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Inlove28
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Topic: Weight Gain during Pregnancy...how much? Posted: 10 October 2009 at 2:32pm |
Just wondering what the average weight gain in pregnancy is? Especially during the last 10-12 weeks.
Im 30 weeks pregnant, pre pregnancy weight was 68kg and are currently weighing 77.8kg. Two weeks ago at the midwifes I weighed 77.7kg so have put 100gm on in two weeks. Is this normal or on the small side. My midwife does say much. Also bubs fundel (spelling?) measurements are growing...
What have most put on?
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 2:40pm |
I put on 20kg with my son. lol. Some of that was fluid retention though.
With this pregnancy i've put on 14kg so far. With both pregnancies i didn't put on much weight at all for ages then suddenly packed it on. Haha.
Some people put on lots of weight and some don't put on much at all. Your weight gain looks perfectly normal.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 2:45pm |
I put on 30kg with dd but I had a LOT of fluid :-)
This time so far I have put on 10 kg
I put on most in the last couple of months .
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 3:03pm |
Fluid in what way if you dont mind me asking.... swelling?
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 4:02pm |
My midwife didn't weigh me but had she asked I would have declined anyway, so no idea how much I put on with DD2. With my first daughter though I probably put on about 15-16kg.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 4:30pm |
I put on a healthy 10kg in the first 12 weeks, then my weight gain slowed down heaps. I have the theory that in those first weeks, your body will put on what it needs to sustain a heathy baby and keep it "sticky". I was really slender so I needed to gain the weight.
ETA in total I put on around 25 kgs (didn't weight myself near the end)
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 4:41pm |
I put on the most in the first 20 weeks (12Kgs or so) and hardly any towards the end. I'd say your gain is just fine. Remember it is really common to loose a bit at the very end too.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 5:16pm |
I'm put on 7 kg by 30 weeks, but I started about 5kg heavier than I should have been. My MW said I should expect to gain 10-12 kg given my starting weight. I imagine seeing as you started a bit lighter, you could expect to gain a wee bit more than that. 10kg by 30 weeks sounds pretty good for a little thing like you
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 5:44pm |
I've put on 12kg so far and seem to be gaining 1/2 kilo per week on average (started taking note at 22 weeks) so I guess that means I'll put on 15kg all up if it continues at the same rate, but I like the sound of losing a bit at the end like Fiona says!
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 5:56pm |
Mmm I agree Chelle I like the sound of losing it at the end...
I too was a bit heavier than normal T-Rex about 4kg more that normal due to office job
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 5:59pm |
In the first 18 weeks I put on 10 kgs but I havent put any thing on since then so hope its slowing down now for a little while.
I know some of it was the bad eating I was doing but I seem to have that under better control now thank goodness
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 6:08pm |
I also put on 20kgs and was pretty steady at 1/2 kilo per week until the end when I suddenly started to put one more for some reason.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 6:13pm |
My MW told me the average is 12kgs But that was over the entire spectrumof women. So some women put on 10kgs, some put on 30kgs.
For my pre-preg weight and height I was supposed to put on between 11 and 16kgs. I've put on 16kg so far and have 10 weeks to go.
MW is happy with babies growth and doesn't even weigh me.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 6:18pm |
i put on 10kg right through but im overweight anyway. this time i have been told to put on a wee bit more cos my BMI was 29ish when i got pg which is smaller than last time. the MW who works at the gym with me said no weight gain first 12 weeks. 4-5kg second tri and 6-9kg in the last trimester. thats pretty rough though. the only reason i know my weights is cos i work at a gym and i kept monitoring it as usual through my pregnancy when i did my workouts. my specialist never even inquired about my weight
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 6:18pm |
I've put on 7kg so far, but then again I was carring a good 5kg more than my ideal weight to start with.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 6:39pm |
i put on 2.5kgs with my first, and with my second i put on 11kgs...and my specialist said to me they prefer that you only put on between 10-12kgs but every women is different.
Besides as long as baby is growing its all good...and the less weight you put on the less you hve to try and lose
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 7:00pm |
I started at 54kgs, I now weigh 53.5, but in the first 10 weeks I lost 3kg so MW said the 2.5kg I have gained in the last 10 weeks is good and I am slowly gaining weight, I'm not tall or short (about 165cm). Baby is growing normally and she said I should get to about 58-65kg.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 7:49pm |
Inlove yep LOTS AND LOTS of swelling lol
It started @ 6 mnths and by the end I couldn't even wear jandals , I had straight legs from my knees down
Although the bonus was I lost 15 kg in the first 10 days or so
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 7:57pm |
I know everyone is different but for me, I put on probably around 16 to 18Kgs both times. First time I lost it all + some within a couple of weeks. This time, at 6 weeks post partum I was only 1kg above pre-preg weight (and still am I think). I eat like a horse so for me most of the preg weight is (a) fluid....don't underestimate how much fluid is in your body and (b) comes off with breastfeeding.
Everyone is different but lots on doesn't always mean slow to come off.
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Posted: 10 October 2009 at 8:01pm |
It will be interesting to see what I lose... Its funny thinking that my body will most likely never be the same again too
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