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30 Week Appointment and weight gain + pregnancy BP Posted: 11-29-07 13:26pm


So, I was ready for this appointment to be over anyway. I drank my nice little orange drink and went in. Everything was fine until I ask the nurse how much I gained. She wouldn't tell me. I waited for the doctor and asked him and he said he didn't want to talk about it. He measured me and I am right on track. My blood pressure is a little high and they want to watch that. Then he told me how much I gained in the last 6 weeks: 19 pounds . I have no earthly idea how I gained this much. I'm actually eating less now than before my last appointment six weeks ago. I'm back down to my kid-sized meals pretty much thanks to the acid reflux. I don't know what to do now. I'm just so depressed. I'd been trying so hard not to gain too much weight. I know I have some swelling and I think that has some to do with this, but I just don't know how much of that accounts for the swelling. My husband's getting upset with me on top of this because he doesn't understand why I"m freaked out about the weight gain. He says I should just be happy that she's healthy-which I am happy about don't get me wrong. I'm the one that has to lose this afterwards though. I'm just scared of what I'm going to look like and how much more I'm going to gain. I need a vacation right now. I seriously feel like crying.

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Posted: 11-29-07 13:41pm


((((HUGS)))) I'm sorry you're having a difficult time with the weight gain. It's been the hardest part of pregnancy for me too, mainly because I dealt with an eating disorder while I was in college, and some of those negative body image thoughts still linger. I have been lucky to not have a large weight gain during pregnancy (up 17 lb.), though I did freak out a little because I gained the weight unevenly (gained 7-8 lb. in the first trimester alone, when most women gain very little if at all) but I think this is just the way my body is carrying this pregnancy as I have been eating enormously most of pregnancy until recently. I do still exercise 3-4 days a week, but my pace & intensity is just barely there. The good news is you are probably getting close to leveling off on the weight gain front. I know everyone is different, but in my case, I have not really gained weight since 31 or 32 weeks (sometimes, I'm even down a lb. or 2 at the OB's office now). If you are having swelling and retaining fluid, that can influence your weight tremendously. I just have to eat a lot of salt one day, and my weight is up by 5 lb. the next morning. I haven't had a horrid time with fluid retention during pregnancy except when I eat saltier meals (restaurant meals and especially Chinese food), but I did have a bad reaction to the last birth control pill I was on. I retained SO much fluid, my feet and ankles & knees swelled so bad, it hurt to just walk around the house, and my weight went up 20 lb. in 1 month (I am not kidding, it was horrid) due to retaining fluids. The good news is that weight is all lost quickly once you have the baby (or in my case, once I stopped the pill & got it out of my system). I remember just peeing and peeing like crazy, and my weight went back down. The other things you can do is to try to avoid salty foods (don't cut out salt completely because that's dangerous but on the other hand, try not to add salt to things or eat too many foods high in sodium) and be sure to drink plenty of water. It will help to flush the excess fluid from your body. ((((HUGS)))) I know it is difficult. Feel free to PM me if you like.

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Posted: 11-29-07 13:51pm


I know about the whole anorexia thing. I struggled with that and overexcercising as well. I kinda got over that when I met my husband but I still struggle at times. BC did a number on me as well. I went from weighing 125 to 160 in four years. Part of that was due to steroids (about 20 of that actually). I was already a lot heavier than I wanted to be before I got pregnant. I know I should just be happy she's healthy but I'm worried about me too. I need to be healthy too. I'm not going to do anything to hurt the baby of course. I'm just really depressed right now.

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Posted: 11-29-07 14:10pm


Oh man, I'm sooo sorry about your weight gain. TRUST ME, I've been there!!!! With Oni, I was AVERAGING 12lbs at every 4 week appt!!! It got soo bad, that I didn't even want to know anymore... Tell your hubby to LAY OFF!! It's sooo hard to deal with the gain, WITHOUT him telling you to calm down. Has HE ever gained 19lbs in a month and a half?!?! I HIGHLY doubt it!!! You MUST tell yourself that REGUARDLESS of the gain, your baby is healthy. And trust me, it's not as hard as you think to lose the weight afterwards. You can take the baby for a stroll, or even just stroll by yourself. My christmas gift is going to be a membership to the gym!!!!!!! So I can excercise the last month of pregnancy AND the months after!!!! I wish we lived closer!! We have so much in common!!! you're beautiful and I MUST see some new belly shots!!! Sarah

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Posted: 11-29-07 20:50pm


I think I'm going to take some new shots either tonight or tomorrow. It depends on how I feel when Brandon gets home. I just don't see how I gained so much. I really don't eat much at all. I went to Crackerbarrell yesterday and ate a kid's veggie plate and that was enough to stuff me. Well, I've nixed all the cokes and water's my new best friend. I went walking before work today for about 20 minutes so I think I'm going to keep doing that too. I wish we lived closer too. Maybe one of these days when we go to Gulf Shores for one of our yearly visits we can swing down to New Orleans for a day and meet up. That would be loads of fun. Oh, I have a Curves membership waiting to be reactivated once I start back to work so I will be hitting the gym. I plan on walking everyday after she's here too. Maybe it will come off quickly. I'm supposed to be in a wedding in June next year.

