https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 01:52:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2018046 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:04:29 +0000 Anya 2018046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was ~110 pre-pregnancy, didn't gain at all in the first tri (I might have lost a few from MS and gained it back but basically it evened out) and last I checked I was up 19lbs. With 8 weeks to go, I am hoping to stay around 25lbs total. I am really petite, so I feel like that's plenty. 40 extra pounds on me would be a lot different than 40 extra pounds on someone who's 5'7" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2017616 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:35:38 +0000 blackbird 2017616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: just eat healthy stuff and don't go without food if you're hungry and you should be fine! Between whole food choices and exercising, you're doing the best you can do. Just make sure you don't get into obsessive disordered behavior. After all, not many can live off McDonalds and not have it show ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2017609 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:24:50 +0000 PrincessBaby 2017609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really appreciate everyone contributing your experience! It looks like there's kind of no method to the madness....You can gain minimal weight in the first half or more and then your weight can go up several pounds a week each week in the end, or you can gain it all in the first 2 trimesters and have it majorly taper off. </p> <p>And everyone who did the pregnancy pass thing and lived to tell about it at a good PP weight - I'm jealous of you! That wouldn't happen to me. I'd be a huge mess and then would be miserable after I had the baby and had so much to lose - I know it wouldn't just fall off.</p> <p>I'm going to monitor my weight and food intake and hope for the best here. I really want to feel as good as possible about the way I look pregnant, and let's face it - be as close as I can to my normal size 2 PP so that it doesn't take as long to get back into my clothes. </p> <p>I'm giving birth in the spring and we live at the beach. No pressure :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2017425 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:22:44 +0000 erinpye 2017425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was very thin before my first, and fought hard to gain 30 lbs by 41 weeks. I was within a few lbs of pre-preg when I got pregnant the second time, and couldn't gain more than 18 lbs. I was extremely ill each time, worse the second, and only lost weight until 20 weeks with both. I started losing at the end again with my second, too. I would have rather worried about gaining too much! :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2017236 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:37:46 +0000 Kelley_lovelikecrazy 2017236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to check my blog, but by 20 weeks I had gained 6 pounds, and by 24 weeks I had gained 12 pounds. I gained more and more as time went on. Almost 40 pounds near the end.</p> <p>I was worried too. I have back issues and my doctor said the number one thing to do to avoid back problems for me was to limit weight gain. I was 120 pre-preg. </p> <p>I ate very healthy - but I was just so.darn.hungry. I could have eaten every second of the day. I wrote a whole post about it. I used to say the "pregnancy isn't a hall pass" thing, but now I totally don't judge people for gaining so much weight. The baby needs what it needs, and it will get it. Just like if you don't eat enough calcium the baby will get it from your bones. Amazing the way the human body works. </p> <p>25 pounds down by 10 days postpartum and then the rest was gone by 4 months. </p> <p>The second I saw a 25 week preemie that could fit in the palm of my head, I looked at my 8 pound newborn and thanked God for every single one of those 40 pounds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016484 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:12:46 +0000 anonysquire 2016484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: thanks!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016483 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:12:04 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2016483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I ordered one on amazon &amp; it was a gabrialla (yes the a, not e like you'd think). I honestly loved it. I ordered an L or XL, and it lasted me through the end of my pregnancy, when I gained the most of my weight and my hips got the widest. It pulls very tight and is Velcro, so my rec would be to order up a size since you're at he beginning of your pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016474 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:04:29 +0000 anonysquire 2016474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: ok, I'm going to get one. Do you have a reccomendation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016472 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 09:02:03 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2016472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I bet it does. I didn't get one until I was 28 or 29 weeks and it made an immediate difference. I wish I had one earlier. It acted like a brace for my hips- so I could get out of bed easier, walk easier, just move easier in general. I didn't get that achy, crackly feeling as much as long as I wore it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016460 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:55:02 +0000 anonysquire 2016460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: does it help of you don't have much to support? Oh man, I hope baby #2 doesn't have head problems as well :/ I've seriously had this pain and sciatica since my 6 week appt lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016457 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:52:37 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2016457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: get a support belt!!!!!! It's the only thing that remotely helped me. I felt like I was broken in half. I didn't have it with my first, but with my second I felt like someone was pulling me apart like a wish bone. It was the most painful, awkward sensation in the world. </p> <p>The doctors said Charlotte was head down longer than most babies are (?!?) and putting pressure on my pelvis, which is what caused my early SPD (I started feeling it around 15/16 weeks) and her plagio and torticollis. It's like she was STUCK there. Ugh. Shivers, I tell you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016437 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:29:02 +0000 anonysquire 2016437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: oh man my SPD this time around is so bad. My mom was telling me yesterday that I better start exercising so I can have an easier labor. Since my labor last year was pretty easy, I'm happy doing the little I can do!