I’m 26+2 and had an appointment with the midwife this morning. When it came to weigh me, she observed that I’d put on 7kg (just over 1 stone) and disparagingly said I’d put on a lot of weight , repeating it twice (yes I heard you the first time!) I’m 164cm/5ft3 and weighed 50 kg at start of pregnancy and weight 57 kg now.)
I felt thoroughly disheartened when I left and burst into tears when I got home! (Thank you pregnancy hormones…!) I’ve always been really careful about what I eat; however it is true that since being pregnant I’ve been far more relaxed - without ‘eating for two’. I then had a look online at average weight gain for 26 weeks, and every page I looked at said that my weight gain is completely normal for this stage of the pregnancy, bang in the middle of the range… So now I don’t know what to think, whether or not I should keep a closer eye on how much I’m eating? Ignore her and carry on?! I just don’t understand why she remarked on my weight gain in such a negative way and now feel really down and like a big old heffalump.
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Midwife comments on weight - confused!
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rampallion · 06/06/2014 11:20
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