Weight Gain during Pregnancy...how much?

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.

Fluid in what way if you dont mind me asking.... swelling?

(Hi Deb )

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)

Edited by Flutterby

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

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

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.

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

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

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

It will be interesting to see what I lose... Its funny thinking that my body will most likely never be the same again too