Pregnancy weight gain…

I have HG and I’ve barely been able to eat anything this pregnancy, yet I’ve gained 50 lbs and I’m only 29 weeks. I guess it’s fluid retention?

That’s a terrible doctor lol

It's probably fluid!

I would have literally killed for a doctor that honest during my second pregnancy – I found out the hard way that my excess weight gain was due to a serious medical condition when my daughter was born dead and it took 7 minutes of no heart beat to revive her. When I asked the doctor later why he never said anything he said that he didn’t want to offend me. I’m more offended by having a stillbirth and a baby that cost taxpayers over $1M in the NICU than I am sausage legs.

Yikes. You are beautiful. You know your body. You do you, and F any Dr. that tries to lay shame on you about a measly 40lbs.

I gained over 40 with my 1st and never measured past 34 weeks, and she weighed over 8lbs when she was born.

I gained 60lbs both pregnancies and lost all the water weight and more after birth and during breastfeeding. Thank God for breastfeeding! You’re literally a fat burning machine while constantly eating calories!!

At 19 I became pregnant & stopped smoking cigarettes & I ate a lot more sweets. I gained 87 pounds. After I had him I lost about 30 pounds & the rest stuck on me. He was admitted into the hospital at 4 months old, I was told he was born with SCID Severe Combined Immune Deficiency & went through Chemo & a Bone Marrow Transplant. He was never tested for it at birth because it wasn’t on the newborn screening list in MO. I FOUGHT to get that added, since 2015 every baby born in Missouri is tested for it. Over 53 babies since then have gotten a transplant right after birth & are thriving. My son passed away 2 weeks after his 1st birthday & I always say “He saved so many babies for his own life” he was 1 out of 1 million in the doctors eyes but it’s WAY more common than they ever imagined. After my son passed away I became pregnant with my daughter, I gained 40 pounds & then lost it. (I never went back down to my pre-pregnancy weight with my 1st kiddo) & then with my 3rd I gained 50 pounds & lost it 3/4 months after birth & with my 4th I gained 60 pounds & only lost 50. I’m still 10 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight with my 4th baby. I’m 6ft tall, so it doesn’t look like I weigh 260 but that’s my weight. I have my hands full with 3 kids & work full time (single mom) and I don’t have time to work out! One day, I will, but until then I’ll be 260 Lol.

When I was laboring for 17 hours with my FIRST child, after 3 and a half hours of pushing, my OB said, "you're doing it wrong" 😳

I started at a doctor's office with my first and was told I had to stop working out and lifiting weights and that i was only allowed to walk and swim. I switched to a birth center and resumed some basic exercise in the second half of my pregnancy. I gained 50 lbs total, birthed a baby well over 10lbs and have struggled to lose the last 15/20 lbs but i keep having more babies and breast-feeding so I doubt I'll lose it till well after my last baby stops nursing. As long as you don't go super crazy your body is truly doing what it needs to grow, birth then feed a baby and if you're like me with big babies that have big appetites, don't strave yourself trying to lose weight when it will just harm your little one. Take care of yourself, you're in the season of tiny humans, and you'll find yourself in the next season of your life

I told my OB I wanted to try for baby #3 and get in prenatal and lose weight bc I was quite heavy. She asked why lose weight? I sd well won’t it be easier to get pregnant and less stressful on body to not have as much weight? She shrugged. I went ahead and lost 45 lbs I think putting me at 170 lbs at 5’3.5”. Then gained 30 lbs pregnant. I conceived on theirs month trying. Then lost that 30. And lost another 28 caring for a sick fussy baby!

As long as you aren’t eating a lot of junk and getting supplements, water, rest and movement I say it will be fine. If you do gain extra it’s IMHO your body’s way of storing some fat for breastfeeding to make sure in the postpartum period your baby doesn’t starve. I was told I didn’t lose enough weight with excessive vomiting to qualify for medication back in 1995. I was 18 & in great shape lifting weights. 5’3.5” and 116 lbs size 2. I went down to 102 by week 10. I then gained the weight back and went up to 166!? My baby was 6 lbs 1 oz. I lost most the weight within 4 months. I wasn’t breastfeeding. I wasn’t exercising. I was just tending to baby mostly. Next time I gained 31 lbs baby was 7.4 lbs. next time I gained 25 lbs baby was 6 lbs 13 oz. 2nd baby was 6 mi the old and I lost pregnancy weight AND over 20 more lbs due to stress with a fussy sick baby! Blood volume increases greatly as well.

I gained 60. Baby born at 33 weeks and just over 3 lbs 😮❤ our bodies are amazing and strange

Your doctor sounds funny and honest to me. The kind that will tell you and teach you what your body is going through in simple ways. When you are birthing that baby it will be an asset because you won’t have the attention span for a fickle doctor that is in their head.

I gained 30 with my first (I’m considered obese) and lost more than that within 2 months. And she was 6lb 9oz. I’ve gained 25 so far with this one and 15 of that was in the first trimester of all things. My Dr has never been worried about my weight and neither should you. (Unless you gained like 600lbs or something haha)

Ladies. Do yourself a favor and get a female dr

My first midwife said " well you gained 50 lbs total but it's your first baby so I don't want you to worry about it. Your body knows what it needs." 🤰🏻🩵🩷

On my first prenatal appointment the OBGYN noticed that my baby’s father and I weren’t married. He told me to get him to marry me now before I start gaining weight from the pregnancy and he wouldn’t want me anymore. My jaw hit the floor. Needless to say, I didn’t go back to him. 😂😂

It takes 9mos to grow the baby, it takes at least that long to even think about getting back to starting weight. Plus, your body actually finishes developing into “fully finished” mom on your 1st pregnancy. I read in studies that breast tissue doesn’t finish maturing until your baby is nearly born. Literally, you are physically changed by carrying your first human to term. The idea that we aren’t supposed to have some permanent changes from this amazing journey is absurd.

