3rd Trimester Weight Loss

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Not sure if this is normal... I weighed myself this morning (35 weeks) and I'm down 5.5lbs from a week ago?

Diet hasn't changed. I eat plenty and drink a lot of water. Should I be concerned?

I would check with mw. I'm sure it's fine but my son had iugr that wasn't picked up and I felt like I'd either not gained anything or had gone down a bit.

I do think I go up and down regarding water retention though so it could be that.

I've also read that in your third trimester your metabolism increases, so could possibly be that too? I'm kind of banking on this to mitigate my weight gain

Response from midwife today 'we don't really track weight'

Right... what a lot of help that was!!

I've lost weight in this pregnancy and none of my midwives have considered it to be an issue. I was told the baby will take what it needs. As long as you aren't starving yourself then the baby should get what it needs.

I'm no expert but if your midwife doesn't seem concerned then I wouldn't stress about it too much. Could you request an additional scan to check the growth?