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Limited weight gain worries

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Fellmonster5 · 20/07/2020 20:33

Hi everyone
Just looking to see if anyone is having / had similar experiences.
I had a BMI of 22 before pregnancy and I’m quite petite. I am also very active, both before pregnancy and I continue to be in pregnancy-not to point of tiredness, just being busy and doing the exercise I enjoy. I don’t allow myself to get exhausted and I feel I have a healthy balanced diet with three meals a day and the odd snack - I don’t deny myself anything.
I’m now 24+4 and I have gained 10Ilbs since I fell pregnant, prob 4 or 5 in my first trimester. From a few google searches etc this seems to be quite a low amount and I’ve found a few questionable charts online that seem to suggest I should have gained more (I know, I shouldn’t ask Dr Google 🤦‍♀️).
This is now really worrying me. I mentioned it to my midwife who didn’t seem bothered but I just can’t get out of my head that something might be wrong. I’m a FTM so no idea what to expect.
Has anyone had a similar experience or found their weight ‘catching up’ later In pregnancy. The way I am going I feel like I’m not going to make the recommended gain (min 25Ilbs for my pre pregnancy weight I think).

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2020AUG · 20/07/2020 20:50

I had similar worries and hadn't put on any weight up until 24 weeks. I'm a very slim/athletic build, size 6-8 pre pregnancy so kept thinking surely I needed to put it on. I started putting it on from 23 weeks and had gained about 3kg by 27 weeks and haven't weighed myself since. I was relieved I'd started to put it on and as my midwife wasn't worried and my bump was measuring exactly as she'd expect for 28 weeks i didn't see the point stressing over it. My bump is still measuring average (nearly 37 weeks now) and
I've had growth scans (due to reduced movement not my size) and baby estimating to be around 40th centile so perfectly fine.
If your midwife didn't seem concerned, I wouldn't worry, everyone is different

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