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016431 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:23:19 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 2016431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I wouldn't call it a hall pass, because I did make a conscious effort to eat a balanced diet but I also have into cravings. I gained about 30-35lbs with my second pregnancy, and nooooone of it is coming off despite diet, exercise, and breastfeeding. </p> <p>There was no way I could exercise during pregnancy. I was out on pelvic rest, then modified bed rest, and I had SPD. There were days I could barely walk and the sound of my pelvic cracking sent shivers up my spine. </p> <p>I consider it a huge win that I only gained 30-35 considering I spent my pregnancy on the couch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016428 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:21:49 +0000 ChitownRo 2016428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 130 (5'7") and weighed 170 when they checked me into L and D. I had really wanted to stick to a 30 lb total but that clearly didn't happen. The last few weeks of the third tri I started gaining 2 lbs per week. I definitely gave myself a free pass to eat more dessert than normal (can't wait to start eating a cookie w lunch again when preggy). I only exercised a little (like 1-2 times/week yoga videos).. I lost 20 immediately, 10 more by 3 months and the last 10 gradually throughout the first year. Finally back to prepreg weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/3#post-2016427 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:16:40 +0000 Orchid 2016427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained 33, most in the second trimester, and pretty much none in the last 2 or 3 weeks (I delivered at almost 42 weeks). I'd lost all but 10 after a few weeks, and about all of that 10 is still with me! 10 lbs makes a big difference when you're 5'2". Breastfeeding my 10 month old, but the weight won't budge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2016407 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:01:01 +0000 MrsTiz 2016407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: I gave myself a hall pass too, and happily! I have never been good about keeping up with an exercise routine but I actually walked WAY more while pregnant than I did when I wasn't. I ate normally, but if I wanted to eat a lot or some unhealthy stuff..you better believe I did! I didn't deny myself anything I wanted and I thoroughly enjoyed it ;) Pregnancy is hard enough on your body, why not indulge a little! </p> <p>FWIW, I gained about 35 pounds total and lost it all immediately. I was in my pre-preg jeans at 2 weeks and was having to buy new (smaller) pants before I was done with my 6 week maternity leave. My thoughts are that a body is going to do what it wants to </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2016321 Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:39:03 +0000 anonysquire 2016321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I really the only one who gained 500 pounds while pregnant? I tried to exercise but it hurt to walk 10 feet. I woukd take short walks and mall walk. And I had lost 50 pounds prior to getting pregnant so I just let myself eat what my body was craving. I didn't go crazy. But ya... I'm giving myself a pregnancy hall pass. When else in your life do you get to eat whatever the heck you want and grow a "cute" bump? Although this mentality is exactly why I gained 500 pounds lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2016149 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:56:29 +0000 catomd00 2016149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained 20 lbs during pregnancy but 5 coming off the poll 2 months prior, so I say 25! I gained the majority at the end of the second trimester into the third. I really didn't gain much at the beginning. Everyone's different, though. Your body will gain what baby needs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015302 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:23:25 +0000 Tippy0707 2015302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is my first pregnancy but so far I have gained around 8-10lbs at 20 weeks. I 5'8 and my start weight was 141. I was also in really good shape before getting pregnant. My goal is to try and stay under 35lbs. I left to go traveling in 2007 and when I came home 2.5 years later I was over 30 lbs heavier than when I left. It took me a couple of years but I finally managed to lose all that weight plus some. I have a fear of gaining all that weight back because I know how hard it was to lose it the first time. So, I just try and stay focused on the fact that I'm growing a baby and that my body is doing what it's suppose to!! Not just eating bad and drinking to much beer lol. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015274 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:02:37 +0000 chanada 2015274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 5'5 and 120 pre-pregnancy. For my first I gained 27 lbs. Now I'm in week 21 for #2 and I have gained around 12 lbs so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015267 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:51:12 +0000 Maysprout 2015267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gain a lot at first. But then it stalls late second early third tri. Then I gain again at the end. It's happened that wAy both pregnancies. I'm up 16 lbs by 18 weeks but then only gain 25 lbs total. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015255 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:39:53 +0000 ash427 2015255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <br /><p><i>This comment has been deleted by the original poster.