How much weight you gained?

[Viletta]

Hi all,

Just wondering how much weight you gained, how quickly and what trimester? How quickly you lost it, if at all? I'm week 9 and so far I've been eating more than usual but haven't put on weight (I try to avoid sweet though). My BMI is 27.5, I gained a stone over the last two years of ttc. Wondering how easy it is to gain healthy amount of weight. I think these days the trend shifted from eating for two to making sure you don't gain too much. I see ladies in my office coming from mat leave being skinnier than before pregnancy. How do they do it?

My first I gained loads - about 3 stone.
Second - 22lbs. I lost it in the first 3 months post partum.
Imo it totally depends on the pregnancy. Dc1 I had HG so lost weight in the first half, then could only keep down beige carbs so ballooned in the third trimester.
Dc2 I had morning sickness but not HG and it was gone by 16w. I could eat a much healthier/ balanced diet. Also could be more active since I wasn't spending most of my life lying on the bathroom floor.
I found it super hard to lose weight after dc1, it melted off with dc2. No idea why. I breastfed both.

I have HG and lost weight in the first trimester but I was back to my starting weight by 20 weeks. Then I started to put weight on from 20 weeks, I was 8st4 and now at 27 weeks I'm 8st13 so I've put 9lbs on so far. Which I believe they estimate 1lb a week from 20 weeks

Gained nothing first trimester and about 20lbs total in each pregnancy. I weighed less leaving the hospital after my first than I was before I got pregnant. I think it was because I was a bit nauseous throughout both pregnancies.

I gained 3 stone overall. 2 stone came off in the first fortnight without me trying. By the time i got pregnant again the rest had come off apart from 4 lb retained. I can't remember weight gain with second dd

Sorry can't remember the details of weight that went on in each tri

I carried very big and they said i had a lot of amniotic fluid, so that would have been part of the 2 stone weightloss in the first fortnight postpartum

About a pound a week from 20 weeks (lost and gained the same four pounds before 20 weeks). Was back to pre-pregnancy weight a week after birth, then gained about half a stone breastfeeding.

I gained 2 stone in total.
Lost half a stone in the first trimester due to sickness.
Gained 2.5kg by week 20 (as Facebook reminded me 2 weeks ago)
Week 36 I was 12 stone in total then ds arrived early at 37 weeks.
I lost almost the stone and a half giving birth, apparently I was all water as ds was only 5lbs10oz.
8 months later I still haven't shifted that last half stone and the rest I want to lose. They say breastfeeding is good for weight loss, I disagree, unless exclusively expressing makes a difference 😂

I gained 3kg. I had a fucking miserable pregnancy with a myriad of complications. Stepped on the scales about a week after giving birth and had lost nearly 8kg from my pre-pregnancy weight. Put it all back on (and more) in the first year postnatal. 🤬🤬

I gained 6 and a half stone in my first. I went from 8 stone to 14 and a half. So nearly doubled my body weight

Took me a year too lose most

Then put it all back on with my second

I am currently 31 weeks. Gained nothing first 20 weeks, and have gained 11 kg since then. Was 50kg with 18.5 bmi at start.

Weight seems to have gone on randomly. I can't remember exactly but I was 10kg at 27 weeks to now, and its just gone up. So must have put the most on 20-26/27weeks, then didn't gain much for 4 weeks.

I am 19 weeks and haven't gained anything yet. My diet has been pretty good since the start. I lost about 6lbs in the first 10 weeks and have maintained since then.

I'm hoping to not gain much, I had my first child 20 years ago and put on 3 stone so definitely being aware and careful this pregnancy.

I gained 4.5 stone with ds3 My BMI was normal when I got pregnant, around 23.5 I think.

I’d guess about half of it came off within the first three months, by a year I was probably about 3/4 of a stone to a stone heavier than I started.

When I finished breastfeeding when he was 2.5 I was about half a stone heavier. By the time he was 3 I was my pre birth weight. I didn’t diet or exercise beyond walking the dog/school run etc. I had more or less the same experience with the other two, altho less gain. I think 2.5stone with DC1, about 3.5 with DC2.

I gained 1 stone (6kg) and went into labour at 36 weeks with a tiny bump. Baby was only 5lb 6. Without exercise, it took a long while for my clothes to stop being on the tight side though lol.

I'm currently 35+6 weeks and so far have gained just under 6kg.

4 stone for all of them. Came off once they were born.

I loved being pregnant and ate myself happy

I gained a stone. Baby was 5lb 3oz.

3 stone exactly in pregnancy one. I’m 37 weeks now and I’ve gained almost 3 stone, so expecting much the same. My pregnancies have been extremely similar!

I lost all the baby weight in 7/8 months. I lost 1.5 stone within two weeks (baby was 8lbs of that) & the rest with a sensible diet and a lot of walking. I was happily back into all my pre-preg clothes by 7 months postpartum.

Fingers crossed I’ll be able to do similar this time too! I have no intention of keeping the baby weight so will power will prevail

1st DD gained about 2 stone but put on alot more post partum.
2nd DD gained nearly 6 stone!!! Lost most of it within 2 weeks as she was a hefty 10lb 4oz and also had alot of fluid.
Currently pg again so will see how much I gain this time lol

3 stone! 1 stone was baby and placenta etc so left hospital 2 stone up. Next stone came off in first 3 months pp. last stone stubbornly stayed throughout bf. Lost half a stone immediately when stopped bf and still have half a stone to lose and baby nearly 2! Have not resumed all my exercise though

I'm 25 weeks pregnant with my first and have put on a stone so far. Lost and gained the same 4lbs in the first 16 weeks and then Christmas hit and the nausea subsided so I've put on 14lbs in 9 weeks 🙈

I'm hoping to gain a steady 1lb a week from now until baby is born making it 2 stone in total. Hoping to lose most/all of it (and a little more) fairly quickly afterwards 🤞🏼 my BMI was 25.5 pre-pregnancy.

I was sick multiple times daily in my first pregnancy, up until five months pregnant. So I actually weighed less once I’d had the baby than I had before I got pregnant. I would have just gained about a stone - weight of baby plus placenta and I guess some water retention too.

In my second pregnancy I got over my horrendous nausea somewhat by eating lots of carbs with every meal (it was the only way I could get any protein into myself and keep it down). I think I gained about three stone.

With my first I had GD and PE which caused excessive swelling and water retention- I put on just short of 6 stone and struggled to even move at the end, it was such a shock to my usual 10stone frame. I lost it all within 8 months, although I did change shape following it - he was an awkward shape to carry!

I dreaded the same thing happening in this pregnancy, I'm now 40+2 with no GD or PE and I've put on just over 2 stone. She's a lot more neat as a bump as well! Just need her to come out now!

Sorry, two stone! I normally work in kg.

I lost weight in the first trimester, then gained about 21lbs. It was all gone within about 2 weeks pp. piled 2 stone back on after about a year though. Thankfully, nearly got rid of that after another 3 years