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If your baby is healthy and growing, and your doctor has no concern for your health, then I don't think there is any reason to worry!! Are you eating healthier? That could just be it. If I were you, I'd be so happy for your growing healthy baby and be happy you aren't gaining a ton during the pregnancy. I was a bit over weight when I got pregnant and first lost weight, before gaining a bit in my third trimester, and afterwards was 20 pounds under my starting weight. I've never felt healthier and had absolutely zero concern with lack of or little weight gain.

Can you drink nutritional smoothies or anything like that? I've never heard of that happening before. I did not gain much weight the second time because I had GD.

@StrawberryShortie: Then you should for sure talk to your doctors more about what is going on. Always keep your doctors informed. What have they told you to do thus far? I had pretty bad reflux during my last trimester that made even drinking water hard. Try to find something you can eat. Maybe try eating at different times of the day. Some times may be easier to eat than other times. Look at what your BMI is also. I know the higher your BMI is, the less weight you should gain during your pregnancy.

@StrawberryShortie: Please update when you can! Since your baby is doing great, then I really hope things will be fine for you.

@StrawberryShortie: with each of my three pregnancies I i’ve lost 10 to 15 pounds in the first half of the pregnancy. I’m not overweight, but certainly not petit either. I think my body just kicks up my metabolism when I get pregnant (and the not drinking wine also helps with calorie consumption lol). I always end up gaining weight starting around 20-24 weeks. I’ve never had a problem getting food down though, that does seem concerning to me.

@ScarletBegonia: Funny you mention HG in this post. I was thinking about HG when I read OP's concerns. My cousin is a tiny girl and she had horrible HG with her second pregnancy. By the time her third trimester hit, she was basically a skeleton with a baby baby bump, her skin was seriously grey, she passed out multiple times like in Target and while walking from her car to work. She was actually under her starting pregnancy weight. BUT - her baby girl was born perfectly healthy and my cousin bounced back and is amazing. (Doctors did tell her no more babies!) But even being under weight due to HG, baby and mom can still amazingly be just fine!

I was not overweight, but about 5-10 lbs over my "normal" weight right before I got pregnant, and I ended up losing weight through my 1st trimester (although I was also suffering from a thyroid issue and not eating much). I ended up gaining only about 10 lbs (over my pre-preg weight) by the time I delivered, although I was about 25 lbs more than I weigh now. Baby was healthy the whole time and was a totally normal weight (7lbs 2oz) when she was born at 39 weeks. I remember my midwives fussing a little over my low weight gain in the late 2nd trimester, then giving me grief when I gained a full 5 lbs in one week, but really, I think it all evened out in the end and there were no issues. Unless you have reason to be worried about the baby, I'd just roll with it.

This is different, I wasn't overweight to start and I was sick for the first 20 weeks with both pregnancy. But the combo of being sick and the baby meant that I never really had much interest in food and could only eat small means. I just ate 5 to 6 times a day and once over night. Small means but trying to make sure it was a variety of things. I gained less the 20 pounds with each pregnancy and LO1 was 9 pounds...

Do you think you are getting enough water? That would worry me. My midwives said that babies take what they need and leave you with the rest. When I wasn't able to eat much I was super tired.

It sounds like you’re fine but in case my experience helps I’ll chime in. My low blood pressure/volume caused me to have trouble eating for a while. I would be starving and take a bite or two of food. Then my already low blood volume would all go to my stomach and I’d get dizzy and nauseous and couldn’t eat anymore. It was really frustrating. Just another thing to consider.