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Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Asked by V.N. from Atlanta
on July 3, 2009
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I am in my 28th week of pregnancy and I have gained a total weight of 13 lbs since conception (started at 147 lbs and now am 160lbs). As per most weight gain charts, I...
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- Sounds like you have nothing to worry about! I gained a total of 20 lbs in my first pregnancy and both baby and I were completely healthy. 20lb is considered a normal ...
- Just wanted to say congrats and tell you, don't put too much on your weight gain. If your ultra sound is normal and the doctors are telling all is well and you're eati...
- I am sure you are fine. We can't all be consider by the book. If your doctor is not up set over this you shouldn't be either. Consider yourself all baby. I carried my ...
Weight Gain During Pregnancy
Asked by J.H. from Detroit
on May 13, 2009
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I have a friend who is expecting her first child in October. She is around 18-19 weeks pregnant. She visited her OB recently and the doctor she saw said she was "ext...
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- I gained 35 lbs and my doctor had told me anywhere between 25 and 35. Several of my friends that were pregnant at the same time gained 50-55 lbs. Most of their docto...
- I was at an average weight before pregnancy and gained 30 with the first and 40 with the second. That doctor is crazy!!!
- Unfortunately her Doctor is right, 20-25 lbs is what a women should gain with a pregnancy. At 18 weeks the baby weights almost nothing so the weight that has been gain...
How Does Weight Affect Pregnancy
Asked by J.B. from Houston
on May 24, 2009
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Hi Moms:)
Well I am just 5 weeks pregnant and I have a question. How was it for some of you moms that got preggers and had not lost weight from your previous pregnan...
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- Congrats! I too was about the same number of pounds you are "overweight" when I got pregnant. I was told the same thing to gain only 15-20 pounds. I was also told t...
- Woo hoo! Congrats! :)
- I had that concern. My Dr put me on 2000 calorie/day. It is not very hard to limit yourself to 2000 a day. That's a lot of food. And it kept me where I wanted to be...
Can Someone PLEASE Help Me Understand This!
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on April 25, 2008
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Ok so they say that you have to put on weight for your baby to develop properly so I guess I don't really understand why some people who are overweight are told to gai...
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- Interesting question! I'm petite at 5'0 and 102lbs. With both my pregnancies my doctor told me 20 pounds was fine, she actually said I shouldn't gain anymore than...
- I am a bit overweight, and I really watched my diet for my 4th pregnancy and did not gain any weight at all. In fact I lost 3 and the doctor was fine with it. I ate ...
- You are so funny with the things you stress about, did you find out the sex of the baby yet (from your last post)? Anyways, women who are underweight need to gain a...
