any pregnant women out there?

maryskey

Just replying about the breastfeeding and losing weight thing. It doesn't work for all women that way. It definitely doesn't work that way for me, LOL. In fact, I have to increase my caloric intake after pregnancy in order to continue producing enough milk! If I reduce my calories, there goes my milk! I've breastfed 12 of my 14 children... so I am not a newbie at it. ;-)

spitfire423

i am eating healthy and as soon as my DR gives the ok for me to keep going to the gym, i'll be active. the reason i say between 11-15 lbs is because my BMI is in the 30 range and for that scale its not healthy to gain more than 15...

i understand what you are trying to do, do whats healthy for you with your doctors aproval and make yourself happy...your body your doctor and your baby will let you know if your under doing it.... i was 110 and striveing for 103-101 my goal was 1100 calories, everyone said that was too few cal's but if you do the math and track my every everyday movement like i have knowing exactly what i needed to eat/burn 1100 is only 15 cal's under where i needed to be. i was just baffled as to how i drop 5 pounds just like that and then gain it all back in a week....you can guess....haha add me....

shvrngrl

Not sure how you plan on gaining only 11 lbs when the baby itself will weight almost that. 25-35 lbs is a normal weight gain for someone starting at a healthy weight. Feed that baby!

I know its crazy right!!

That is the recommended weight gain for women with a BMI over 30. I think in my first pregnancy my starting weight was 185 putting my BMI at 32 and I gained 15 lbs in the first trimester!! My doctor scolded me for it!

glp724

I'm not pregnant, but I have been before!

I was overweight before each pregnancy and easily maintained a moderate weight gain. My first was a 25 lb weight gain, and all of it was gone within 6 weeks. With my second, I gained just 10 lbs (9+ lb baby!), so within 6 weeks I was 15 lbs BELOW my prepregnancy weight. I didn't exercise excessively or watch too closely what i ate, but I also didn't scarf down 2 pints of B&J every day either.

This type of modest weight gain isn't recommended for all expectant moms, but talk to your doc about what a healthy weight gain will be for you. Pregnancy doesn't doom you to 60 extra pounds, but some weight gain is expected and healthy.

Babyfit.com is a great site for expectant moms and has meal plans you can follow and boards full of moms-to-be who can work an eating plan right along with you.

Congrats!

cellofish

I only gained 19 lbs with my second pregnancy. I was overweight to begin with so I was being careful and doing pregnancy aerobics. The baby was 7 pounds and plenty healthy. I think you just need to try to be healthy and active if possible and everything should be fine.

One thing that is great about having a baby is that if you plan to nurse it is an awesome calorie burning machine!! Nursing takes way more calories than being pregnant so if you can nurse and eat healthy and slowly become active the weight will just fall off. But then you have to be careful when you stop nursing!!