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!!

Hi. I’m Holly, 33, and expecting my 2nd baby mid December. I finally broke down and came back to MFP after riding a rollercoaster the last 3 years. I had my 1st in Oct 2014. My 1st was so easy. I was the healthiest I ever remember being and while I did gain 40 lbs, I was active and healthy.

At 7 mths PP I started experiencing severe hormonal imbalances which caused daily headaches or migraines. On top of motherhood, full time stressful job, health issues...zero work life balance...I’ve been a mess. Last summer my issues peaked when all of the HRP backfired with an allergic reaction to new meds and finding out I had a very under active thyroid. That explained all the weight gain from smelling air with zero ability to lose it. Haha. I’ve seen several docs, chiropractors, nutritionists, and naturalpaths since this all started and after last summer got off everything to try and find my “cure” and looked at healing through nutrition. I’ve had a lot of success feeling better and in March started eating Keto to try and reset my hormones and heal my thyroid. I felt so amazing but then found out I was pregnant despite everything. We were pleasantly surprised. I did step back from Keto due to aversions which has led me here...doing the one thing I hate most. Tracking. Lol. I’m at the weight I delivered so this is my motivation to stay healthy and be as active as I can despite feeling fatigue from all of the above. My Dr’s feel optimistic that this may be what I need to start over. I have so much more knowledge and resources to help try and avoid issues in the future. I feel so much more relaxed about everything and have been feeling better pregnant than before. Yay!

Thanks for the forum, I look forward to staying accountable and tracking along with you all.

Hi! Glad to join the group. I'm due 8/2 with my second child. I developed hypothyroidism after the birth of my first child and it took me nearly 2 years to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I got pregnant again almost as soon as I hit goal weight. I'm an older mom this time around (36 yrs.) and now I'm borderline gestational diabetes. I'm controlling it well with diet right now, eating about 2000 calories a day and keeping carbs/sugar low (only from veggies and low-sugar fruits) and eating every 2-3 hours.

The best advice I've received is to learn to eat mindfully during pregnancy; never eat a "naked carb" (i.e., always pair it with some protein and or healthy fats); but always eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full.

I recently learned that when you eat something that really spikes your blood sugar, your baby's pancreas also starts working over time to try to help produce insulin to handle the carb-bomb. It permanently changes your baby's metabolic profile to have an overtaxed pancreas before they're ever born. They're more likely to struggle with their own weight later on. I found this to be so interesting, amazing and helpful in inspiring me to say "no" to the sugary treats!!

I guess I technically don't meet the requirements for this group, but I just found out I was pregnant this week and by the calculations, my due date is early January 2019, so I just missed the cutoff for 2018 (and my deductible!). I definitely want to stay healthy, my weight has always been a struggle for me and I've come and gone from MyFitnessPal for a long time.

I was running a lot up until last year and was planning on starting again, I had been doing it casually but had been swimming, doing the elliptical, and yoga more than anything due to some health problems and pain over the past 6 months.

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I read that you don't need extra calories during the first trimester but is it okay to stay at my current caloric level, losing 1.5 lbs per week? What is suggested for pregnant woman on MFP? 2nd pregnancy, first time pregnant and doing MFP. Btw, my first appt is at the end of May, I plan to ask my doctor as well.

Early January is a great time to have a baby! Congratulations! January 6th is my son's birthday. And by the time the weather was nice, I wasn't as "postpartum" and it felt great getting out and about! I hope you have a great pregnancy. As far as mfp settings, I think everyone does their own thing. There's no official "pregnancy setting" I think. Some people set calorie goal to gain weight, some people try to maintain. But the fact is, whether or not you gain during 1st trimester, your body is changing, and gaining mass. I hope you fall into a groove and find a system that works for you! Have you been feeling sick?