i googled, i checked my books...dumb question

Re: i googled, i checked my books...dumb question

• sam19 member

  February 2009

  hm..I definitely think that your body is working much harder when you are pregnant so it could be possible but I don't know. DO you have bad morning sickness?

  NATALIE - 9/13/09 HANNAH - 6/8/12

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• ZacksBride

  February 2009

  i believe that the average woman needs 300 more calories/day during 2nd and 3rd trimester, same for breastfeeding.  dont think there are increased needs in 1st, and not sure about burning more calories than baseline
  

  DS1 10/5/09

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• *bunny*

  February 2009

  sam19:

  hm..I definitely think that your body is working much harder when you are pregnant so it could be possible but I don't know. DO you have bad morning sickness?

  only had a few days of nausea but no puking.  also i know i don't need more calories right now but i can't really help myself!

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• HeyyRed

  February 2009

  My doctor said that the only change a woman who is pregnant NEEDS to make to her caloric intake is the equivalent to an extra apple a day. If you follow the Canadian Food Guide (which is brutally hard to follow) then you will be fine.

  I am 16 weeks and I haven't gained much. I can tell from my tops that I am wearing that nothing has changed in terms of my sizing and thankfully neither has my arse.?

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• JCM052707

  February 2009

  I don't know the scientific answer or anything, but I think that you definitely do. THink about all that your body is doing the first trimester!? I have been eating a little more I think (and more things that are unheathy ie: whole dairy yogurt, ice cream, etc) and I've even lost weight even though I have quite the belly.

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• *bunny*

  February 2009

  i guess i am just slow to gain, i just feel like if i was eating like this and not pregnant i would have gained!  oh well i shan't be complaining

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• iris427 member

  February 2009

  ZacksBride:

  i believe that the average woman needs 300 more calories/day during 2nd and 3rd trimester, same for breastfeeding.  dont think there are increased needs in 1st, and not sure about burning more calories than baseline
  

  It's actually more for breastfeeding.  You need more calories to breastfeed than to maintain a pregnancy.

  
  

  
  

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• meg1974 member

  February 2009

  I know your heart beats faster when PG, so that could make you burn more calories.

  I lost weight in my first few weeks, but I also wasn't eating a whole lot and was throwing up. I'm just now starting to gain weight (even though my eating situation hasn't changed). 
  

  
  
  
  
  

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• octoberwed2008

  February 2009

  *bunny*:

  do you actually burn more calories just by simply being pregnant? 

  i am asking because i haven't gained any weight yet despite eating way more than normal and not exercising....it doesn't make any sense to me.  i am definitely bloated but that doesn't seem to affect my weight either.  any ideas?

  Ok this is actually happening to me too. I feel like I am eating a lot more than I did before but I havent gained 1 pound yet. oh well not complaining either! I am sure that it will come soon enough

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• jenerally member

  February 2009

  metabolism definitely increases when you are pregnant.

  I do not make things up

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• sherpa member

  February 2009

  You're burning more calories - you only need 300 extra calories than normal but you don't even need that until your second trimester. ?That's what I've read in one of my pg books.

  

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