How many calories to eat while pregnant so i don't gain weight?

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  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    ovinas1 wrote: »
    Doctor Doctor doctor.

    May your first child be a masculine child..

    I c wut u did there

  • vanessangonzalez
    vanessangonzalez Posts: 38 Member
    ovinas1 wrote: »
    Doctor Doctor doctor.

    May your first child be a masculine child..

    This is from The Godfather. I think he was just trying to be funny. It's not personal. Lol.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I gained only 33 pounds while pregnant. I actually lost weight the first 2 months. I ate chocolate.. And more chocolate .. I lost it right away. You'll do great!
  • performfully
    performfully Posts: 126 Member

    MoiAussi93 wrote: »
    hannahbethbing wrote: »
    Congratulations, first and foremost!

    Talk to your doctor, but don't be afraid of weight gain. You'll find an average woman gains anywhere from 30-60 pounds while pregnant (I gained 100-- I made a big baby!). Breastfeeding will take the weight off fast, as will running on no sleep and half-eaten meals in between a crying baby! That sounds like a prison sentence-- it's not. You'll look back and not even think about how stressed out you were.

    In any case, weight is weight. Nutrition is everything. Start taking a prenatal vitamin. They make gummies if you're iffy about swallowing pills. If you're already exercising, continue! If you haven't exercised, walking is good, but don't overdo it, ESPECIALLY in the first trimester. Make sure to drink lots of water, and stay away from deli meats, sushi... They'll give you a whole list of stuff not to eat.

    Enjoy pregnancy! It was the happiest I've ever been. Like my hormones have always been out of whack and they finally evened out.
    Nobody should gain 60 pounds during pregnancy. As others have said a healthy weight woman SHOULD typically gain only 25-35. An overweight woman needs to gain even less. Obviously many people gain more, but this is not because the baby needed it. Yes, she needs to eat more, but not that much more. http://www.webmd.com/baby/guide/healthy-weight-gain

    This doesn't make me grind my teeth at all. *eye roll* No, nobody 'should' gain 60 lbs while pregnant. But I did while on bed rest for 8 months. Technically nobody 'should' gain any of the extra weight we have but people don't generally running around saying that...

    OP, congrats on your baby! Please don't worry about the weight gain. Talk to your doctor about a healthy diet and calorie amount and I'm sure they will help you out :smile: Also if you were 2 weeks pregnant you wouldn't get a positive test yet, so I think you may be a little off there haha.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    LuckyStar813 wrote: »
    Just wanted to add that some of the extra weight gained during pregnancy is water. And you pee a ton of it out after the baby is born. <3

    And sweat! I used to wake up drenched in sweat when my babies were newborns. I fell asleep on our leather sofa once. Yuck.
  • llUndecidedll
    llUndecidedll Posts: 724 Member
    edited January 2015
    Talk to your doctor. Congrats on being a future mother.
  • AlexaDove
    AlexaDove Posts: 6
    Not to mention that a lot of the projected weight gain form pregnancy includes the baby's weight, placenta, amniotic fluid, your own body's water retention, increase in blood volume, and then a few pounds gained due to increase in calories to nourish your baby as he or she grows.
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
    vanessangonzalez wrote: »
    ovinas1 wrote: »
    Doctor Doctor doctor.

    May your first child be a masculine child..

    This is from The Godfather. I think he was just trying to be funny. It's not personal. Lol.

    LOL thanks I was SO confused.

  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    I am 20 weeks pregnant myself, and very similar height to you, just shy of 5;0". (4'11.8", if you want to get technical.) I work out at least 4 times a week, and am gaining in the belly on 1750 (the last few weeks I've gone over a lot, but at this point I'm listening to my body and giving it what it needs.) I got pregnant at around 115lbs and weigh 125, now, and am just about the same pants size, minus the waistband, 'cause this kid is riding exceptionally low. :)
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    LuckyStar813 wrote: »
    Just wanted to add that some of the extra weight gained during pregnancy is water. And you pee a ton of it out after the baby is born. <3

    This is accurate, there is a LOT of fluid in in there, (not just amniotic fluid, but also in your joints and soft tissue)--it all accumulates water. I myself must have lost a full pound when my water broke with my first kid. It seriously was like a water balloon exploding, just like in the movies. Ha!
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »
    LuckyStar813 wrote: »
    Just wanted to add that some of the extra weight gained during pregnancy is water. And you pee a ton of it out after the baby is born. <3

    This is accurate, there is a LOT of fluid in in there, (not just amniotic fluid, but also in your joints and soft tissue)--it all accumulates water. I myself must have lost a full pound when my water broke with my first kid. It seriously was like a water balloon exploding, just like in the movies. Ha!

    Your volume of blood also increases massively.
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    If you walk into the delivery room ghe same weight you are right now, you will have actually lost weight.

    The average woman has 12-15# of baby stuff inside her by delivery (~8# baby, 2# placenta, amniotic fluid, extra blood, etc....). You need to gain at least, AT LEAST, 10#, unless you have hypremisis or some other condition making it impossible to gain (which should then be closely monitored by a dr).

    I naturally gain 20-35# with my babies (#4 is 5 months) and usually walk out of the hospital 15# lighter than when I went in.

    I understand watching what you eat/gain to avoid excessive gains, but trying to avoid gaining ANYTHING isnt healthy.

    Congrats!
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