How much weight did you put on in pregnancy?

[virgo1979]

I am a first timer, and in total have put on about 8kg, this seems low compared to what people say they have put on. I am not ultra fit neither ultra obese, BMI has gone from 27 to 31.

Straw poll please as to how much weight you have out on . I am 38+4 btw.

I put on about 4 stone last time. I did lose most of it afterwards which took about a year...and then got pregnant again!

I ate a lot as it was the only way to stop feeling nauseous or dizzy (well that was my excuse anyway). Baby was 9lb. fluid etc was about 1.5 stone...so that left quite a lot of 'me'!

I did a reasonable amount of exercise, doing a bit less this time as harder to get to the gym with a toddler in tow so a bit concerned that I might put on even more!

Everyone is different so best not to worry to much about whether you've out on enough/too much.

"my midwife tells me you can use 2500 calories AN HOUR in labour"

Haggisfish- unfortunately that's impossible. You can't metabolise fat that fast on an ongoing basis and you'd run out of glycogen stores in less than an hour at that rate.

You only burn 2600 cals running an entire marathon.

Wish it was true though..........

good god, i feel really huge now after reading all this. iam 29 weeks and put 2 stone on so far. i had an BMI of 26.5 when i got pregnant. and i am weighing myself weekly. for some strange reason i put on weekly exactly 2pounds??i will be massive by the end of my pregnancy;-(

I feel rubbish reading these you skinny beans! I swelled up with water right away to the point where none of my shirts fit over my sumo wrestler arms by week 6! When I had my first weight in at 12+3 I had put on 10kg despite vomiting 2-4 times a day every day for the past 6 weeks!!! Dreading my next step on the scales now. Am 15 weeks at the mo. My mother did exactly the same so suppose I should take some comfort in that.

I started at 9st10 and am now about 11st7, so just under 2 stone. I'm 37+1. Ok with that so far and it all seems to be bump. Not sure what the next 2 weeks or so will bring though. Still plenty of time to balloon further!

I put on 3 stone and lost it all within 4 weeks. I was bloody huge, I might have even put on more weight but after weighing myself in at 12stone I could not bear to see anything heavier.

I have put on 5kg and am almost 21 weeks. I think this is about the same as last time, but I remember that I stopped weighing myself at the end, once weight gain had gone over 11/12kg.

If you started off with a BMI of 27, then I am sure it's fine, you're lucky!