just found out!

MonkeyFlower
MonkeyFlower Posts: 92 Member
Hi i just found out i am pregnant again last night! i have two sons and one stepson already so am slightly nervous!! with my last pregnancy i put on a crazy amount of weight and it took me till now (2 years later) to even being to feel like me again...am hoping i can stay active and eat healthliy this time and not do that again! :)

im only just 4/5 weeks pregnant at the moment - does anyone know how soon i have to start upping cals?

*sorry for bad spelling

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  • chickybuns
    chickybuns Posts: 1,037 Member
    Congrats! I ate maintanence calories in the first trimester and upped to to gain 1/2lb per week in the second. I'm not sure yet if I'll increase more in the third, probably not.
  • vegasmari
    vegasmari Posts: 120 Member
    I just found out as well. I changed my setting on MFP to "maintenance", which automatically upped my calories from 1300 to over 1700. WOWZER!! I then read you should increase another 300 in the 2nd trimester and another 450 in the 3rd. PPS has it right..you could change your setting to gain 1/2 a pound...whatever ups the calories the correct amount.