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My best friend gains 20 lbs with each pregnancy. She is fit, but doesn't "work out" other than yoga and walking and eats whatever the heck she wants. Her babies are all over 7 lbs. She's just lucky, I guess!

I gained about 22-23 lbs total with my first and everything was fine. She was 7lbs 7 ounces and healthy! I think you're fine, my doctor never batted an eye at it.

Me in my second pregnancy. I gained 3 lbs. edited to add that my baby was 7 lbs 10 oz and totally healthy.

I gained 15 lbs each time, and I'm petite (5'3 with 112 lbs starting weight). Both babies were on the smaller side (5lbs 13oz and 6lbs) but came out healthy. My pregnancy was heavily monitored due to GD, which I controlled with diet. My weight gain wasn't a concern as much as LO's slower than average growth. While his growth may not have been on par with others, I'm pretty sure I just make smaller babies.

The only time I got an extra ultrasound was when my belly measurement was a bit under what they would be expecting - but she ended up being plenty big. Each pregnancy I usually have one or two talks when my weight gain stalls but im on my third pregnancy now, I just gain in bursts for whatever reason. Even at 40 weeks pregnant my weight never crosses into what would be overweight bmi for my height. my kids have been 6 and a half and 7 and a half lbs and this one seems like he's on track to be slightly above average. I think as long as you're eating healthy and when you're hungry and your stomach measurements are fine it's all good.

I gained 23 pounds and am petite to begin with. I didn't try to minimize it, that's just how my body did pregnancy. My doc was never concerned!

ETA: if you're worried about the baby's size, my son was a healthy 8.5 pounds

I started at 119lbs and gained 23 pounds. My baby was totally healthy and 7lbs 8oz. My doctor was never concerned.

I started all of my pregnancies at a healthy/slim weight (5'2, 110ish). I gained 15lbs with my first (basically a slow 0.5lb/week gain starting around 12w) and 10lbs with my second (didn't gain anything from 20-36w). Both babies were 7.25ish lbs and totally healthy. My belly was always growing, so the doc was never really concerned, nor was I. Currently preg with LO3 and on-track to hit somewhere between the two previous gains.

My issue is that I get uncomfortably full REALLY fast when pregnant, so despite eating lots of high calorie & healthy foods (full-fat dairy, nuts, etc), it's just pretty impossible to eat enough to gain a ton of weight. Short torso problems Now, once the baby is out and I'm nursing, I eat like a teenage boy!

I gained 16 pounds and started out at 5'9" and 140 pounds (BMI around 20). DS was 7lb 10oz and healthy! I was very concerned with my lack of weight gain, but my midwife was not at all. Next time, I'm just going to enjoy it if I'm that lucky again!

I only gained 15lbs with each of my two babies that I had only 14 months apart. I ate whenever I was hungry and not all healthy things either. I don't even have a great metabolism or anything. I'm just lucky I guess. The baby's measurements were always good so the doctors were never concerned. Also, within 2 weeks of delivery both times I had lost about 20lbs (putting me under my baby- gained weight).

I am hovering right around 24 lbs and holding at 35 weeks. For my previous pregnancies, I gained quite a bit more (35-40 lbs each). The first two babies were small (around 5.5 lbs), and this one is tracking to be a similar size or possibly a little smaller. I am petite and started all pregnancies around a similar weight - possibly 3 lbs heavier for this one.

For me, I think it's just about lifestyle. I had household help for my first two pregnancies, and took busses/taxis most places. This time we've moved and I walk everywhere, it's a farther distance to lug groceries etc., and I don't have help, so my kids are with me (getting pushed in a double stroller) a lot of the time. Without the help I had before, I also eat at home much more frequently (as opposed to indulgent restaurant dinners), so I think the "opportunities" for me to gain weight, perhaps more than I needed to in previous pregnancies, were limited this time around.

I only gained about 20 lbs more than my pre-preg weight with my first, and that was with barely any excercise and eating lots of dessert, lol. Lo was small (5 lbs 13 oz) but also born at 37 weeks. And lost during the first 20 weeks. This pregnancy I'm 21 weeks and haven't gained more than about 5ish lbs yet

@Goldengirl: I'm glad they are monitoring you, I'm sure you are fine. With my LO I gained 20 lbs pretty quickly and then stopped gaining weight. I ended up having him at 34w for unexplained reasons and I always wonder if I wasn't gaining enough weight to keep him growing. I don't mean this to scare you, I just am glad they are paying attention! (I've switched practices for this pregnancy, so we'll see what happens!) If you are feeling good, eating well and the baby is growing, don't worry!

I gained 20 pounds with my first, and only gained 1 pound with my second. Both healthy babies. I started out my second pregnancy a bit overweight though, and actually lost weight before gaining any.

I had GD. I gained 8lb in the first tri, but lost it all in the 2nd tri, after my positive GD test. I weighed the same at 37 weeks as I did pre pregnancy, and was almost a stone lighter when I came home from hospital! My baby was very healthy and weighed 7lb 2.

@Goldengirl: my belly always measured right on target, too, and when I asked my doc about lack of weight gain, she always cited the measurements and said it was fine. Sounds like you're doing great, but I totally relate to the worry!

At 34 weeks when the twins were born, I gained 15 lbs compared to my pre-pregnancy weight. I did have HG at around 5-6 weeks and was in the hospital at 8 and 12 weeks and each stay was 3-5 days so that they could tweak my medications.

It wasn't until I was 24 weeks that I stopped anti nausea medications.

I am petite (5'2 abd 130lbs pre-pregnancy) and my babies were 3#11 and 4#3 at birth. They were 6 weeks early.

When I was told I should gain 20 lbs by 20 weeks, I was at 5 lbs at 20 weeks. I was really concerned but my dr said the babies were growing so she wasn't. Babies were healthy so luckily my lack of weight gain didn't harm them.

I gained about 22 lbs by the time I delivered, although it fluctuated a bit in the weeks before. Almost all of that was in the second trimester. I gained zero in the first trimester and maybe 6-7 in the third. My doctor was super happy with my weight. My daughter was 8 lbs 1 ounce. I lost all of it by 2 weeks PP.

With my last pregnancy I didn't seem to gain any until the very end. It all came in my 3rd trimester I think maybe 25lbs total, and 9 lbs of which were baby. Within ONE week post baby I was 5 lbs from my starting weight.

I am at 27 weeks now and only up 3lbs.