To all the moms out there...

30lbs with my first and 33lbs with my second.

OH WOW, SO MANY DIFFERENT NUMBERS.... When ever the time comes (AND I DO MEAN WHEN EVER...LORD KNOWS HOW LONG FROM NOW) I don't want to put on more than 15lbs, but I'll settle for 20. LOl
I even had this idea (which mom friends of mine thought was crazy) of losing about 20lbs before getting pregnant, that way when i DO have a baby if i put on lets say 25 lbs, I'll only have about 5-10 to lose. lol.
It sounds brilliant to me, but life has a way of suprising us. :laugh:

It's pretty normal to gain 25-35 pounds during pregnancy if you start with a normal healthy weight.

Here's a break down of the weight
* Baby: 8 pounds
* Placenta: 2-3 pounds
* Amniotic fluid: 2-3 pounds
* Breast tissue: 2-3 pounds
* Blood supply: 4 pounds
* Stored fat for delivery and breastfeeding: 5-9 pounds
* Larger uterus: 2-5 pounds
* Total: 25-35 pounds

I gained 30-40 when I had my daughter. I was already about 290 lbs.
My cousin, who was as skinny as a rail gained about 50-60 lbs.
Then, my boyfriend's brother's wife, who was over 300 lbs gained 80 lbs!

Mind you all the situations were different. I somewhat badly. My cousin would devour a whole casserole dish of cherry delight.
And the bf's brother's wife ate gallon tubs of ice cream at a time.

It depends on how you eat and take care of yourself. If you eat crap you'll gain, and if you'll take care of yourself, you won't gain as much.

I gained over 50lbs with my first because I didn't know any better. I just ate what I wanted and A LOT of it. My weakness was snickers and cheese (not together!). I only gained 12lbs with my second. I ate healthy foods and didn't over eat. Pregnancy weight gain doesn't have to be scary.

OH WOW, SO MANY DIFFERENT NUMBERS.... When ever the time comes (AND I DO MEAN WHEN EVER...LORD KNOWS HOW LONG FROM NOW) I don't want to put on more than 15lbs, but I'll settle for 20. LOl
I even had this idea (which mom friends of mine thought was crazy) of losing about 20lbs before getting pregnant, that way when i DO have a baby if i put on lets say 25 lbs, I'll only have about 5-10 to lose. lol.
It sounds brilliant to me, but life has a way of suprising us. :laugh:

When the time comes talk to your OB about what they want you to gain for your pregnancy. They will put a "number" based on you and your medical history. This will be discussed at your first appointment. My doctor was great and would "lecture" me if she thought I gained too much too fast (like after morning sickness ended... I inhaled rootbeer floats and gained 6lbs in one month).

As for me, I gained 30lbs and had DS at 38 weeks. Eight of those lbs were that from that final week alone - I was induced because of Pre-eclampsia symptoms.

I gained 60 pounds , 20 pounds of fuild I worked up till the day my water broke!! now 7 months post baby I am 35 pounds lost and curently loseing , just brestfeed and try to eat right and move around !!! good luck

I gained 17 with my first and they came off in less than 2 weeks (the weight was off, the body was not back! LOL) I gained 27 with the second based on my weight when I was admitted to the hospital.

There are never gaurantees to what the body will do or what procedures and care you will receive. I will never forget with my second child, I weighed 8 pounds more after he was born than when I was admitted! UGH! Water weight gain like that in 2 days, let alone after delivering an 8.5 pound baby was hard to see! LOL

I lost 75lbs when I was pregnant with my 14 y.o daughter who was 3oz shy of 8lbs at birth. I had one miscarriage before her & three miscarriages after her. I gained a LOT of weight with the last three pregnancies.

I put on 22 pounds with my last pregnancy.

40 lbs with my daughter
50 lbs with my middle son (I could NOT stop eating when I was pregnant with him, it was ridiculous!)
25 lbs with my youngest son

I gained 22 lbs with my daughter - she was 6lbs 7 oz. and I had a c-section as she was breached. In the first trimester I could not watch a soup commercial - it made me incredibly nauseous! As did looking at any decorating pictures - paint, wallpaper...anything! I was addicted to oranges and whole wheat bagels with sliced tomatoes, cheese slices and salt and pepper...craziness.

I can't remember the numbers as my kids are now 9 and 10...

However, I do remember I gained more with my son (the 10 year old). Mainly because at 35 weeks was deemed pre-eclampic and was put in the high risk pregnancy ward until he was delivered at 37 weeks via c-section (he was also breech). I was not allowed out of bed except to use the restroom, so I got zero exercise. He was only 5 pounds 6 ounces.

My daughter was born 15 months later with no issues, so I don't think I gained nearly as much.

Keep in mind I also did not have ANY cravings, only food aversions.

:-)
Good luck when the time comes.

I wouldn't change a thing about my pregnancy, including the weight gain. It brought me the most amazing little people, and that is worth working to take it off.

this.

I have three kids. with the first, i started between 120-125lbs and gained 80 (no joke =( ). i had her while weighing 200 even. Second daughter I started out at 135lbs and had her at 175, so i gained 40lbs even. third was a boy. i started out weighing between 145-150lbs. had him when i got to 195lbs, meaning i gained about 50lbs.

every person is different. a LOT of the people i am friends with gained less than 20lbs. i havent met very many people who have gained more than 40, guess im just one of the unlucky few, but after the baby especially the first one you can drop the weight by barely doing anything. each baby you have, it gets harder and harder to lose the weight, so to make you feel better, yesterday i weight in at 164lbs. i had my son (weighed 195) on july 9th, so not even three months later, barely over two months, and i have already dropped over 30lbs. my second daughter, i was back to my prepregnancy weight by the time she was two months old, but with her i worked my but off during my maternity leave, and jogged around the apartment, cleaned up after my oldest, did jumping jacks, everything i could think of.

every pregnancy is different though, so you never know what kid of weight you will gain or lose during the pregnancy or post pregnancy! dont let the weight gain take over your brain, because the child will totally be worth every pound you gained, and more!