Overweight and pregnant

IsaackGMOON wrote: »

OP... you should be consulting medical professionals if you're worried, not just MFP.

This. I didn't gain one kilo during my pregnancy, but I still had problems. Talk to your GP.

For my second pregnancy (and starting about 4 months before I got pregnant) I ate paleo, but no restrictions on the amount of food. I ate until I felt completely satisfied and not hungry. The difference was just that I was eating the most nutrient dense foods (fruit, veggies, meats) I didn't restrict carbs (ate potatoes and fruit) and I leaned out during my pregnancy. I say "leaned out" because I did gain a little, but I lost fat too. You could see it in my face. If you eat the highest nutrient dense foods and eat lots of healthy fats and don't eat empty calories and don't restrict calories you should be ok. I think that's pretty much what your midwife meant when she said eat a healthy diet. I wouldn't count calories while pregnant unless it was recommended by your doctor and medically supervised.

Ditto on ginger for nausea. Helped me lots. For my last baby, i had terrible nausea in the first trimester. My Dr told me to eat what I can stomach, what doesn't make me sick, and not to worry about what I'm eating until the nausea goes away. I think I lived on cereal and carrot sticks for a month. :-) Once it went away I still didn't worry about calorie counting and weight gain, but just focused on healthy eating generally: tons of fruits and veggies, good grains, lean meats.

Ahh, the sickness. How I remember it!

So, I was advised to gain no more than 20lbs at the time (5'8", 218lbs at the time) and topped off at 18lbs which came off by the 2week checkup.

I didn't count kcal (pre MFP) knowledge for me, but like you a vitamin filled diet was challenging. Aside from taking my dailies I found that mixing my fruits, veggies and protein with a buttload of carbs helped. Grilled chicken on a bagel. Cut up fruit in brown rice. Peanut butter or hummus sandwiches. I also stopped meals, and grazed pretty much constantly. It kept the sickness at bay and kept me from eating too much in one sitting.

In the end I did have complications, but they were the same my mother had, Pre-eclampsia. I did a month of bed rest and a month-early c-section but it all turned out alright.

Sorry if that first help but it's all I got

I had terrible nausea my first trimester and couldn't look at food. I got a fresh ginger root, and would shave off a few slices and steep it in hot water. It tastes terrible, but a few drops of lemon juice helped with that. It was like a magic cure. Hope it works for you!