For the "bigger" ladies? Weight gain?

I'm about 30kg over my healthy weight and when I quizzed my GP about this when I first found out I was PG, I was concerned I'd have a rough PG, he said I shouldn't put on any weight at all! Which I thought was totally unrealistic!
When I asked my MW about it, she said that between 7kg-10kg was ideal for a healthy PG.
So far I lost just over 4kg in the 1st trimester, since then I've put on 3.7kg, so still thoeritically I'm around the same weight I was before PG.
I'm not dieting in any way, in fact I've completely relaxed my weird eating habits... I even drink orange juice now that I never used to because of calories!

How is the weight gain going for other "big" ladies.
Should I be concerned that I pretty much haven't put on any weight at 26 weeks? Or should I just be content that I haven't put on the 25-30kg that friends of mine have?!

i'm well under too - i lost 8 1/2 kilos in first tri and i've put on only 2 or 3 so far...and i got the same message from the specialist about not putting on weight, but got the same message as you from the midwife...i suspect the specialist knows more in this instance!!!!

Lexiesmumma wrote: I sat at 3kg under my pre-pregnancy weight for pretty much the whole entire pregnancy and had a healthy baby girl... though I had severe MS my whole pregnancy and was way more active. My MW wasn't concerned at all. I am very overweight also

Crazy, so effectively your weight didn't change at all? Hope your MS isn't playing up so much now

MrsJMcD wrote: i'm well under too - i lost 8 1/2 kilos in first tri and i've put on only 2 or 3 so far...and i got the same message from the specialist about not putting on weight, but got the same message as you from the midwife...i suspect the specialist knows more in this instance!!!!

Are you showing much MrsJ? I'm still getting comments from people that you can't tell... I definately have a bump, but I've still got the weight gain around my belly look.
I think you're right the specialist would be the one to trust, I just thought when my GP said that he was mad!

Lil_Nic9 wrote: ... and over weight (that seems like a horrible term to me) can put on less

Don't worry about it, most "big girls" have thick skin! I know I'm a big person, I've had to suck it up during this PG, I'm even having an extra 3 scans because I'm "high risk" being overweight.

Just making sure that it's okay!
According to the weight gain calc (don't know how accurate it is) I should be 7kg heavier than what I was after the 1st trimester (so 3kg more than now), or if you look at my pre-preg weight I should be 7.5kg heavier = 7.5kg heavier than I am now.

My MW is happy with my progress and isn't concerned about my weight gain so far, so I should just trust her I suppose!

I've got my GTT next week and a scan the week after to make sure my weight isn't effecting baby's growth, so once I get those out of the way I'm hoping I'll relax a bit more

Edited by AngieBaby

I lost about 10kg in the 1st trimester (lack of appitite and nausea), with both my boys and hadn't gained it back by their birth, MW wasn't worried, just eat well and do what your body wants to do, it will gain weight if it needs to. My first baby was well over 9lb.
I found that I showed but wasn't huge, and I gained most of the weight in the last 5 weeks or so.

Im in the same boat... My pre pg weight was about 30kg over the ideal for my height...so far I have lost 8kg in the first 12 weeks and now I recognize my old appetite is back and in the last few weeks have put 2 kg back on...

I havent actually spoken to my MW about it yet...she didnt say anything when she weighed at my first appointment, even though I was expecting a lecture!!

Ive been thinking that as long as I dont put on more than the baby plus some fluid weight - about 5-8kgs maybe (thats from my pre pg minus 8kg) then I should be fine...ie not going over my original weight

I am going to do my best not to increase the amount I eat as the pg progresses as I have a a lot of reserves for the baby to feed on!!!

Also as long as you as fit and healthy as you possibly can be given your starting point then there isnt much else you can do...right???

I'm 20 weeks and have gained less than 2kgs, I didn't have any MS.
I have heard instances of bigger ladies losing weight during pregnancy, and was told a gain of 5kgs for overweight ladies was ok. 
I'm still 3kgs lighter than I was at Christmas time when I was at my heaviest.
I have found my portion sizes have reduced during pregnancy - there isn't as much room in my stomach as there used to be which may be helping maintain my current weight level.
I'm hoping I don't gain to much so that once the baby is born its only my weight to lose not preggy weight gain too.

0mrs0ana0 wrote: According to the weight gain calc (don't know how accurate it is) I should be 7kg heavier than what I was after the 1st trimester (so 3kg more than now), or if you look at my pre-preg weight I should be 7.5kg heavier = 7.5kg heavier than I am now.

7kg heavier at 26 weeks?? That seems like an awful lot since I am pretty sure that for my pre preggy weight of 83 my total weight gain was recommended to be 7-9kg..but I just looked at that kidspot calculator and it seems a bit off to me!

Ahhh tell you why, the first time I stuck in 165 instead of 1.65 for my height! Maybe that happened to you as well :-0


Edited by AngieBaby

I found I put all my weight on in the 3rd trimester, before that I stayed the same weight as pre preg. Have gained more weight than I would have liked too but not long to go so not stressing about it.

Gosh, I wish lost weight like that

I also am over my ideal weight (about 12kg up at the beginning of my pregnancy) and am still 3kg under my pre-preg weight due to ms.

My ob/gyn is happy with this and told me that because I was overweight before pregnancy that little (if any) weight gain during pregnancy would be just fine - essentially the baby is a parasite and will take what it needs from my fat reserves.

I just have to remind myself at the moment to make healthy food choices as finally my appetite has come back...must make sure that I buy no more junk!