pregnancy and weight

My wife is pregnant and according to her doctor you only need an additional 300 or so calories per day at first which would equate to gaining a pound every 12 days or so. then I think more the second trimester and again more in the third.

A healthy amount to gain if you are already in the normal range is 25-30 pounds in total, if you are overweight it is more like 15-20 and if you are under weight 30-35. Hope this helps.

The extra amount of calories you need to eat is minimal. There are definitely times during the pregnancy when you have no choice to eat as you are STARVING. I actually had to buy a bigger lunch box to take to work in order to fit all of my food for the day. You should make a list now of healthy snack foods you can eat several times a day in order to keep you going. I ate a lot of yogurt and cottage cheese and craved salty foods. It's really easy to get sucked into bags of chips and french fries. Sometimes that will be the only thing you can stomach, but you have to make an effort to stay on track. I only gained 15 pounds with my second son, but I had extra weight on me and it all canceled out with the exercise I did. I had gestational diabetes with my second son, but was able to control it through diet and exercise. I found I was really motivated to stay healthy because I knew it was best for myself and my kids.

You don't need to worry about eating a lot of extra calories. They say about 300 a day which is really just a glass of milk and a bowl of oatmeal extra. But in all honesty a lot of women (including myself in my third pregnancy) find they cannot eat much at all and not much stays down, and they still have big healthy babies! If you are trying make sure you are taking a prenatal vitamin with plenty of folic acid. You should also eat your veggies and lean protein and make sure you get a good amount of calcium and plenty of water. There also shouldn't be any problem with continuing your weight loss while trying to conceive as you don't need to gain any weight during the first trimester, and a lot of women actually lose weight due to being sick. But once you find you are pregnant you should not worry about trying to lose wieght anymore. And I think it is perfectly fine to eat whenever hungry when you are pregnant as many food cravings are actually signs of deficiency, just make sure you stick to healthy stuff. Good luck!

even when pregnant if you are not hungery dont eat, with my two pregnancys i did not have to make any extra effort to try and eat more because i wanted more anyway. durring the first trymester you most likley wont be hungrier, and for me durring the last trimester i could not eat as much as i was used to at one sitting(go figure you stomack is squished at that point) but i wanted to eat more than usual, so i ate alot of small meals.