</i></p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015223 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 13:18:32 +0000 namaste 2015223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a healthy BMI pre-pregnancy. I gained 19 pounds total. I was pretty sick for most of my first trimester and the beginning of my third. The last time I weighed myself (last week?), I'd lost 7 pounds but I'm sure some of that was water weight that won't stay gone. I'm 11 days postpartum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015133 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:47:09 +0000 Mrs. J 2015133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am about 5'5, and with DS, I started at 119 and gained about 25ish lbs. This time, I started at 112/113 (which is more normal for me), and I've gained about 3lbs at 10 weeks. I feel like I bounced back fairly quickly (although my boobs took almost a year to go down a bit, so that altered my body perception), so I am hoping to be able to get back in shape this time as quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2015083 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 12:22:58 +0000 smocks 2015083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gained a LOT, but in retrospect I think the majority was water weight. I was a balloon by the time I delivered with DD. I started at 160 lbs (5'10") and put on 60 lbs! I was heavier than by 6'5" DH by the end of it. Ended up losing 40 lbs the first month PP solely due to BFing (plus my appetite plummeted), and the last 20+ came off within 6 months total. I wasn't in any rush to get it off. </p> <p>I'm 11 weeks now, and am only up 3ish lbs so I think I'm on better track this time. We'll see though. I'm hoping to cap it more around 40 lbs rather than getting up to 60, that was absolutely miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2014989 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:25:25 +0000 looch 2014989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I recently read an article about pregobesity, which occurs when you gain a lot of weight during pregnancy, don't lose it all, become pregnant again, gain more, rinse and repeat...so it is a very real concern, especially after multiple pregnancies in quick succession.</p> <p>I also saw a very interesting "demo" on BBC about pregnancy weight gain and what percentages are attributable to, like baby, amniotic fluid, etc...it was really eye opening.</p> <p>I gained more than I would have liked and it was because I was eating full fat ice cream towards the end, for no other reason other than I gave myself a free pass during pregnancy. My son is 4 and I am still struggling with weight loss. My metabolism isn't what it used to be when I was 25 and could eat whatever I wanted as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2014974 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:16:54 +0000 PrincessBaby 2014974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: paleo isn't a "diet" really, it's how I lived my life food-wise for 2 years prior to this pregnancy. Many people who adopt the lpaleo lifestyle and choose to eat whole high-quality foods and cut out processed foods continue to do so while pregnant, I just had major food aversions that prevented me from maintaining a paleo lifestyle. And then I fell off the bandwagon bc it was a fun break but I feel a lot better when I'm not eating gluten and processed foods and I truly believe I'm making a positive diet change for my baby, or else I wouldn't be doing it. I agree, dieting while pregnant isn't a good idea, but just wanted to be clear that paleo isn't a diet :happy: </p> <p>I was worried when I started this thread that it might get misconstrued by those unfamiliar with paleo so I'm just clarifying!</p> <p>ETA: Oh and a major benefit of paleo IS weight control by default, bc you're not putting crap into your body! I just wanted to add that bc obviously that's all part of it:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2014953 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 11:08:35 +0000 winniebee 2014953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gained the exact same in both pregnancies. </p> <p>Pregnancy 1- started out 114 (am 5'2)<br /> Gained 4, 16, 10 for a total of 30. Worked out til 30 weeks. Was on strict bed rest from 30-37 weeks and gave birth at 38+4. Took me 4 mos to lose it all. </p> <p>Pregnancy 2 - started out 112<br /> Gained 3, 16, 11 for a total of 30. Worked out til 28 weeks. Was on modified rest from 30-37 and have birth at 38+2. Am 1m pp and have to lose 15 still which is consistent with my loss pace last time. I haven't stated working out yet. </p> <p>I think your body just does what it is supposed to do and you will gain what you are supposed to within reason. Dieting during pregnancy doesn't sound like a good idea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2014887 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:32:16 +0000 MrsKoala 2014887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started out at 172, which for my height is a BMI of 23. I was really fit, though, so muscle played a big part. By the end of my first tri, I was down 6 lbs. By the end of the second tri, I was up 9 lbs. By the time I gave birth at 40+1, I was up 29 lbs (actually I can't remember if it was 28 or 29 so I'll round up). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-weight-gain-if-you-were-at-a-healthy-weightbmi-pre-pregnancy/page/2#post-2014877 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:27:46 +0000 catlady 2014877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tracked obsessively, so I know exactly how I gained. I started at 117 (I'm 5'1") which is a tiny bit above my happy weight. I gained 5 lbs by 14 weeks, 20 lbs total by 28 weeks, and 34 lbs by 39 weeks (when LO arrived). I ended up losing it all plus 10 by about 10 months post-partum, and now it's crept up again so I am basically back to where I started.</p> <p>I ate super healthy and worked out 3-4 times per week religiously, plus I have a walking commute of about 3 miles per day, and I still gained at the high end of what is recommended. I was crazy about it but I think my body just needed that weight. I am going to try really hard not to be so tough on myself the next time. I look back and I don't know if it was worth it. </p>