Weight gain...but where?

Re: Weight gain...but where?

• Tweeks23 member

  January 2014

  I'm not really sure what to tell you. I am only up 1.5lbs but look like I've gained 15! My boobs are massive and my butt has gotten bigger but thats it. 

  

  
  

  
  

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• naturaloaklandmama member

  January 2014

  I am right at the same point you are and I am up about 10 pounds though the scale is creeping up every single time I get on it now. I gained probably only about 2-4 during the first tri and now its definitely coming on. I am gaining all over -- most noticeable in my tum -- but also my hips, boobs, butt, and some in my arms and legs. I was hoping to be one of those preggers ladies that only looks pregnant from the stomach but my body is disagreeing with that. Everyones body is different. My midwife said not to compare because of that and that unless she sees me gain 10 pounds in between a visit, I shouldn't worry, and hsouldn't hyper-focus on the number on the scale. Thats such a shift for me that I have been struggling with it a bit. But just trying to remind myself that I am growing a baby so of course we are going to put on weight. I also spoke to some other women who are further along and they said they gained everywhere and then suddenly it all seemed to migrate to the stomach. So maybe that is happening but you jsut haven't noticed the slight incrase all over? Anyway, as long as your doc is fine with it, I am sure all is well. 

  
  

  
  

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• Lynnja616 member

  January 2014

  Weight can come from:

  Baby

  Placenta

  Amniotic FLuid

  Increased blood volume

  Increased fluid being stored in tissue

  Uterus

  Boobs

  Additional fat stores

   

  

  

  

  

   

   

   

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• coffee89 member

  January 2014

  From all the rings your baby needs to having a meal or lots of water before stepping on the scale will change that number. If you are worried ask your doctor.

  
  

  I'm almost 20 weeks and I've actually not gained anything even with my boobs and bump getting bigger. So I'm not much help

  BFP: July 2013 M/C August 5, 2013

  BFP: October 22, 2013 EDD: June 21, 2014

  Baby boy arrived June 23, 2014

  
  BFP: February 2016 EDD: October 17, 2016

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• khaalid00 member

  January 2014

  I'm 22 weeks and gained 12lbs. Mostly belly and plump breast. I have a small frame and average height so it's easy to see where the weight has gone. Are you tall and the weight you gained is equally distributed on you body?? Perhaps, most is water intake than fat.

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• FeliciaTwo member

  January 2014

  Certainly water weighs a lot, so a good deal of that gain could be blood volume and/or water retention.  Another possibility is that you hadn't taken a dump in a couple of days, so that added weight.
  
  Also, here's another possibility: have you done any kind of different exercise recently?  Something that would build muscle?  When I'm doing weightlifting I always tend to *look smaller* but *weigh more* (from muscle weight).
  

  
  

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