Obsessed over early pregnancy weight gain?

Question

At my 26 weeks appt I had already gained 25lbs. I am now 28 weeks and will have another appt next wed. I have heard of women gaining more than this and saying that their doctor never said anything to them. Now, he has me obsessing over my weight. I have cut my meals to liketwo meals and a snack and constantly searching for the fat and sodium content of the food I eat. I did cut out any fast food and cut back on sweets because that makes sense. I was feeling really good about myself prior to this and I am in my 7th month and people tell me that I look good for 7 months. I knew that I would gain weight when I got pregnant and I was okay with all of it until he said something. Now, I feel like I am not feeding my baby enough and that makes me upset too!! I am hungry and I am tired of vegtables and salads all day. Any advice of how to help myself stop obsessing about this? I am measuring exactly where I should be for 28 weeks and my glucose levels and bp are all fine. I want to enjoy the end of my pregnancy, there are enough discomforts in the third trimester I don't want this to be one of them. What should I do?

Answer 1

Most docs don't care or say anything about weight at all as long as everything else is fine.  There are women that gain 5 lbs and women that gain 50lbs.

What exactly did your doc say?

Answer 2

I was having the same problem being very hung up about my weight It makes you feel like c**p when you get a bad weigh in @ the docs office, that happened to me @ my last apt So I made it a point not to participate in the boxing match i was having with the scale I will eat well, & I will not eat junk (i dont drink anything but water, even b4 i got preg,  and i make the most fresh delicious foods @ home I dont really like the taste of fast food) BUT i WILL eat when I am hungry (every time) and I will not feel bad about it At my next visit I am going to tell them not to tell me how much I weigh & stand backwards on the scale because as long as I am eating the best that I can & getting @ least a 30 min- few hours walk a day I am fine There is nothing I can do about it This pregnancy is doing whatever it has to do to sustain itself wheather I am on board or not lol Dont even fret!!!

Answer 3

Simply put.. Eat. If you are hungry eat. Obviously your body is telling you something. I'm 31 weeks and I have gained 31 pounds so far and I'll most likely gain more, and I'm not worried about it. I know plenty of people who have gained up to 50 lbs being pregnant with only one, and it was normal. Your baby will be fine.

So bottom line, if you are hungry, eat. =)

Answer 4

Oh gosh. I gaine 6lbs in a month and my doctor freaked out on me and told me to stop gaining this quickly...he was serious..

Im like Uhhh I cant help it? I eat like I always have-yeah my junk food craves have been up but still..

I probably have gained 20lbs this month HAHA

So far im up to 11lbs total...but im sure my next app. will be different.

sept 4th.

I dont let the scale worry me unless it is effecting my child.And so far i have an active healthy baby girl kicking the heck out me!

Id just calm down-do what the doctor says...but if i were you id have to sneak other than carrots and salads...im a meats and sweets girl! :)

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 5

i'm 6 months pregnant and already gained about 22 pounds. My doctor said it was semi normal just to try and eat healthier  which I have been i guess it really just depends on your body.

Answer 6

My first response is, chill! You have lots to worry about without putting added strain on yourself with regards to your weight! I put on 32lbs in my pregnancy (i gave birth 6 weeks ago) and i've lost all of it, without doing anything except run about after my one year old and newborn! Trust me, it's completely normal to gain what you've gained and be completely healthy! And as you've said, your glucose levels and bp are all fine and dandy. So you're healthy!

Now about 20lbs of your weight is all baby related, by that i mean the baby, the amniotic fluid, the placenta, the blood, fluid retention etc etc. You will find that about 2-3 weeks after your birth, you will have lost about 20lbs without doing much of anything. And if you breastfeed, this will help get rid of excess weight too.

I know it's easy for me to say to stop obsessing about your weight, but here's a piece of advice. Eat what you feel like eating. If that is chips, eat chips, just don't overdo it. Just make sure you're eating at least two or three of your five a day fruit and veg. And by the by, salads and vegs are not a good food for a pregnant women to be eating a lot of, you need to be eating at least 300 cal over what you would usually eat when you're not pregnant a day, and trying to stop or ease your weight gain by eating salads is not a good idea. You can get exhausted and this could end up effecting your baby. You should be having a healthy diet of lots of things, including cereals, pasta, milk and cheese, yogurts, meat and of course SOME veg and fruit.

And by 7 months, you have a lot more weight to gain, in fact in the last three months is when i gained most of my weight, because that's when the baby grows most rapidly and you WILL get more hungry! Worry about the weight AFTER you've given birth. You have it in you to stop worrying and stressing about your weight, you are in control. Use common sense, you know what's good for you and what's not (and a little bit of what's not doesn't kill you!) You can stop yourself looking at fat and sodium content, just don't do it. You'll be amazed at how free you feel.

My final piece of advice, DON'T listen to your doctor when it comes to weight gain. Listen to the midwife, who deals with pregnant women on a daily basis all the time 24/7, she's the one who really knows what she's talking about! A lot of women get upset with their doctor when they go and see them during pregnancy because they tell them something that isn't incorrect, just out of context (sometimes they really don't know what being pregnant is like or what the guide line amount of weight gain is normal! Your doctor obv doesn't, otherwise he wouldn't have said anything because 28lbs is completely normal!) I hear all the time that pregnant women are getting told that they're putting on too much weight by their doctors and this upsets them (I was told this!) But so much of it is out of context and depends on what they individual is like and how much they weighed before pregnancy! For example, someone who weighed 8 stone before pregnancy may put on as much as 40lbs + during pregnancy and this can be healthy, as can someone who weighed 14 stone before pregnancy and gains only 20lbs. This can be healthy too. It is all variable from person to person. So listen to your baby and your midwife, and you should be fine! Good luck!

Answer 7

i gained 50 pounds with my son (he's six months now) i lost everything in the first three months by just walking through the mall three times a week. at the end it made my blood pressure go up and my ankles and feet swell but it went away in the first week after he was born. i wasn't considered high risk or anything and my doctor didn't worry about it either. good luck and eat what you feel is right stress isn't good for you or your little one