Poll: pregnancy weight gain? Curious!

I was a healthy weight and fit before I got pregnant in 2015. During pregnancy, I gained about 70 pounds DESPITE staying active, eating a plant-based vegetarian diet, AND counting my calories (I actually never even added extra calories to my normal maintenance calories because I obviously gained pregnancy weight just fine without it!). My doctor kept an eye on me but wasn't concerned because I was super healthy otherwise.

Once my daughter was born, I lost 35 pounds immediately, and I did have a lot of amniotic fluid, which definitely contributed to that 70 pounds. Most of the rest came off within the first year without me having to do anything special - just a very moderate deficit to keep my milk supply up and a moderate workout schedule 3-4 times a week. In 2017 I put calorie counting on hold entirely to train for a half marathon, so I didn't really lose anything during those months, but my body now is pretty much the same as it was pre-baby (although I was never super lean to begin with), and I would say my fitness is better!

I know how hard it is to watch your body and your fitness level change during pregnancy, especially if you're used to being fit and active. Motherhood does tend to make us a little bit soft for awhile, and those first couple of months postpartum were definitely difficult for me all around! When I started exercising again around 5 weeks postpartum, I felt soooooo weak and out of shape. I thought I would never get back to where I was. But it actually came back a lot faster than I thought it would, and it took less time than when I was heavier and unfit, starting totally at square one. Be patient with yourself, but know that you can totally regain your fitness!

#1: gained 14 lbs, went from a BMI of 27.5 to 29.8 (was 5 lbs under pre-pregnancy weight by the end of the first week)

#2: gained 23 lbs, went from a BMI of 20.3 to 24.1 (was back down to 22.0 by the end of the second week, and 20.4 by 10 months - these last 10 lbs from 130 to 120 always seem to take forever, lol)

I didn't breastfeed as well, just used MFP and exercise.

#1 - gained about 25lbs and was back to pre-pregnancy weight within 5 months
#2 - gained about 25lbs, lost all of it within 3 months, but then I was pregnant again...
#3 - gained 50lbs, but lost all by the time baby was about 7 months.

I was overweight before being pregnant with all 3. I was in my 20's for all 3 pregnancies and had no complications with pregnancy and birth. I am still considered overweight based on BMI, but lower in weight now than I was before having kids.

I went to 205lbs (exactly) with each of my pregnancies, which was a gain of 35 to 45 lbs depending on where I started. Well... I sort of gained more because I tend to lose 10-15lbs in the first 3 months, so all of my weight gain was from 4-9 months. I remember with my third I gained 20 lbs in one month and we were worried about diabetes.... and twins. LOL

With each birth I lost 25lbs within the first 2-4 weeks. I was squeezed back into pre pregnancy clothes after 6 weeks. The rest took a long time. It budged very little until I was no longer breastfeeding exclusively.

I don't know how much my wife gained with either of my boys, but I do know that her doctor kept a close eye on her weight and everything was right where it should have been.

She lost the baby weight pretty easily and then a couple of years after our 2nd kiddo she got back into fitness and started working with a trainer (former collegiate athlete) and got leaner than I had ever seen her with some really nice muscle definition.

i was 130 before baby then went up to 180 at 40 weeks prego and stayed at about 160+ after my baby then had another and was the same weight gain and then finally said f it and lost the weight quick from running and eating good went to 110lbs but then gained 10lbs back but all good currently prego with 3rd and determined not to gain unnecessary weight just because Im pregnant so running lots lol

I’m still trying to lose the last 12 lbs. still nursing for a few more weeks. Baby will be a year end of this month. It’s hard to lose this last bit. I’ve been fighting it since coming home from having her. I don’t want My milk supply affected.

Azercord wrote: »

With the first kid my wife gained 30lbs (only 10 remained post birth) but I gained 40lbs and I didn't have a baby to blame it on.

Did much better on the second kid. My wife gained the 30 again but I managed to keep my weight under check and managed to keep my weight gain to 5lbs.

I blame it on all those extra calories from the beer. I suddenly found myself drinking for 3! Seriously though during the first pregnancy I really let myself go and was shocked by some of the pictures post birth when my wife had shrunk back to normal and I was still very big. It is what actually started my weight loss journey. Be kind to the husbands out there

"Drinking for 3", ROFLMAO!

I had twins last January and gained 37 pounds. They turned one yesterday and I am at my pre-pregnancy weight without much effort, but I was about 35 pounds overweight to begin with, so now I'm working on losing that.

I weighed 170 before I got pregnant, weighed 210 just before I gave birth, weighed 195 right after, and have slowly been losing and gaining weight since then. My son is 17 months and I now weigh 179lbs. Its a long process, but eventually I will get to my goal of 150-160lbs.

One day at a time ladies!!!

I gained 36 lbs. But I had preeclampsia. I was 171lbs when I got pregnant and checked into the hospital at 209lbs. At my one-week check-up I weight 173 lbs.

So I guess I only really gained 2 lbs. This was a little more than three years ago.

However, I weighed in at 209 last week soooo I gained it all back. Except this time I don't have a baby as an excuse