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I gained too much in the first trimester in my first pregnancy. It definitely slowed down and nearly stopped at the end but I did gain too much. But relax, you can take it off after the baby comes I did!

I ended up gaining 35 net pounds. It would have been about 42 or so but I lost 8 when started the GD diet. I started putting on weight as soon as I got my BFP. I would try not to worry, because your body will do what it needs to to grow the baby, and you may not turn out huge at all. FWIW I've lost most of the weight (still have 15 lbs or so to go) and my diet is way worse than it was at the end of my pregnancy.

I worried so much about my weight gain -'too much in the first trimester, 6lbs in one week one time, etc. I looked at growth curves and all the charts and stressed myself out.
Towards the end I decided I didn't give a you-know-what and just did what I could. I ended up gaining 35lbs. More than I wanted initially but certainly not worth all the stress I spent over it. At 4months pp I have. 7 lbs left to lose.

Moral of my story : don't worry about it eat healthy, go for walks (or whatever other exercise you want) and enjoy a treat every now and then!

I gained 10 lbs in the first tri and so far in the 2nd tri (at 21 weeks...and with twins!) I've only gained 3.5. I didn't change anything between 1st and 2nd tri except that my nausea isn't as bad now so I'm not eating constantly like I was at first. My dr isn't concerned and said some people gain a lot on the front end and their bodies even things out.

I gained about 12 pounds in the first tri for the exact reasons you cited. It has slowed down somewhat in later weeks (I'm about 28 weeks now) but I still can't exercise much (I do eat healthy again, thanks goodness). I've stopped weighing myself because it is only stressing me out. I have a really hard time with the weight gain, but I do believe my body is keeping the weight that it needs to grow this baby. I seem to gain no matter what I do/eat, so I'm trying to keep it all in perspective.

I gained 12 pounds in the first trimester. I was really sick, didn't exercise and could barely keep anything down and still gained. I started exercising and eating healthy when the nausea went away around 15 weeks, but still ended up gained 57 pounds! However, at 4.5 pp I have less than 10 pounds to lose. I worried way to much about it.

Well it was 2nd trimester that I gained a lot not 1st tri, but by the end I was losing weight while baby was still gaining and I hadn't changed my eating habits. Sometimes your body just does what it needs to regardless of how you eat.

I gained around 15 lbs in my first try because I was nauseous and all I could eat was carbs. My doctor was not happy, even though I was thin pre-preg. The weight gain slowed considerably as pregnancy progressed and the weight I gained was within my doctor's recommended range. I lost all of it (and more) through breastfeeding so try not to worry too much! Also FWIW, I exercised throughout pregnancy and am convinced this contributed to my ravenous appetite! Sure, I felt great but I couldn't stop eating!

@runnerd: aww sounds exactly like me with my first pregnancy. I used to run everyday, but stopped because I had bleeding early on too.
I also ate tons of carbs because it helped with my nausea.
I ended up gaining about 55lbs with DD. By the 20 week mark I was up 20+lbs.

I gained quite a bit my first trimester because carbs sounded amazing and I was afraid morning sickness would deprive me of foods so I stuffed my face. Fortunately, I never got morning sickness, but paid the price for over-indulging. 2nd and 3rd trimester, my cravings went away, and my weight gain evened out so I wasn't too concerned.

I'm SO glad to see other women who "gained more than they should" in the 1st trimester. For me, the only way to keep the nausea away was to keep myself stuffed. And I couldn't workout like I normally did because the morning sickness would be worse for the next two days (even on a mild workout).

I gained 37 lbs with my daughter, and I have a feeling I'll gain more than that this time. But, I'm keeping up w/ the 1-2 lbs per week, so I guess it's evening out. Now that I'm in my 3rd trimester, I'm really starting to workout again (lightly) and watch what I eat. (I guess the fear of almost being done finally got my butt in gear).