Weight gain question

[blushing]

Random question, but how many week pregnant were you when you started to gain weight?

[kermit]

I think at 15 weeks I'd only gained 5 lbs total. Then I think 8 total at 19 weeks. I'm afraid to find out now but it's at least 15, probably more like 20. I started packing it on about week 21 or so.

[ax2]

Both this pregnancy and last I started gaining immediately. At 14 weeks I'm up about 8 pounds. Last time about the same. My gaining slowed a lot in third tri though and I only gained 30 or so total.

[pinotgrig]

It felt like it happened as soon as I poas.

I probably had picked up 5 lbs. by 6w but blame that on a lack of m/s, being on vacation, and serious carb cravings.

[chedominique]

Probably by week 8 for me. So far it seems like I'm gaining ~1 lb a week.

[thatgirl2478]

At the beginning of the cycle I ended up getting pregnant in I started weight watchers. I lost 10lbs by the time I got my BFP, 4 weeks later I was in the office for my first u/s and I was already back up 9lbs. 4 weeks after (last week) I was up another 2 lbs. Since I was already overweight, this doesn't bode well for me...

[blushing]

Thanks Ladies. I am still down by around 13-14lbs from the day I POAS. But I have now stopped losing and for the last 2 weeks my weight seems to have stayed the same so I am wondering if the scale is going to start tipping the other way now. But me losing weight is a good thing, my BMI is high so it is preferred that I gain as little as possible.

(I am still down 5lbs from when I saw my midwife 8 weeks ago. I am hoping she notices when I see her on Wednesday)

[MrsDarcy]

I started gaining (with both of my pregnancies) at 20 weeks.

[smock]

I lost about 5 pounds in the first tri and started slowly gaining right around the start of second tri--by 16 weeks I was back to zero.

My doctor said it is totally normal not to start gaining until after the 20 week mark.

[Deleted]

Yeah, I am the same as you. I lost about 10-12 lbs when I POAS, especially with the MS and bad migraines I had. My weight loss started plateauing around 16 weeks, and I am up 3 lbs at 19 weeks.

[melsamoony]

I lost some weight in first tri and am now up a total of 5 pounds. I am eating healthy and exercising so I am not concerned. I know I will put on weight as the baby needs it. My husband helps keep me reassured of this when I start to freak out.

[ringstrue]

4 weeks?

[FastHands]

I had pretty mild m/s (more just food/digestive issues, really) that was enough to keep things in check first tri. I lost a lb over the first 10 weeks or so. I had gained it back by week 12ish, and now (17 weeks) I think I'm up 2lb from that. I remember about week 12-13 I was slightly concerned that maybe I should be gaining more weight, but pretty much as soon as I thought about it, the weight gain started. heh.

[Deleted]

First pregnancy, right away. I think I put on 10 lbs by 14 weeks. Total gain was 45 lbs for that one. I ate and ate and ate that pregnancy. Only redeeming thing was I also worked out a tonne.

Second pregnancy I started off 15 lbs above my pre-kids weight and didn't start gaining until 20 weeks. Total gain for that pregnancy was 25 lbs (so +40lbs on my pre-kids weights). I exercise moderately and ate really well - no evening sit down with a box of rosemary Triscuits and a tub cream cheese!

I'm 7 weeks right now and haven't gained anything.... yet.

[gretchenindisguise]

1st pregnancy - I lost weight during 1st tri because I wasn't hungry. Think I finally started gaining above pre-pg weight around 18-20 weeks.

Current pregnancy - I'm pretty sure I've already gained. Will find out on Wednesday.

[starlily]

1st time - I started gaining immediately, like from 4 weeks on.

This time - I initially lost a few pounds (probably from lack of booze), and started gaining back at 9-10 weeks. I was.still bloated as hell before starting to gain though.

[D2M]

I gained 8 pounds by my 12-week appointment. That was a combination of nausea making me not want to eat my normally healthy staples then dialing back exercise because I was so tired all the time. The gains slowed down when I started feeling better. I was up 22 lb at 24 weeks and haven't gained anything since (I'm almost 32 weeks). We'll see what happens over the next two months.

[Deleted]

Around 4-5 mos pregnant. I lost weight during the first tri and started putting some back on maybe around 4 months pregnant, but got above my prepregnancy weight closer to 5 months pregnant. It took a while because I had no appetite for 3 full months.

[jene]

I gained nothing for the first 16 weeks, and then from 16-20 I started gaining and have been consistently ever since

[smock]

Apr 7, 2014 11:09:11 GMT -5 D2M said:

I gained 8 pounds by my 12-week appointment. That was a combination of nausea making me not want to eat my normally healthy staples then dialing back exercise because I was so tired all the time. The gains slowed down when I started feeling better. I was up 22 lb at 24 weeks and haven't gained anything since (I'm almost 32 weeks). We'll see what happens over the next two months.

It's kind of crazy how different everyone is! We have almost the dame due date, and we've gained almost the same amount (I'm up around 20 pounds), and yet I've gained 12 pounds since the 24 week mark. 

[mrssandro]

I started to gain immediately. Initial bloat gain of 5 ish pounds then 1 pound a week so far.

[jewel]

I was still down 3 lbs at 16 weeks, mostly because of m/s, food aversions, and migraines. I'm finally starting to feel like i can almost eat like a normal person. think I may have gained a little more, but I'll find out next week at my 20 week appointment. The doctor hasn't mentioned my weight at all, either way.

[SJ]

I started gaining pretty much right away. Never had any M/S and never lost weight after BFP.

I was up 11 pounds at 20 weeks & 16 pounds at 24 weeks. I have not checked since. Next appointment is on Saturday but I feel so much bigger now.

[hillarywhitney]

I lost 10 pounds during the first trimester due to morning sickness (and not drinking beer ). I started to gain that back probably around 12ish weeks. And then I'd say by 20 weeks I had gained it all back. Now (at almost 24 weeks) I am up about 2-3 pounds. However, I started out my pregnancy with some weight to lose. And I was put on the gestational diabetes diet around 16ish weeks, so that has definitely had an impact on my weight gain.

[laurack]

pretty much immediately. Both my pregnancies I have gained 8-10lbs in the first trimester.

I assume because my morning sickness caused me to eat constantly and mostly carbs/terrible food.

It evened out. Last pregnancy I finished +32 and so far I'm +30 at 37 weeks.

[gerberdaisy]

At my 16 appointment I was up 3 lbs, at my 20 week appt, I was up 10. I partially blame having the 20 week appt in the afternoon where all my other ones had been at 8am. Or at least thats what I'm telling myself. I didn't lose any in the first tri and haven't weighed myself beyond at the doctor. At my 20 wk, the doctor said I could expect about a pound a week from here on out.

[statlerwaldorf]

I lost a little in the beginning. I started gaining it back at 26 weeks, but I still haven't gained it all back.

[rbp]

Zero? I gained five pounds immediately.

[cuccaro]

I only gained a couple pounds in the first tri, and now I'm up 11 lbs now at almost 24 weeks. It's been a pretty slow and steady gain so far. I'm hoping to keep my total gain under 30 lbs, but we will see. I've had a feeling for a few weeks now that it would start piling on soon.

[Deleted]

I didn't gain any weight until 18 weeks. I will be 19w tomorrow and am only up 1 lb.