Holy Moly! No wonder I popped!

sweetgirl82 · March 2011

In the first 5 months of my pregnancy I gained only about 6 pounds and really didn't have much of a bump to show anybody. Midwife said I was probably a late bloomer and would start showing rapidly starting around 24 weeks. My sixth month I gained 4 pounds and finally started to show. This past month (month 7) everyone kept saying that I was finally looking like a pregnant lady, which was true, but today I found out why. I gained 10 pounds last month! This means that I have gained half of my total pregnancy weight in one month's time. Sheesh!

Hopefully I can maintain a healthy pound a week from here on out. Anybody else really pop this past month?

MrsD1 · March 2011

Definitely. I didn't really look pregnant until about 29-30 weeks. I also gained about 8 lbs. in my seventh month.

AmyO. · March 2011

Same here. I gained 9 lbs in the last month compared to the 9 I gained the first 6 months.

croberts22 · March 2011

I gained 3 lbs between day 1 and week 19, then gained 13 between week 19-28. It was during that time that people started saying I looked more obviously pregnant. I'm hoping it slows down, but if it doesn't I should still be able to keep the gain to under 35 lbs.

Mulhollem42 · March 2011

Yes! Same thing happened to me. I could not believe I gained 10lb in one month all of a sudden. My other check ups were small gains 2-3lb, now everyone is like, wow you really popped! My doctor reassured me I just needed to "catch up"

dahansen85 · March 2011

I gained 10 pounds last month. I had also only gained about 5 pounds before that in total.

SFBayMrs · March 2011

I gained almost all of my weight (and finally started showing) in the last 6 weeks or so. Craziness. Hoping it'll level out now!

mrs pH · March 2011

Same here... I have gained 20lbs so far and it was mostly gained since 28 weeks. I can't remember how much I gained each month, but I know month 7 to 8, I gained 6 lbs and thought crap, I need to slow down... but doctor wasn't concerned and said to keep going with whatever I was doing.

Random side note: Every time I see a post title with "popped" in it, I read it as "pooped". Silly me.

deo · March 2011

This is what happened to me in January. I had barely gained any weight (0 to 4lbs depending on the day) and then at my 23 week appointment I had gained 11 lbs in 4 weeks. It's been a steady gain since then.

NothingLikeBarbie · March 2011

I gained all my weight right away, and it's finally seeming to slow down. I was excited that I hadn't gained any weight in a month lol. I've gained 27 pounds. Oops.