22 kilos plus argh!!!!!

Hey ladies,

Im just a bit concerned. I am almost 25 weeks pregnant and have put on 22 kilos or more so far. Im not eating that bad, walking two times  a week and get tight legs and feet when I have a shower. I feel great mentally, and blood pressure and everything is fine. Im finding it hard already to get up out of seat, etc. What will I be like in another 3 months, argh!!!!

Rang my midwife this morning and she said if im eating ok etc then its normal and obviously I am meant to be putting on this much weight and up to 10 kilos can be fluid. She said they dont worry about edema (fluid and swelling) now so its all normal.

She also said I was a big girl anyway ( I never used to be), lol. anyway thats what she said and that baby is going to be big cos bigger girls have bigger babies. I didnt think our size decided the size of bubs. I have heard of big woman having little babies. Maybe she means bigger build. She did say small asian ladies would have 5 pounders. She also added she thought I was looking beautiful

Mum wants me to go to a doctor still, so i dont know what to do. Im going to eat healthy and cut out some bad things, no dieting (big no no) keep up my walking. Midwife says I am going to put on lots more weight yet even if I do eat healthy, yikes.

cool thnx angelnz i might try that. I weigh over 100 kilos, ouch!!!!

I gained a woping 20+ kg when pregnant and Zaara was only 3.425kg.....and I went back to my weight straight after so I think most of it was water + other bits. Dont worry.

Well I dunno much cos I am a first timer at this, and so far I have gained I think about 9 kilos, but my midwife did tell me that every person is different and the main thing to think about is that your baby is getting enough nutrition. I was also concerned abotu wieght gain and she said to me that just because you gain a lot doesnt mean that it will be difficult to lose - she said some people gain very little and find it very hard to lose, and some people gain heaps and it just falls off them after the birth, so you never know how it will go. Your baby sounds healthy and I am sure you're doign a great job so dont worry, I know it's hard having s changing body but I am sure you will be fine!

Kelly I just had a sneaky peek at your webpage too (hope you don't mind ) I think you look great and certainly NOT "a big girl".
I wasn't exactly Slimmer of the year before I got pregnant (77kg 5ft 5") and I didn't put on anything for months - now all of a sudden I've put on 5kg and I still have two months to go.
My midwife has never weighed me, she said that it means nothing as long as bubs is growing as it should be and your BP is ok.
Try not to stress about it - you look great!

I have gained about 6kg's and I am shocked...... Look forward to hearing what your Doctor has to say though.