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Gained Almost 20 Pounds in a Month????

JML125JML125
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So I go for my routine appt today...I'm 4 1/2 months along.  Hop on the scale and I gained almost 20 pounds...IN ONE MONTH???  I watch what I eat (not saying I don't indulge at times), my clothes still fit, although I can no longer button my pants. I work out everyday (with the exception of the past two weeks b/c I hurt my knee).  And no one can see that I've gained that much weight...

My dr. is making me see a dietician and I have to go for a glucose test.  I got the lecture on a traumatic vaginal birth and how she doesn't like to see her patients get a c-section.  Or I'm in store for one of those 18 pound babies.

I'm terrified right now...of looking like a parade float and hurting the baby.  I've gained my allotted weight for the entire pregnancy and I'm only halfway there...

Anyone hear similar stories?? 

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  • jhelly77jhelly77 member
    I feel like you would know if you gained 20 lbs in a month, wouldn't you?  Maybe the scale was wrong this visit or last?  Are you swollen?  Weight gain that fast is usually water weight.
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  • WaitingOnNo2WaitingOnNo2
    I gained 60 lbs with my first pregnancy and my LO was only 8 lbs.  Don't worry-your body does what it knows it needs to.  Thanks to my massive weight gain I had a killer milk supply.  AND, I lost 50 of those 60 lbs within 6 months of having my LO.
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  • m1ssl1ssm1ssl1ss member
    water retention?
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  • sherpasherpa member
    Wow, you really can't tell that you put on 20 pounds? Something else must be up...broken scale, you wore heavier clothes this time, you forgot to put your handbag down...something. I've known several friends that gained 60 pounds and had normal babies, none of them had gd or anything else abnormal.
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  • jenickjenick member
    I'd be finding another scale to double check that number..... That just doesn't seem right. 
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  • LilenaLilena

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    I'd be finding another scale to double check that number..... That just doesn't seem right. 

     

    yeah this, they shoulda double checked or something.

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  • SpincycleSpincycle member

    I gained 18 in 5 weeks. It was all baby and breast tissue. I also gained 55 pounds with baby #1 an dlost all but 20 when got pregnant with #2. Gained abother 30 with her, then lost all again all but 20 when I found out I was pregnant again. So far - only gained 5 this time.

    See the dietician - you may not realize some of the stuff you're eating is packing on pounds or wtaer weight and def have the glucose test. AFter they come back normal - purchase a digital scale and weigh yourself once a week. If one week you put on too much - increase fruits, veggies, and lean protein the next week to balance.

    If you were too skinny to begin with - your body with pack on extra maternal tissue in prep of your being a Mommy too :)

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  • mlhw NHmlhw NH member
    I have gained 20 in two months which is too much for me.  They are sending me to a dietician as well.  My midwife said that where I had lost so much weight pre pregnancy (54 lbs.) that I have to be extra careful because it will come back on much faster than if I hadn't lost the weight.  She is sending me to the dietician as well. I started writing down everything that I am eating so that I can show the dietician.  I felt like you OP I eat pretty healthy. I already discovered that I am indulging more than I thought I was.  For me, whether it is portion sizes or junk it is obviously what is adding up
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  • Jen0204Jen0204 member
    Maybe TMI, but have you been having regular bowel movements?  My doctor just had me start taking milk of magnesia in addition to Colace a few days ago and just from having regular bowel movements again I've dropped a few pounds.  Not that it would account for 20 pounds, but that could be part of the issue.
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