Is there an online pregnancy WEIGHT gain calculator /calendar or somesuch?

[PaulaYatesBiggestFan]

that i can refer to please?

best not to think about it IMO!

(I gained 3 stone first preg, 4 stone last pregnancy...only one so far at 27 weeks this time)

DOn't do it

i know i shouldn't but i am truly eating cake and am worrying about nice clothes/summer/me being huge!

how many weeks are you?

i'm 28 weeks and suddenly this week i just can't stop eating!

seriously, don't think about it, it'll come off.

23! so not good really

it may not come off you know - i find it harder each time and do have to weight watch more than normal in pregnancy

the boots baby book says:

If you put on 12kg (26lb) during pregnancy, it will probably be distributed like this:

3kg (7lb) extra fat, protein and nutrients
2kg (4lb) extra fluid, including blood
1kg (2lb) bigger breasts
1kg (2lb) increased uterus size
3.4kg (7.5lb) your baby
1kg (2lb) amniotic fluid
700g (1.5lb) placenta

Hope this helps xx

26lbs is nothing

babyfit is a good website for those of the larger persuasion who want to keep a handle on weight gain..

link

thankyou

Paula, just re-read my posting and I was NOWAY suggesting that you are that lady of a larger persuasion.. I have no idea what you look like.. hope you weren't offended

lol thats fine - a think i am average but feel huge atm!

There's one one Gurgle but I actually posted about it a while back in that it is completely mad and insane.

I find it very difficult to stick to healthy eating rigidly when pregnant, the little beggars always want crisps, and citric acid and stuff. Give 'em what they want, I say.

apparently the Americans follow the 1,2,3 rule for weight gain. 1 stone gain if you are overweight, 2 stone if you are healthy weight and 3 stone if you are underweight but I think it is a little mean.

I am a big lass and for some reason unknown to man I gained no weight in either of my pregnancies and went on to have 8 pound babies. 2 weeks after each birth I was 2.5 stones lighter so that must be roughly what the weight of baby, placenta, fluids etc is. Unfortunately I gained all the weight back..and more. Need to get pg again!

you lucky thing

i always seem to gain 3 to 3.5 stone

dont know why ?

I put on 4 stone last time. Baby+placenta+water etc = at least a stone.

So if you only gain a stone, does that mean you've actually lost?

Try this baby weight gain estimator:

www.babycentre.co.uk/tools/weightgain/

ooh thanks for that!

how depressing science bint....

are you a rake?

ooh just tried that link out and its really fab

says i should gain 2 stone 2 lbs which is doable at a push and gives me something to work for - i thik thats very helpful thankyou

Paula I have gained 1 stone 5 so far I think
am also 23 weeks and have been wondering what others have put on

I put on 3 stone with ds

I was told to gain no more than 5lb in the first trimester (ideally none) and 1lb a week for the second and third. This was starting from a normal healthy weight and works out as 26lb to 31lb or about 2 stone.

As it was I gained almost nothing for the first two trimesters and then put on over a stone of pure cake ravenously hungry in the third.

I put on about 2.5 stone with ds1 and kept nearly a stone of it, then just over a stone with ds2 and lost it all almost immediately (and since then have maybe dropped another couple of lb), leaving me almost a stone above pre-pg weight (which was roughly 7 3/4 st). My theory is that I am now at my 'natural' post-pg weight.

Ooh, just done that link and what it said I shoul gain going by pre-ds1 values is exactly what I actually did gain with ds1