Ate healthy & gained 70lbs with my twins 😳 . You feel energy drained and heavy, more than feeling bad out of vanity. A lot of it was fluid weight that came off by itself.

You're doing great and look amazing!! I didn't look half that put together at the end of pregnancy. 🙌🏻

My neighbour used to say I was an egg on legs!!!! All my children were 8lbers +!!!

Oh wow ! That's solid crazy 🤣!

I have four kids and gain 40 pounds in each pregnancy. Took six months, but I always lost it after delivering

I lost ten pounds in the last week bc I didn't have my taki chips that week !!!! I had so much sodium and water weight!!! It could be water weight . Craziest thing he said was after my delivery he said that the cord was wrapped around his neck TWICE and if I had gone into labor naturally he could have strangled to death if my water broke at home. I had double the amount of amniotic fluid. We were in the Drs 3 times a week being heavily monitored. Had entirely too much fluid could have popped any minute and he didn't tell me that would have been catastrophic if it happened at home. And I was induced 3 days before my due date. My daughter's water broke at home a week before her due date

When you said “he” that’s all I needed to hear

I’m curious to see how much weight I will gain. I’m 4’11 so I know whatever amount it is will be noticeable but I knew what pregnancy could be like before even trying with my husband so I’m ready. I just want to deliver a healthy baby🥰

F that OB

Mine was the exact opposite i was 3 months pregnant and gravely ill (im physically disabled) and i was throwing up everything and more daily – i weighed 6stone (38kg) and she said if i don't put on nearly half a stone by the next week my baby was going to be here – i gained the half a stone by the date as i went to the gp and they helped, and by the time my son was due to be here i weighed 10.5st/ 66kg my body caught up and gained what it needed to even though it was throwing up all day everyday 🤢 just took a gp to help not an obgyn 🙄😬 xx

I was 107lbs when I got pregnant with my first child, I gained 20lbs by birth- lost that and more while I breastfed. (She was a CHUNK when she came)

I was 110lbs when I got pregnant with my second child, I gained 18lbs by birth – lost that while breastfeeding. (he was normal child weight)

I was 114lbs when I got pregnant with my third child, I gained 2lbs. by birth (yes, 2 pounds. I was very sick with 3rd. My body lost weight but she was gaining weight relatively ok, but she was lean when she came) I lost down to the lowest weight in my adult life, 98lbs while breastfeeding.

They’re all different. And WE are different with every one. ❤

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I gained 55 pounds my baby was 7 lb 11oz I still haven’t lost the weight and I’m 9 months postpartum

I gained 87. 😂
I started out 95.

I’m up 55lbs and currently 34 weeks.. it’s tough to hear my doc say stop gaining weight but I’m not big everywhere and my fundal and fetal measurements are similar to you.

I alway gain 20lbs. I never thought the amount mattered until a nurse pointed it out. I don't know what it's going to be with this baby because I barely have an appetite

I NEVER HAVE A MALE DOCTOR! They say the weirdest things. I tell them to walk out when they walk in 😂🙅🏽‍♀️

Find a new OB.

Not my story but my Aunts. She had already had two vaginal deliveries but with her third, the baby was transverse so they did a cesarean. The doctor told her not to get food trapped in her scar. (She was a little heavy at this point) She got really mad that the doctor was referring to her weight.

Get a new doctor gross

"We need to hurry up and deliver your twins really quick because I have a concert I paid too much money for to miss. So I'm gonna deliver baby A really fast and then Im gonna reach up and grab breached baby B by the legs and pull her out." I fired her 10 mins before my babies were born and opted for the house Dr. who I had never met. He rescued me! and 20 mins later both babies were here safe and healthy.

I really needed this, cause I’ve gained 18kgs I look totally different

Dont listen to your doctor.. listen to an unknown lady on YouTube

Mine looked at us after scheduling a C-section and said to my husband and I, that at least I’d still be tight and he’d make sure my scar was small. He’s in prison but not for anything related to me

Things don't always go as planned during pregnancy

Never go with a male OB lol they are the worst. Men have no place in that area of care in my opinion. They dont understand what we actually experience so they are the least helpful especially when it comes to pregnancy.

I was going into liver failure while pregnant with my second child the doctor told me that once they "removed the obstruction" (obstruction=baby), I would be fine. 😂 I can laugh now but I didn't find it funny at the time. X

I gained nearly 80 lbs with my daughter due to water weight. I was soooo miserable those last two months. My skin constantly felt like it was going to rip open. 30 lbs lost in a month, I had to pee so many times a day after she was born.

THANK YOU👏🏼

With my first son I gained 85 lbs.. mind you, I was a teen mom who also struggled with eating disorders and wasn't even 95lbs at 5'4.. Being pregnant was the first time I allowed myself to eat whenever I wanted to and any time I was hungry. My son was 7lbs 9oz born a month early at 36 weeks. He's healthy and thriving and the reason I healed my relationship with food.

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The issue here is "he".