when did you start gaining weight?

my doctor told me nothing about this. is there a guideline to follow? I heard about the 200-300 calorie increase, but then I heard that you shouldn't do that until your second trimester. Anyone know anything about this? TIA

Message edited 2/21/2007 10:35:33 AM.

Re: when did you start gaining weight?

You should gain about 20-30 Lbs total. But the information varies from one source to another. It also depends on your actual body frame too before being PG, how sick you get in 1st trimester, etc... For example if you are a bit overweight before your pregnancy or very petite.

Some people gain 20 Lbs, some gain 65 Lbs.

Message edited 2/21/2007 10:47:44 AM.

Re: when did you start gaining weight?

thanks! i was just wondering when i would see the numbers on my scale start to go up. i don't want it to happen too slow or too fast. still in my 1st trimester so i have a long way to go!

Re: when did you start gaining weight?

I got an email from pregnancy website that said, for a woman in the 'average, healthy weight range before pregnancy', it should be something like this: 2-5 pounds total gained in first trimester (13 weeks); then each week after that, about 1 pound. So it averages about 25-30 pounds total.

ETA: Those are just the 'suggested' weights. Everyone's different, some gain more, some gain less.

Message edited 2/21/2007 10:57:46 AM.

Re: when did you start gaining weight?

You can't really control when your body is going to gain weight...it will happen naturally. For me I started gaining aroud 16/17 weeks.

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Message edited 2/21/2007 11:06:21 AM.

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Like all the PP have said, you really have no control of when you start gaining, well unless you start pigging out royally.

I gained ONE pound in the first 21 weeks. And FIFTY-one pounds in the next 16 1/2(I delivered at 37 1/2 weeks)--I also had pre-e...

Just relax and don't freak out if you don't gain right away...it WILL come.
And that 20-30 pounds is very general. Some people gain much more and its totally fine.

Re: when did you start gaining weight?

thank you guys so much. i obsessed about food before i was pg and now it is even worse. i'm going to stay off the scale so i don't worry about it so much. my dh says to eat when i'm hungry and not when i'm not. i'm going to try and do that.

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for me, I didnt gain much till around 18 weeks..I gained a total of 30 lbs by 40 weeks.

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I agree with all the above. That said, personally, I gained 4-5 in the first trimester (no ms) and have regularly been putting on a pound a week since. There were times I had spurts of weight gain, but then it would slow for a little bit and it all averaged out to a pound a week.

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I gained nothing until 20 weeks - actually, all I did by 20 wks was gain the weight I lost from m/s... I am up about 30 pounds at this point and still have about 5 wks to go.... I feel if I gain 40 max I'll be happy....

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I dont know when it actually happened I just know the scale would say more after the 20wk mark and before that it was 2/3pds that I was up.

At 30wks and Im up 20pds....and I eat no different then I did in the past so its the baby now.

I keep asking how much weight I gained and they tell me its not a concern as long as I am gaing weight.
I guess that is why they dont tell me.

Message edited 2/21/2007 2:45:14 PM.

Re: when did you start gaining weight?

My Dr said since I was heavier to begin with I could go till 2nd trimester with no weight gain and then 1 lb every two weeks till third trimester and then a lb a week.

In reality I gained 6 lbs in my first month then didnt gain anything again, but have lost some due to M/S...So Im up about 2-4 lbs now at 24 and 1/2 weeks.