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My doctors have said 45-55 lbs for twin weight gain. That said, I'm almost 22 weeks and have gained 30 lbs. :(. I'm not trying to gain but if I'm hungry, I'm gonna eat! On the one hand my doctor said it's a little rapid for weight gain, but then she said also that my body is going to gain what it needs. It's not like I can diet right now ... as long as I'm eating healthy, I'm not worrying about it. Right now my babies are measuring about a week ahead,

35 seems low. My doctor told me they want me to gain 25-35

I gained 90 during my twin pregnancy. I was trying so hard not to but it just kept packing on. A lot of it was water weight. I lost 50 pounds in the first two weeks after delivery. I was retaining water like crazy so my weight shot up in the last month. It was insane.

My doc said 35 was 'necessary' and 50/60 lbs was my 'not to exceed'. I gained right about 50, and was induced in my 39th week with 12 lbs of baby and huge placentas (according to my OB).

I read Dr Luke's book too, and my take away was that as long as I was eating relatively healthy and exercising/walking regularly, the weight would do what it needed. I had no swelling, high bp, gest diabetes, and most people were surprised I was carrying twins. So for me, 50 was what my body needed, for others, 35 is great, and less to lose

It was funny though, that when I was most active and eating super healthy and portion controlled is when I gained weight like gangbusters in my late 2nd and early 3rd tri.

I was willing to put on some extra poundage for peace of mind that I was doing what I could to make my babes as big as possible. If I had tried to really limit my gain and my babies were super small, I would have had guilt issues...but that's just me