How much weight did you gain during your pregnancy?

... and keep in mind that the rapid weight loss after giving birth is a combination of the baby and lots of water weight! I had a lot of swelling.

I gained 42 lbs with my lil man...and that's with throwing up every day for 7 1/2 months of the pregnancy. I craved anything sweet...ice cream, candy, you name it...I ate it. I hope with my next pregnancy that I practice more self control. I also hope to continue running for the majority of it. I didn't exercise at all with my first pregnancy.

Baby # 1- 44 lbs
Baby # 2- 77 lbs
Baby # 3- 89 lbs

I ate anything and everything I wanted. :O

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.

There is no need for a huge weight gain, but doctor recommended is 20-30 pounds depending on the doctor.

A lot of women lose their first baby weight very easily and have trouble the second time. Either way, good for your wife dropping poundage really quickly, but that's an unrealistic standard to hold every fit woman to. Seriously though, I wouldn't be hiking 7 days after a C-section.

1st baby: 20+ lbs. I ate like crap and was a HUGE momma. (My prepregancy weight was 215 lbs., so the midwife was on my case and my weight was all over the charts. I ended up 5-10 lbs. below prepregnancy after I had her.)

2nd baby: 20+ lbs. I ate quasi crappy and healthy. (I was still heavy, my prepregancy weight was 195-200lbs. I ended up 5 lbs. below prepregnancy after I had him.)

3rd baby: currently 15-20 lbs. I eat healthy with the occasional slip up. (This time, my prepregnancy weight was 185 lbs, but I'm leaner, so I am not as big and the doctor is completely cool with it. I'm the one having the hairy carny on how much I put on.)

The only difference with all 3 pregnancies is how much I exercised. 1st time I just started an exercise routine, 2nd time around I had an exercise routine but did it occasionally, this time around I lift 3x a week and walk at least 30 minutes a day and occasion run.

Holy @#$@#^$#@#$$#@!%$^ ................. so I just checked.... I remember the last time I weighed myself before pregnancy was 168 lbs 5 months before BUT that's the weight my body hovers around anyway so assuming I didn't gain much based on how I look in my pictures... then.... my highest recorded pregnancy weight was 212 lbs :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway: :noway:

I potentially had put on 44 lbs!!!
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ETA: I should say I hardly ate and what I did eat was absolute junk. I couldn't exercise because the pain from water retention was so bad it hurt to walk mind you I did not have GD or Preeclampsia. My heartburn was like a 24 hr active volcano very little relief even then I had to constantly keep changing what I used for relief. Within a week after birth, I dropped ALL of that weight back down to 168 lbs - I gained some 10-20 lbs back even though I was breastfeeding.

Oh well I'm back down to the 168 lbs a year later so I guess its not so bad.... but there's definitely battle scars lol


Correction Tiger Stripes

I was a healthy weight before getting pregnant, and my doctor told me about 30lbs gained would be healthy for me. I ended up gaining 59lbs, but I ate junk (high calories) and I didn't exercise (doctor has the old school belief of not getting your heart rate over 140 bpm while pregnant). I never felt so hungry in my life, as I did the second half of my pregnancy. I lost 20 lbs before my son was 2 weeks old, and that's with still eating poorly (though not as much as when I was pregnant) and not exercising (I breast feed though, which burns roughly 500 calories per day). My son is a month old now, and I'm just starting to feel up to exercising. I'm waiting until my 6 week checkup with my doctor before starting to run and lift weights again. I can't wait to run! I like my doctor, but with my next pregnancy I will exercise more as long as I have another healthy pregnancy (most doctors now don't believe you have to keep your heart rate under 140 bpm).

Well before my first I was a normal weight gained about 30 lbs during , never lost any of it got pregnant again when my oldest was 10.5 months old gained 11 lbs had gestational diabetes , lost 9lbs the day I gave birth,h my last was 8lbs 6oz that's a lot of baby for me since I'm 4ft 10in my daughters are one day shy of 19 months apart funny how that happened . Anyways I believe if you are of a normal weight before pregnancy than 25 to 30 would be fine and if your overweight than 5 to 11 or even losing a little the baby will take everything it can get I lost a little at first but gained it back during the last month of that pregnancy.

I eat normally during my pregnancies, in my second I controlled my GD with diet almost exclusively until the last 2 months then I took a pill once a day .

It makes me more aware of my food choices these days I'm not perfect. but I know I don't was diabetes later in life. So I'm changing my life now, already lost 30lbs, now to lose the rest .

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.

There is no need for a huge weight gain, but doctor recommended is 20-30 pounds depending on the doctor.

A lot of women lose their first baby weight very easily and have trouble the second time. Either way, good for your wife dropping poundage really quickly, but that's an unrealistic standard to hold every fit woman to. Seriously though, I wouldn't be hiking 7 days after a C-section.

Well said...Lucky for her. Not for everyone.

She wasn't lucky. She busted her *kitten*. I cooked healthy meals and she worked out, even did a 5k at 33 weeks. And no it isn't for everyone since over 60% of Americans don't exercise and "eat for two" while pregnant. However, my wife is not Superwoman. There are other women out there that have/can stay fit throughout pregnancy. You all can do it.

Height: 5'2"

1st pregnancy: +19 lbs (gave birth to a baby girl at 42 weeks, induced - she was 8lbs 4oz) - starting weight was 135
2nd pregnancy: +15lbs at 36 weeks, 5 days - starting weight was 130

For both I've eaten very well and have stuck to the GD diet even though I have not had it with either. I exercised regularly until I was put on bed rest (current pregnancy), ate back all my exercise calories and consumed about 2000-2300 calories/day. Before pregnancy I was eating 1800 so it wasn't too much more.

ETA: starting weight for both