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I gained a lot early too. But I wasnt exercising or eating right. Towards the end I had a much better weight gaining pace because I changed my eating habbits. So I don't have any great advice for you, since you already seem to be doing everything right. And I can also relate to the boobs thing, I had so many dresses that fit nicely over the belly but not the boobs. Annoying!

Me too, and I ate well, and I'm miserable with my weight gain.
Gained 20 pounds by 20 weeks. Now I'm at 34 pounds at 34 weeks--and I'm only 5'0, so I feel like a blimp whale.

Nothing I can really do about it.

And my OB clinic said they only wanted me to gain 25 pounds (not 25-35). Well---guess the only thing I can do is deal with it after baby arrives. It's been one of the most stressful parts of pregnancy for me.

I gained a lot between weeks 14 and 24. I lost 2 lbs in the first tri for some reason (no MS, just not hungry I guess) but then packed on 20 lbs to be +18 by week 24 of pregnancy. It didn't really correlate with my eating/exercise habits so I just figured that it was my body doing what it was going to do.

I'm 30 weeks tomorrow and my weight gain has been pretty stable for the past 5 weeks. I gained just under 2 lbs from week 24 to week 28 and have now lost those 2 again, so I'm still sitting at an 18 lbs weight gain overall.

I think the moral of the story is that the weight gain comes and goes in spurts. A few weeks ago I was worried that I was going to end up gaining 50 lbs this pregnancy, but now that I'm holding steady at 18 lbs, I'm feeling better about it, although I know I will probably put on a fair bit of weight now in the third tri. Whatever happens, happens.

As Mrs DD pointed out above, if you're skinny, you're more likely to gain more weight. I'm on the skinnier side and was told to expect to gain at the higher end of the average recommendation (25 - 35 lbs) as my body would need to put on more fat than it would if I was a bit heavier when I got pregnant. We'll see how this plays out for the remaining ten weeks!

Anyway, don't stress too much about it - your baby was probably going through a growth spurt which resulted in you gaining more than you would like but I wouldn't be surprised if it slows down a bit for a while before picking up again. Also, you can't discount the weight of your boobs! I'm convinced that 3/4s of my initial weight gain was due to my chest as well....and I'm only half tongue in cheek when I say that!

@mediagirl: i know, i actually made a chart, it's sort of 0lbs 1st tri, .6lbs-.8lbs/week 2nd tri, and .8-1.2lbs/week 3rd tri. BUT they tell you 1lb/week 2nd tri and 1-2lbs/week 3rd tri. Terrible medical math!
@Ree723: I was on the skinnier said and the books agree with you, but my clinic said no such thing--very frustrating. BUT I'm pretty sure my clinic's care is gearing toward 18-20 year old military wives who might just try to eat everything in sight and get sick--and lots of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc time moms who don't listen to the advice because they don't need it
@cvbee: agreed. generally your body knows what it needs better than your "logic" does.

I gained a lot pretty fast, too...mainly because snacking is what kept morning sickness at bay! I havent gained any weight since 32 weeks (im 36 weeks now) so right now im at about 38 pounds gained.

I was really upset about how much i put on, especially since i only wanted to gain about 25 pounds (and because i worked out and wasnt eating a bunch of junk food or empty calories) but my doctor assured me that our bodies know what to do and that i should not stress about the numbers on the scale. She also said that what our bodies do during pregnancy is largely genetic (and this put me at ease, since my mom gained 40 pounds with me and was in a bikini less than 3 months after she had me!)