50 lbs gained! What in the heck am I carrying?

buggles · May 2011

186-136 = 50 right? (I know, wow! I can do math).

Or maybe the better question is, WHERE in the heck am I carrying?

Granted I am on bed-rest but geez! Last pregnancy on bed-rest I gained 35lbs instead.

Anyone else? Bed-rest or otherwise? And how heavy was your baby?

sleepingbeauty825 · May 2011

I gained about that much with my son. He was 9lbs 3oz. This time I am watching my diet much more closely, plus I developed GD so I have only gained 20lbs-ish so far.

DHYGchica3 · May 2011

I'm also up 50 lbs. I''m apparently carrying in my butt, thighs, and boobs as well. Tongue Tied

buggles · May 2011

DHYGchica3:
I'm also up 50 lbs. I''m apparently carrying in my butt, thighs, and boobs as well.

Sadly, I think that's what's going on with me too. (Not that I expected a 50lb tot or anything).

jennahorner · May 2011

I am up 70lbs. Yeah...terrible! It is going to be fun trying to lose all this weight...NOT. My weight gain has actually come to a hault this past two weeks...which is strange because I am eating more now than I have my whole pregnancy. I blame Winter.

kriskros · May 2011

i started out at 120 and i now weigh 163.. ugh.. I dont get how. I was healthy before and I have been pretty good this whole pregnancy.. I work out and up until month 7 i had a job where i was on my feet all day. I dont know where its all going bc im still pretty thin.. So hopefully im not having a 30 lb child.. im measuring out right so who knows. My doc thinks its just genetics bc my mom gained roughly 50 with each of her kids

kriskros · May 2011

oh and im not on br so i dont have that excuse.

quitaof3 · May 2011

Your not along,i just made 7 months and i have already gained 4o pounds!

NJMom050911 · May 2011

I've gained 60. So glad I'm not the only one. It's depressing and I cannot wait to work out again.

scootRN · May 2011

I have gained a little over 40 pounds, 20 of which has been in the past couple of months, which has coincided with me swelling up like a balloon. So, I am blaming fluid retention for the most part...all this swelling has to weigh a lot, right? Right??

CagleBaby · May 2011

With #1 I gained 60 and she was 8lbs 10oz (40wk 5d)

with #2 I gained 45 and she was 7lbs 5 oz (37wk 6d)

with # 3 I have only gained 7lbs.

stampygarrett · May 2011

Me too! Well... up 54 .

My sister gained a little over 50 and my mom gained 60 with two pregnancies and 80 with my brother! The doctor said that makes sense - some of it can be genetic. I haven't changed my eating/exercise habits since the BFP so it was upsetting at first but at this point I am just over it. No worries, we will all lose the weight! My jogging stroller is ready to go!

Valeriam · May 2011

I gained 55 with my first. She ended up coming out at 9 lbs 20z. I lost 40 of it right away in like two weeks and the rest came out after a year or two. You could be retaining water or have a lot of water in your bag. THIS time i am exercising 3 times a week and have only gained 18 lbs so far at 30 wks. I don't watch what I eat but have always kept a healthy diet. Good luck. You should be okay. Just work out later and give it a year or two.

UndecidedChange · May 2011

I watched what I ate, exercised throughout the entire pregnancy, and gained 53 lbs as of late. My OB is not worried, evidently.

The only saving grace is that my entire family is thin, and my mom and sister have both had 50+ pregnancies and bounced back to thindom quickly.

Mrssjb · May 2011

I've gained 40 and my doc is livid at me. I freak out about the scale everytime I'm there. My face is thin, my arms are thin... but my tummy, thighs, and boobs are all massive!( How much can 42 J's weigh?! my back is killing me!) I was sick w/ the flu for what seems like the whole month of January which had me on bed rest January and then part of February. And it wasn't a particularly kind NE winter so I couldn't walk. I come from a large family but we're built for it ( I am the only one barely under 6 feet tall) and my husbands family is very small ( MIL is 5'1'')..so I have no idea what size my LO will be. I just know the second I get the ok to work out I am working my tail off cause I have two weddings to be in this Fall!

cmw&tdm · May 2011

No worries, I ended up gaining 60 with DD. I ate mostly healthy (I guess it was a lot more water weight?), because losing it was a lot easier actually than the 30 I gained with DS.

Simonaaaa · May 2011

I've gained 50 lbs. (so far) as well. With DD I gained a total of 60 lbs. She ended up weighing 8lbs. 3oz. I'm not worried about since my doctor's not.

klcl8981 · May 2011

My son is purely made of tacos and sundaes. I gained 50 lbs, and he was 8 lbs. 2 oz. at birth.

This pregnancy, I'm at 26 lbs. gained, although I never returned to pre-pregnancy weight before getting pregnant again!! Still, major improvement.

asnowracer · May 2011

When I was on bedrest I gained 44 pounds and my son was 8 lbs 10 oz.

This pregnancy I think the rate of my weight gain is slower.

kriskros · May 2011

my doc hasnt been so nice about it either... hes made comments like "what are you eating..? and "how did you gain 6 lbs in two weeks...?" I told DH at our last appt if he said anything like that again he had to take him outside and say something but luckily I lost 3 lbs that week so he was nice lol. Id leave there thinking i should maybe swtich docs but i didnt want to deal with that process this late in the game...

kriskros · May 2011

klcl8981:

My son is purely made of tacos and sundaes. I gained 50 lbs, and he was 8 lbs. 2 oz. at birth.

HAHA. i wonder what my babys made of...

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