How much weight did you gain during your pregnancy?

My first pregnancy I gained 3 pounds. My second one I lost 2. My third I gained 7. My body metabolizes really well when pregnant and my doctor was fine with my gains. I ate healthy, but not a lot different than before I became pregnant. My 3rd, I ended up with gestational diabetes and gained 7 lbs in a month, but after the restricted diet, lost 4 pounds.

Child 1- 22lbs
Child 2- 21lbs
Child 3- 24lbs
Child 4- 22lbs

I ate CRAP!!!!! I did not eat well, in all honesty!

I gained very little all 5 pregnancies... but I did suffer from hyperemesis during the whole 9 months for all of them. :sick: :sad:

I gained 30 lbs exactly. I went from 130 to 160. Lost the weight fairly quickly. My son is now 8 and I currently weigh 176. Heaveist I've ever been in my life

60 each time, but I was pretty thin starting and I lost it (well, since the second, I have struggled with 5-8 pounds that will be my demise, but I am also older and have a desk job).

I was sick and miserable and felt hungover every day, so I ate a lot of carbs, I was also hungry ALL. THE. TIME.

I was very sick though the first 3 months and was losing weight. I had to eat a lot of ice cream just to gain in the last 5 months ( she came a month early)

25lbs at the end of my pregnancy, all of it was gone and some 2 weeks after he was born. I ate more than usual, but I have a small-ish appetite, so only ate roughly 1700 until the last trimester when I ate 2000

first - 60lbs - oops! in my defense I did have a bit of an issue with my pancreas that I think probably helped pack it on
second - 40lbs but started 20 heavier anyway, boo! but kind of learned my lesson? third times a charm, we'll see in a couple years!

I gained very little all 5 pregnancies... but I did suffer from hyperemesis during the whole 9 months for all of them. :sick: :sad:

From what I've heard of the condition, I would have stopped at one! You are a true warrior. :drinker:

#1 - 75 lbs
#2 - 45 lbs

...and that is why I am here

That's funny - I ate totally different with mine and gained the same. First, I ate way more junk. Second, I ate way more healthy. 60 pounds to the T with both. I think a lot of it is genetic predisposition.

I gained 60 lbs, yes, 60. And I was 15 lbs heavier than I like to be when I got pregnant. :embarassed: In my defense, I was on bed rest for 6 months, so that'll do it.

60 and 58

This is going to vary greatly since many on here have gotten pregnant while overweight/obese. There is no need for huge weight gain. My wife just went from 119-141lbs, delivered at 39.5 weeks. Baby girl is now 4 months and wife is 117lbs. This is what happens when you exercise throughout pregnancy, easy and quick recovery. First hike was 7 days after c-section with baby in Ergo. Normal exercise resumed at two weeks.

Pffffffff...when you become pregnant and if you have a C-section please don't go on a hike a week afterwards. Sit down. Take a nap. Enjoy your baby.

But anyways I was a healthy weight before I got pregnant, ate basically whatever I wanted during, gained 40 lbs with both my pregnancies and was pre-pregnancy weight 4 months after birth. I did this by going back to eating healthy and kicking my own *kitten* in the gym. I saw pregnancy as a time to enjoy myself so I didn't workout or eat that great. And boy did I enjoy myself! I also didn't hit the gym until 6 weeks afterwards - are you nuts! Hello, sleep deprivation anyone?

**OP - you have to remember that a lot of the weight comes off right after delivery. I gained 40 lbs, but after I got home from the hospital I had already lost 20 lbs (baby, fluid, placenta, etc).