as long as they aren't concerned, I wouldn't be either.
DD1 Feb 2010
DD2 Sept 2011
House / Baby blog
>
I am 5'1" and started my first pregnancy at 115. I was nauseous and lost weight in the beginning. I was diagnosed in early 3rd tri at 119 lbs. I delivered DD at 39 weeks,1d weighing 122 lbs. I did not gain much during my pregnancy and hardly anything once on the diet. DD weighed 7 lbs 5 oz.
This pregnancy, I started at 97 lbs. I got diagnosed at 13 weeks weighing 99 lbs. I now weigh 103 lbs. My MFM limits my fat grams (15 per day, 5 with each meal). I eat extra protein when I am hungry and I do sneak a little extra fat (cheese sticks) here and there. The nutritionist said they were going to "fatten me up". LOL- on 15 grams of fat. I just don't see how I am supposed to gain weight on such limited fat, but at my last ultrasound baby was perfect. My nutritionist actually got after me in my first pregnancy because I was eating fat free cottage cheese with snacks. The horror...I wasn't allowed a dairy serving at those times.
I think that most GD moms gain much less once they are diagnosed than people allowed to eat whatever they want whenever they want. You will be closely monitored with ultrasounds to make sure that your baby is growing well. I wouldn't worry about lack of weight gain or weight loss unless your doctor is worried. If you are very hungry or feel "too full" at the end of the day to eat all of your food, then bring it up with the nutritionist. Maybe they can move some calories around for you.
I'm 5'7" and weighed 170 when I got my BFP. I had been about 145-150 up until 6 months before we got pg and then had gained the extra weight. I only went up to 186 by the time I was diagnosed at 29 weeks (so up 16 lbs).
In the first 1.5 weeks on the diet I lost 9 lbs so they increased my calories by 200. That put me at 31 weeks and only up 7 lbs from my pp weight. When I delivered at 39w1d (induced) I weighed 188 so I only gained 18 lbs the entire pg.
I am now 2w3d post delivery and weigh 162. I am EP due to latch issues but I sure that has helped.
My doctor wants me to be at 150 by 9 months pp in order to maintain our healthcare benefits so it is exciting to have dropped so much weight already considering I can't work out or even lift LO in his carseat until 6 weeks pp. I'd like to be back to 140 maybe even 135 so I guess we will see.