Dr. Luke and weight gain

TobieRose · June 2013

Just returned Dr. Luke's book to the library. I enjoyed reading it and found it really helpful, but am wondering about the whole weight thing ...? I have only gained about eight pounds so far (I'm 17+5 today). Actually if you want to start counting from pre-pregnancy weight it's only about 3-4 pounds. I lost five pounds right after getting pregnant, not due to morning sickness or anything--I think it had more to do with the effect of pregnancy on my breastfeeding and my boobs shrinking. :-P

I'm not super anxious because I feel the babies move etc, I'm just wondering if Dr. Luke exaggerates a bit ...??

SV917 · June 2013

I fail to see how having a fat a.s.s is going to help my babies. I figure as long as I'm eating the proper nutrients, and gaining weight, I'm fine. It has been much easier to gain weight as the second tri goes along, but I was about 12 pounds short of Dr. Luke's 20week goal. I was on the lower end of the BMI scale prepregnancy and my doctor only recommended gaining 35 pounds. I'm aiming for somewhere in between those two recommendations.

Brummy14 · June 2013

Lol @ PP -- I know some people swear by her book, but I dunno. I hit all the weight gain milestones all throughout my (short) pregnancy, and it didn't do me a ton of good.

Granted, who the heck knows why my LOs decided the third trimester was for the birds, but I don't think additional calories would have made them change their minds.

karo112 · June 2013

TobieRose:
Just returned Dr. Luke's book to the library. I enjoyed reading it and found it really helpful, but am wondering about the whole weight thing ...? I have only gained about eight pounds so far (I'm 17+5 today). Actually if you want to start counting from pre-pregnancy weight it's only about 3-4 pounds. I lost five pounds right after getting pregnant, not due to morning sickness or anything--I think it had more to do with the effect of pregnancy on my breastfeeding and my boobs shrinking. :-P

I'm not super anxious because I feel the babies move etc, I'm just wondering if Dr. Luke exaggerates a bit ...??

I only gained 20 total (I was overweight to begin with) and my girls were fine....She is a little nutty - doesn't she advise like 8 eggs a day or something?? Just trust your instincts and listen to you doctor.

CaliCarly77 · June 2013

I had been super stressing about this since finding out its twins, because I really have no appetite and when I eat too much I feel really sick. I have put on a grand total of 1.5 pounds going into my 10th week. And am eating like crazy.

After a few days of feeling so ill from eating (and not really gaining anyway), I finally decided to do as PP said - eat healthy, be healthy, feel well and try to get the nutrients I need and follow MY drs orders.

I am taking her advice to really slow down and not over do it, and listen to my body and I think that was good - before my twins u/s I was working out still and getting super light headed - obviously good to be told to back off of that.

LuvWIfootball · June 2013

I did my best to follow Dr. Luke's recommendations for weight gain and daily protein intake. I didn't count calories, so I don't know how close I was to those each day. My weight gain was within the recommendations and my babies were large for triplets (5.9, 5.12, and 7.5lbs). Maybe it was because of the weight gain and protein and maybe I just got lucky, who knows? But IMO, why not try? Nothing hurt by gaining the weight. I lost all by 7 lbs by 4wks pp.

And as a side note, the nutritionist at my MFM's office used Dr. Luke's book as a guideline too.

MelleTX · June 2013

My OB said to add 300 calories per baby per day what you normally eat. I added 600 per day (roughly) and was fine. I started out overweight so I didn't gain anything until about 18 weeks. I think everyone is different. Your body will gain what it needs to gain for your pregnancy. If you naturally gain, then you will naturally lose. JMO

macchiatto · June 2013

LuvWIfootball:
I did my best to follow Dr. Luke's recommendations for weight gain and daily protein intake. I didn't count calories, so I don't know how close I was to those each day. My weight gain was within the recommendations and my babies were large for triplets (5.9, 5.12, and 7.5lbs). Maybe it was because of the weight gain and protein and maybe I just got lucky, who knows? But IMO, why not try? Nothing hurt by gaining the weight. I lost all by 7 lbs by 4wks pp.

And as a side note, the nutritionist at my MFM's office used Dr. Luke's book as a guideline too.

This was true for me, too, but twins and they were 6lbs10oz and 6lbs7oz at 37w6d. No complications. And while there are certainly some Dr. Luke dissenters and of course plenty of exceptions to the rule (i.e. people who gained little and still had healthy full-term babies, or people who followed her recs and had preemies), her research was used in putting together official weight gain guidelines for multiple pregnancies so it has been validated by others.

That said, I had only gained 2 lbs by 12w (when I found out I was having twins) but gained a pretty steady 2 lbs/wk after that and ended up gaining 54 lbs total.

ceechie · June 2013

macchiatto:
LuvWIfootball:
I did my best to follow Dr. Luke's recommendations for weight gain and daily protein intake.  I didn't count calories, so I don't know how close I was to those each day.  My weight gain was within the recommendations and my babies were large for triplets (5.9, 5.12, and 7.5lbs).  Maybe it was because of the weight gain and protein and maybe I just got lucky, who knows?  But IMO, why not try?  Nothing hurt by gaining the weight.  I lost all by 7 lbs by 4wks pp.   

And as a side note, the nutritionist at my MFM's office used Dr. Luke's book as a guideline too.
This was true for me, too, but twins and they were 6lbs10oz and 6lbs7oz at 37w6d. No complications. And while there are certainly some Dr. Luke dissenters and of course plenty of exceptions to the rule (i.e. people who gained little and still had healthy full-term babies, or people who followed her recs and had preemies), her research was used in putting together official weight gain guidelines for multiple pregnancies so it has been validated by others.
That said, I had only gained 2 lbs by 12w (when I found out I was having twins) but gained a pretty steady 2 lbs/wk after that and ended up gaining 54 lbs total.

I'm with these pp's. I ended at 54lbs and 37 weeks. My twins girls were 7lbs7oz and 6lbs5oz. It took a minute to get to 24 at 24. But I got caught up and feel really proud how far I got and how big the girls were. I totally agree with the notion of "what could it hurt!?" So what if I have to eat more and get a little bigger for a couple years? I had a multiple pregnancy. And I would try anything to make sure they get a great start. The research was there for me and my nutritionist from my hospitals MoMs group uses the guidelines.

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