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I'm 31w5d and I've gained about 25lbs... I wait for a lecture every time but nothing has been said yet. Too late to say anything now! My sil goes to a different ob and I know they said something to her when she gained quite a few lbs between appts.

Yep. There was absolutely nothing I could do about it either. I ate more sweets and less greens but I wasn't eating for 2. My weight sky rocketed by 20 weeks and then slowed down to a more average weekly gain until she arrived. The same doc congratulated me on my weight at my 35 week appt. That annoys me because sometimes you just can't help what your body wants to do!!

Mine asked what happened when I gained 8lbs in 4 weeks, but in my defense, it was over Christmas and New Years mini vacation trip. So we were eating out a ton and I did eat too many candy cane cookies (my favorite) at my parent's. But other then that they never said anything.

Never. One nurse did raise an eyebrow at me for gaining 5lbs in one week will DS1 which really annoyed me.

Yup. I posted about it several times on here. Because of a scheduling issue, I saw a different doctor at one appt who went way overboard on the weight talk--- he told me I would get GD, have high blood pressure, a big baby ending in a C section, would never lose the weight and would be at risk for heart problems the rest of my life, etc.

I gained 41 lbs total, never had high blood pressure or GD, vaginal delivery with no complications, and my baby was 6 lbs, 10 oz. I'm 10 weeks postpartum and am down 26 lbs.... I Intend to prove him wrong on all counts and be back at my (not overweight) pre-preg weight by 6-7 months after. Jerk.

@Anagram: I gained 60 . . . 6-0(!), and nobody batted an eye!

Ugh, that sounds so stressful! Nothing has been said so far...I'm 30 weeks w/twins & have gained approx 29lbs so far. I actually asked my dr at one point about my weight gain since seeing the high (to me) number surprised me and he actually laughed & said there was nothing to worry about.

I never got yelled out, and I started out pretty heavy AND gained 40 pounds. My Dr was only concerned when I obviously gained 4 lbs of swelling in one week, but that was for comfort reasons, not for weight gain/health.

My doc is pretty easy going with my progress in both pregnancies. She doesn't worry too much as long as baby is healthy. I kept losing weight at the end with my first and haven't gained much with my second. She isn't bothered since it's related to my GD diet.

I see a different OB in the practice at every appointment. One doctor said in the second trimester "I really don't see much weight gain except your bulging belly so I don't think this is an issue." Another said in the third trimester "Hmm, you've actually lost weight!" I gained most of my weight in the second trimester and have been losing a little weight at each appointment in the third. Pregnancy is so different for everyone!

I only gained about 19 pounds, with about 1/3 of that being in the third trimester (and i went to 42 weeks). My OB made a few gentle comments about my lack of weght gain, letting me know it was okay to indulge occasionally, and reminding me to get my protein. I ate just fine, and had dessert every night, I guess I just didn't pack it on, as expected.

I'm super nervous about it. The nurse told me that my doctor is pretty laid back about weight gain, but I am not! I hate seeing the scale go up, and I'm already upset at myself for gaining 7 pounds in the first tri. I know rationally that my body will gain what it needs, but it's so hard to see!

No! I would be totally put off if I was yelled at/reprimanded/whatever about my weight.

I was overweight before my pregnancy, and never actually gained anything so that may be why.

I'd gained a good 10lbs by 9 weeks, but half of that had to be vacation weight (we were on our last day of vaca when I found out and MAN was I eating!). So my first few appointments he said that I was "eating well and that's great," or that DH was "sure doing a great job cooking" but now my last appointment I'd held steady so he gave me a prescription for some Buffalo Wild Wings. I'll take it!

No way. Every woman's body is different, and we all handle pregnancy and postpartum weight differently. I would hope that unless there was a real risk, most doctors would understand what a sensitive time it is for women, and not make comments regarding weight gain.

my midwife never even weighed me!!

I gained 70 and OB never said anything to me. I was also only 115 when I got pregnant so I think she thought I should have gained some anyways to be healthier.

My Dr. didn't mention weight at all and didn't even look at my chart to see how much I had gained for each appointment. But people in my life constantly asked about weight gain, so much so that I felt like I should get more info in it (since I didn't even know how much I had gained!) So I finally asked him and he just looked at me and said "No, you look absolutely fine so I am not concerned". It turns out I gained about 29 lbs total, which is in the normal range, but of course everyone who asked me about my weight gain only put on like 20 lbs themselves and makes sure I know about it!

I got lectured a lot starting around the last month or two of my pregnancy, but for the opposite reason. I lost 15 lbs in the first trimester, didn't come back up to my pre-pregnancy weight until well into the second, and overall only put on a gross weight of 4 lbs*. It started with gentle suggestions that I eat more, then graduated to telling me it wasn't healthy for me to diet while I was pregnant because it would hurt the baby. I felt like such a failure of a mother before I even had him...and the kicker was that by that time I would eat things like an entire box of Kraft mac and cheese--the kind with the unnaturally orange powder and no nutritional value--just to try to gain weight. Almost everything made me sick, and even when I was able to eat something it didn't seem to matter.

But E was born super healthy, creeping up on 9lbs, and at my first pp visit my midwife, who was a big shocked by how big he was, told me we were a text book example of a baby taking exactly what he needed from his mother.

*I always cringe talking about this, because I know a ton of women would have loved this, but since he was born I've put on 15 lbs. Breastfeeding did not make me lose weight at all.