weight gain

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really upset, i’m 25 weeks and have put on a stone. someone has just told me today ‘wow, you’ve put some weight on’ another woman. i don’t normally get defensive but i’ve had enough of people commenting on my body, and told her it was rude. she said she wouldn’t of said it if I wasn’t pregnant. i've come home and as silly as it sounds i'm struggling to look in the mirror.

does anyone else struggle with people pointing out differences in their body. the other day someone pointed out my boobs had grown, i just don’t like it as it’s all things i’m struggling to come to terms with myself.

That is rude, you are growing a human. It's not acceptable to make comments about anyone's weight. People should keep their thoughts to themselves.

Ignore them, weight gain is normal and I don't think a stone is that much when you are 25 weeks.

@Carebear99 , thank you for your comment. I've calmed down now and there is not much I can do about my weight at the moment except from eat healthily like I'm trying to do and remember that pregnancy isn't easy and there are lots of changes in my body. think it's too easy to be hard on yourself, i'm going to try and accept myself as I currently am. thanks again xx

Please ignore that nasty person.

I'm unexpectedly pregnant and I'm overweight, which I feel bad about. I suffer from binge eating and my weight gain was after a period of extensive binge eating after a period of extreme dieting. Unexpectedly my periods came back and I'm pregnant after trying to conceive for 20 years.

Good luck with your pregnancy

I hate it too, to the point that it’s contributing to my overall feelings of depression and how much I am really hating being pregnant. I can’t bear people looking at me and commenting on my body. I don’t take bump photos, I avoid mirrors, I can’t stand it. I barely go out now because I hate it so much. 10 weeks until this is over!!! I am excited to meet my baby but I swear I will never, ever put myself through this again.

Ignore them, A stone is nothing at 25 weeks, I have put on over 2 stone at 25 weeks and have stopped weighing myself, accepted I have gained weight, i vomit, I sometimes piss myself when I vomit, my nippples have doubled in size, I have developed a hairy stomach - your body changes but it can return to how you want to be. But for now enjoy being pregnant and ignore stupid people. Xx

I’m 30 weeks and have put on 2 and a half stone 😂 I panicked when I got on the scales but then I just thought I’m not eating ridiculously, still getting my 5 a day but I just gain weight easily anyway in general, but it is affecting the way I look at myself. But just got to think that it’s just temporary. Don’t let other people make you feel bad xx

I put on a stone during IVF and then another 2 stone in pregnancy, I'm 25 weeks. Midwife isn't worried, I feel giant at 13.5 stone as I've never been this heavy before. Huge thighs, bingo wings for the first time ever. I'm eating healthily and doing as much exercise as I can so I've decided just to stop caring about what the scales say until I'm in a position to try and shift some of it. Quite a lot of mine is fluid related so fingers crossed it might go down a bit after I've had the baby 😄. I think as long as you're not eating terribly and are otherwise healthy it's fine

Unfortunately, many people don't think before they make a comment and often don't realise how much it hurts. I've seen it happen the other way too - comments about people being too thin or not putting enough weight on. You should not feel ashamed or embarrassed about your weight no matter what you weigh and whether you are pregnant or not. It's something weird in our culture where people feel entitled to comment about weight.

When I was pregnant with DD1, everyone said how much i had changed and that the baby weight had gone everywhere, when I look back now, I literally did put weight on everywhere. But i couldn't have cared less, you're growing a baby so you should be putting weight on. People would have something to say if you were small as well, you can't please everyone, but you can please yourself😊

How rude. A stone sounds about right for 25 weeks. Most of the weight isn't fat.. Have a look at the below link, might make you feel better about it

www.calculator.net/pregnancy-weight-gain-calculator.html

Try not to get hung up about it. I piled like 30 lb on, all but 8lb was off within a week and that was with a fairly small baby. There’s no way of knowing what’s actual weight gain and what’s water etc in pregnancy

I'm 36+4 and I've put on 2st but everyone feels it's ok to comment. It's like pregnant women become public property!

For some reason as soon as you’re pregnant people feel entitled to comment on your body,/what you eat/your personal health/ your medical cadre and choices/whether you should breast feed etc etc. I have no idea why this is but I think it’s incredibly rude. Just ignore her. I’ve put on 11kg which might not sound like that much but I am short and was only 48kg before hand - you just have to go with what your body does (she says while eating apple crumble and ice cream and not feeling remotely guilty)

Oh fuck her! Should have said, 'Funny, i was going to say the same thing about you!' 😈😆

I was like 2 stone at 25 weeks! Now 3 stone at 36 weeks. My midwife weighed me last week and isn't concerned at all.

It's rude to comment about anyone's body. There's really no excuse. They said about me "Did you start fertility meds? I see you gained a few"... No, it's not okay to talk about people's weight, pain, bodies like this. I'm sorry you've had to deal with it x

Oh my, she's really rude, especially that stone at 25 weeks isn't much. Tell her "likewise" next time.

I lost half a stone in the first few weeks due to hypermensis. Had my booking appointment at week 8 when I was my lowest weight. Got weighed at 14 weeks and have put on a stone. I'm expecting to get told off, a stone in 6 weeks.