Pregnancy weight gain- do you count from booking appointment?

[Elmo311]

Hi all,
Just wondering?
For example, with my son i was 63kg at the start of pregnancy. Then i had morning sickness and went down to 56kg. By the end of my pregnancy i weighed 68kg. So do i say that i gained 5kg or 12kg? People used to ask me and I'm not sure which is used?

Pregnant again now and just curious!

Thank youu! (Sorry if it's a really stupid question, but obviously it's quite a big difference!)

I would personally say 5kg. I've always used my weight from the beginning of pregnancy, regardless of weight loss in the first trimester.

I would say 5kg if that was your pre-pregnancy weight.

Thank you both :)

I lost 11kg in my first trimester... so I hope I don’t add that on because it’s gonna look like I’ve pjt an awful lot on 😂

The midwife will calculate from your booking in weight, which in my case was annoying as I’d put on a stone in the first 12 weeks (eating to combat the nausea) which pushed my bmi up to 27.

Seeing as my midwife added more than 1/2 stone to my slimming world weight when I was at my booking appointment (done within 4 hours of each other on the same day) I will be using my pre pregnancy weight!!

Our trust calculate it from your booking in weight. Like HalfBloodPrincess I had to live on biscuits and Minstrels to combat nausea. So I was a lecture on pregnancy weight gain. I only gained another half a stone in the whole rest of my pregnancy when I was able to eat normally again.

deathbycats I’m only 1lb heavier now at 32 weeks than I was at 12. I understand why they do it - anyone could lie and say they’ve put on 3 stones which would affect whether they need extra tests or consultant led care etc, but I’d only registered at the GP 3 weeks before I fell pregnant and my usual Weight was recorded! Luckily I didn’t have to have a GTT and am midwife led but could have been a different story had that not been the case.

@HalfBloodPrincess exactly the same here! I was mortified at my weight at 12 week booking in appt, but I suppose that will make the total pregnancy weight gain less overall (hopefully!!)

It is interesting! When i tell people i gained 5kg i get a shocked look as if "is that all?" And then immediately ask what my babies weight was (8lb 2)
When i say 12kg no one seems to pass judgement?! Haha

I asked my midwife about this and she told me they don't worry about weight unless you're at a high BMI to begin with, which surprised me. I'm 25 weeks and I've gained about a stone from my prepregnany weight, but I also lost some muscle weight in my first trimester. I'm trying not to worry about it too much, because there in lies madness, but I'm also hugely craving chocolate and sweets and my diets not been great, I do worry I'm putting on unnecessary weight.

This is my 4th pregnant and in previous ones I’ve gained 10lb, 1lb and 87lb!

All straight forward pregnancies, births and recoveries although it took me a few more months to lose the weight after my 87lb gain (it was my second baby, only 13 months age difference between 1 and 2, and I ate away at my PND)

I had excess fluid in previous pregnancies and gained 4/5 Stone on my bump alone pretty much (plus I had dreadful morning sickness so lost at first.) My midwife didn't believe me until I got on the scales as I was all bump as they say... I guess my point is weight can be deceiving in pregnancy and it varies so much between person to person it makes sense they only worry about those with high bmi but mine would've been according to the scales in those pregnancies and they didn't diagnose the polyhydramnios (excess fluid) because of that, they didnt even investigate my gain?!x