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Posted: 11-29-07 20:56pm


I gained 59 lbs with Ava and it was really hard for me. Sometimes I didn't know where it came from b/c I didn't eat much different. I did pig out sometimes, but not all the time. One time I gained 11 lbs in 4 weeks. My dr. never fussed me about it. He just said that at the end the baby will start packing on the pounds if I didn't slow it down with the weight gain. I felt terrible about it. This pregnancy I gained 1 lb in a week. I'm hoping not to gain as much. Just to let you know I've been there. It can come off easy especially if you breastfeed. Don't worry about it. Just eat when you're hungry and worry about weightloss later. You have a baby baking right now.

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Posted: 11-29-07 21:05pm


I gained 40 pounds with Jaylon and my doc didn't rant at all about it. Your baby is healthy and that's all that really matters

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Posted: 11-29-07 21:13pm


65lbs my first preg hun dont feel bad.

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Posted: 11-29-07 22:25pm


I gained almost 40 pounds in only 28 weeks! But a lot of mine was fluid. I've lost 12 pounds already and I delivered 2 weeks ago today.

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Posted: 11-30-07 09:37am


Aww hun gaining weight is hard... I gained 60 pounds when I was pregnant with Bella, but now I have like 7 pounds to go to be at my pre-pregnancy weight. I remember my doctor actually told me I had to stop eating at one appointment. I flipped! The one time in mty life I can eat whatever whenever and my own doctor says that? I was furious. The swelling does have a lot to do with it, and I swear after I had the baby I lost almost 40lbs immediately. It'll work out, and don't feel bad for feeling bad, it's completely natural! Oh and By the way ... YAY FOR 30 WEEKS! man you must be getting excited!

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Posted: 11-30-07 18:57pm


I totally understand where you are coming from. I've gaind way more than i've planned, and i still have 3 weeks left. I'm up to 40 lbs. I started off a bit over weight so i wanted to keep my weight to a minimum, but i screwed that up. My doctor has not said anything about my gain, but i feel huge, and like a heffer. I don't even pay attention anymore. If my doctors are concerned then they will tell me. My BP was a bit high at this last visit, but they said i didn't have any protien in my pee so maybe i was just excited. But like the others said if your baby is healthy then i wouldn't worry. I gained 10lbs at one visit a couple of months ago. I was so shocked. I was like you i haven't been eating a lot, or a bunch of crap. I too don't know where it comes from sometimes.

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Posted: 12-01-07 12:33pm


If I could suggest ANY type of advice (besides excercise), it would be to NOT eat after 7pm. I find that that's helped me LOADS!!!! Oh and get a scale. I weight myself every morning so whenI go into the Dr's I'm not in COMPLETE shock!! LOL! But you look GREAT!!! Sarah

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Posted: 12-01-07 22:13pm


Ya don't feel bad, I gained 80 lbs!!!! It was horrible! I would have killed to only gain 30,40, or even 50 lbs! You'll be fine!!

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Posted: 12-01-07 23:48pm

onmyway_0x wrote:

Aww hun gaining weight is hard... I gained 60 pounds when I was pregnant with Bella, but now I have like 7 pounds to go to be at my pre-pregnancy weight.
I remember my doctor actually told me I had to stop eating at one appointment. I flipped! The one time in mty life I can eat whatever whenever and my own doctor says that? I was furious.
The swelling does have a lot to do with it, and I swear after I had the baby I lost almost 40lbs immediately.
It'll work out, and don't feel bad for feeling bad, it's completely natural!

Oh and By the way ... YAY FOR 30 WEEKS!
man you must be getting excited!

Holy Crap! I gained 68 lbs but I still have 20 to lose so that I am down to what I want to be which isn't even my pre-pregnancy weight!

Don't feel bad though. Weight sorta just happens with a healthy pregnancy.

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Posted: 12-03-07 12:37pm


Hey Monkey girl, I am going through the exact same thing as you, I gained 18lbs form my 26wk visit to my 30wk visit. For a total weight gain of 48lbs so far. And I am eating approximately the same as pre pregnancy. My Doctor just kinda said that maybe I am not aware of what I am eating, I kinda chuckled. I also struggled with anorexia in the past and if there is anything I know, is that I am aware of what I eat. Maybe our body is worried we may to into starvation again, and it cant do that with a baby on board so it hoards everything???? Dont worry to much about it, I think everyone woman's body reacts different to pregnancy. Just as long as baby is healthy and baby isnt growing to big, everything is fine!