I’m also pregnant and looking for a group!

Me too! @Parthus02 did you end up creating group? Do you want me to? I was thinking, check in once a week, share how many weeks we all are, ups and downs, etc. I love your idea! Add me please!

Hi. I am Due Oct 15th pregnant with my 6th child and have type 2 diabetes that was developed after i had gestational diabetes with my 4th child. I am watching what i eat and try to get up and work but so hard after having 5 kids at home. So any suggestions i can get to stay active with a very busy lifestyle is great. I am looking for support in maintaining my weight and being the best mom and mom to be i can. if anyone needs insights to a life of a mom i will love to give out, as my oldest is going to be 17 this year.

Hi! I’m due the end of October and was looking for a group just like this to help me stay on track! My weight has been all over the place in the first 2 months which I am assuming is mostly water but it still terrifies me!

hi guys!! so happy to have found this thread! I am trying to track now that the morning sickness has subsided. Prior to that all bets were off. I'm 25ish weeks (i'll be 26 on Sunday) and just trying to keep it around 2,000 per day with lots of protein and minimizing sugar (although tbh i'm not doing as well with that). If you truly look at my pre-pregnancy weight and not what the doctor has written down from my 8 week appointment then i have already gained 30lbs so I'm reallllly trying to watch it and not gain a pound more than I have to from this point on! It calms my anxiety to track!!

I can totally relate! It's very normal. It can be stressful, but hopefully you'll be able to stay active, and after all, you'll lose it all after you have your baby!

Hey Guys!!! I am due November 20th and just now 8 weeks along. I know that it is soon to be posting but we have had several losses (no reason why) and I would like to avoid gaining weight as much as possible. Due to our losses I really stopped caring about my body for the last year or so. I was just getting ready to re-join cross-fit and got a positive test. So here I am weighing more than I did when I delivered my now 3 year old. I have gained (prior to this pregnancy) about 50 lbs in 2 years which is disgusting!!! Hope to find some inspiration in this group

Hi, Jess! Congratulations! I'm no expert by any means, but I'm pretty sure you can set your calories at "maintenance". Do you have an idea how many calories you eat to maintain weight? You could just pull a number out of the air, try for a week and reevaluate based on how you felt. Maybe some other moms could chime in. I'm basically trying to be at 1700-1900 a day. This varies day to day, but at least it's something to aim for. And honestly, I've never tracked calories during pregnancy before, I've always eaten whatever I wanted and weight gain was all over the place, 30, 19, 25, 40, 50, 17. I'm expecting #7, due November 21!

Hello ladies, just wanted to give a quick intro. My name is Ellie. I'm 28 and I'm currently 15 weeks pregnant with my 2nd child and my husband's first. Our daughter is 9 so it's been quite a while since I've been pregnant (I say "our" because he really has taken her on as his own ). My first pregnancy I was young and dumb and ate whatever and how much ever I wanted without ever even thinking about it. This pregnancy, 10 years later, I am a different woman. Over the past 4 years I have learned to eat right, and get some movement in. I have lost 25 lbs and kept it off. So, this time around, I am tracking my weight, calories, and exercising on my recumbent bike for 35 minutes at least 4x a week. I am hoping to stay on track so that after the baby is born I can get into the best shape of my life (which was my goal this year before I found out I was pregnant lol) and start getting acquainted with lifting weights.

I would love to have more MFP friends that were also going along on the pregnancy journey - it definitely helps to stay motivated! Currently everyone on my friends list is losing weight while my weight is going up haha. I'd love to see workouts from other mama's, see food diaries etc. So please, feel free to add me!!