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Who else has gained A LOT of weight!

Nutella1979Nutella1979
in December 2012 Moms

I know there are a bazillion weight gain post. I just wanted to hear the experience of others who have gained A LOT of weight.

I gained 13lbs between 2-11 weeks. I thought I didn't gain much in the past few weeks. Well surprised at my OB appointment this week. I gained another 14 lbs between 11-17 weeks. That's a total of 27 lbs Crying

OB is not concerned. She said I was pretty skinny to start with (125lbs, 5'8). First time moms often gain more weight. It will settle. Blah blah.

I expected to gain about 40 lbs. Now I don't know WHAT to expect!

 

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Re: Who else has gained A LOT of weight!

  • magnoliablossom00magnoliablossom00 member

    I gained 50 with my first. Honestly, if your doc isn't worried, then I wouldn't be concerned. Many women gain more with their first. I have only gained 8 so far, and am hoping to only gain 30 total this time around.

    If it makes you feel any better, you will lose 20ish lbs after giving birth (but don't check until the swelling goes down and all the fluids leave your body at about 2ish weeks PP).

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  • LoveBeingAWife33008LoveBeingAWife33008
    I am up 23 in week 20. :-(
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  • mlangsmlangs member

    I am up there too.

    We attribute it to FTM and age, plus I was in so much pain (little better right now) that I couldn't do much for a while.

    My Dr. would like to see me gain less than I am, but I am not in danger or anything.

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  • KatieKim0815KatieKim0815 member

    Confession...I gained seventy with my first and never lost it. I def battled with some pod and think this affected my lack of loss. So far I am around ten lbs or so.

    Edit: pod means post partum...autocorrect 

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  • Nutella1979Nutella1979
    I feel better... Thing is - I didn't get morning sickness. I was HUNGRY all the time... And much less active than I normally am. Sigh.
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  • LadyNikonLadyNikon member
    22lbs.  I am gonna be pumping until I am back to my normal fat kid weight..
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  • hellopoppyseedhellopoppyseed
    I gained 50-60 with ds1 and a lot of it was in the beginning. I was also super slender and the dr didn't care because of that. Your body just does what it does. Eat when you are hungry. Don't eat if you aren't hungry. 
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  • mkinMImkinMI
    I gained 50 lbs with my fist two pregnancies.  This time I'm 19 weeks and I've gained between 16-18 so far.  My Dr. never says anything about my weight gain.
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  • rockinmommyrockinmommy
    With my first I started at 125, by th end I was over 200 lb. I stopped looking at the scale. For some reason, my dr never seemed concerned. I did not have GD, but near the end I had a ton of water weight gain, and swelled up quite a bit. I lost quite a bit after the baby, and slowly lost some more weight, but I did keep quite a few pounds. I was HUGE though..........so far I'm 20 weeks now, and have gained about 15 give or take depending if it's a good day or not.
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  • peacelove&mamapeacelove&mama member
    Ive gained about 13lbs or so with this one so far, but when I was pregnant with my son I went from 120 to 172, so 52lbs. If you're eating well and your doctor isn't concerned, try and relax!
     

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  • GigiFairyGigiFairy
    I've gained a ton as well in this pg; so far about 20lbs. I had just lost 40lbs before getting pregnant and I started eating some of the stuff I shouldn't have on 1st tri. I'm going to try to eat healthier; I guess we shall see how it all turns out at the end. My doctor keeps on telling me to control my weight gain... Ugh!
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  • SwanRiver27SwanRiver27
    Me! 20 lbs so far and only half way there.
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  • lmb5109lmb5109 member

    I'm up 17lbs in week 20. Doc isn't really worried since I'm tapering off steroids for my Crohn's (IBD, stomach issues) and I ate nothing but carbs from 6-13 weeks.

    I know I'll be over 40lbs. I'm a FTM and I was 10lbs over the ideal weight I should of been.

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  • WiscoMom67WiscoMom67

    I think our bodies are more prone to packing on the pounds with first pregnancies.  I gained around 50 lbs with my first, but had a very healthy pregnancy and remained active throughout.  I lost it all (or at least within 5 lbs) within a year.

    This time, I'm still gaining, but not as quickly (up 9 lbs at 18 weeks) and I'm not really doing much/anything differently.  Hoping to stay below 35 lbs total this time around.

    But as others have said - your body will do what it needs to do.  Focus on being healthy and having a healthy child, and let the numbers go.

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  • Ashley5704Ashley5704 member
    I'm at 13 pounds in week 21.
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