Weight gain at 5 weeks pregnant!!

[Lilybow]

Hello, I'm really freaking out. I weighed myself this morning and I've put on 5lb from yesterday!!

I'm 5 weeks pregnant today. I've been eating at maintenance but I was not expecting this to happen. I was already 5lb overweight to start with, I got pregnant sooner as was on weight loss journey. I so want to be careful and now panicking that I'm 10lb overweight. If I keep putting on this amount I'm going to be massive. What can I do??

Don't panic, it's will probably be water as your circulating blood volume increases massively in the first few weeks of pregnancy and will tail off and then you'll get the regular weight gain of around 1 pound a week from week 12 onwards.

I found though that when i started getting morning sickness I had to eat to keep it at bay - I had crackers, sometimes with a bit of cheese.

Good luck and congratulations!

Likely water/bloating. But in any case everyone puts on weight differently. In all pregs I've put on pounds in the first trimester, then nothing until the last few weeks of the third. So long as you eat nutritiously (MS allowing) and the baby is growing, it doesn't matter when the weight goes on.