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Pure_love

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a Pound a Week? Posted: 08-28-06 15:49pm


Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! I wanted to ask a questions about weight gain. Should you gain one pound a week even in the first trimester? I gained 35 pounds with my son which isn't bad I know... But I didn't eat as healthy as I should have. I want to do better with this pregnancy and only gain about 25 pounds or so. I was only 5 pounds away from my goal weight when I found out I was pregnant with this baby... Which makes me about 5 pounds over weight for my height. Any tips on not gaining too much? As always, thanks so much ya'll!

natzcee

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Posted: 08-28-06 16:24pm


Dont believe anything like that and dont worry >:d< all these boks out that say things like you should put on so much weight and your baby should kick atleast 10 times a day are all a lot of non sense! Dont worry when u go for check ups with your midwife she will check your weight and if anything is wrong she will tell you :)

caseywasey17

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Posted: 08-28-06 17:18pm


Dont diet when pregnant, I know the feeling, I went to the gym for 2 years to get to my ideal size and weight, and as soon as I stop going to the gym, I find out im pregnant lol :!: just eat healthy, dont snack on empty calories, drink plenty of water and go for a walk everyday. Although it is hard, I have just been eatin what ever my body wants, which isnt very good but oh well. Casey 35 weeks 6 days x

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Re: a Pound a Week?
Posted: 08-29-06 09:14am

pure_love wrote:

hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! I wanted to ask a questions about weight gain. Should you gain one pound a week even in the first trimester? I gained 35 pounds with my son which isn't bad I know... But I didn't eat as healthy as I should have. I want to do better with this pregnancy and only gain about 25 pounds or so. I was only 5 pounds away from my goal weight when I found out I was pregnant with this baby... Which makes me about 5 pounds over weight for my height. Any tips on not gaining too much? As always, thanks so much ya'll!

actually your not supposed to gain any weight in your 1st tri and after that it is about 1 lbs a week . But im sure everyone or most do gain a few in the 1st. I know I did!

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Posted: 08-29-06 10:31am


I gained....72lbs!!! With my son. But luckily it was all belly and I had 2 amniotic sacs which accounted for a lot of the weight! Plus he weighed almost 9lbs! Last edited by lil_blaze2004 on 08-29-06 10:46am; edited 1 time in total

angelic Justice

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Doctors Will Let You Know. Posted: 08-29-06 10:41am


The doctor or midwife will let you know when to worry. In my 2nd trimester with my son I gained 8 lbs in only 1 week, then the next time I went to the doctor they griped at me for not gaining any weight. Around 33 weeks they sent me for an ultrasound because they feared that he baby wasn't growing because I wasn't gaining any weight (i had really bad morning sickness throughout the whole 9 months). In the end I had only gained 17 lbs and brought a beautiful 6 lb, 6 oz baby boy into the world. I wouldn't worry about the whole weight thing, just eat when you get hungry. Everybody is different.

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