How many calories do you eat per day?

Question

I'm a really bad overeater so I've been tracking my intake with a food scale for about 4 years now. Before I got pregnant I was able to stay pretty slim on 1600-1800 calories a day, but that went out the window when I got pregnant. 
I ate about 2100 through my first trimester and gained 10 pounds, and now I'm eating about 2500 and gaining about 1.5 pounds a week.
I have no idea how much I should be eating and my midwife doesn't know either. Anyone else tracking calories, and if so how much do you eat and what are you gaining? Thanks

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That math also works out with what you’re gaining as if we call your maintenance 1800 and you’re currently eating 2500 and gaining 1.5lb per week, you’re eating an additional 700 calories per day. 1.5lbs x 3500 (calories per lb) = 5250 calories / 7 days = 750 extra calories per day. Which is about what you’re eating. So your maintenance is probably closer to 1750 👍🏼 yay science!

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If 1600-1800 was your maintenance calories, as I understand it, we weren’t supposed to gain much during the first trimester (ha!) then my doctor said 2-4 lbs per month during second tri and one lb per week at the end. (Which are pretty close but hey) 3500 extra calories equals 1lb. So if you want to put 3 lbs on in a month, 3500 x 3 / 30 days = 350 extra calories on top of maintenance per day. Which sounds like what I’ve read elsewhere. For the lb a week, closer to 430 extra per day on top of maintenance calories. 
Now I’m not saying I’m doing that.... this baby is making me a fridge monster.

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Idk i just eat when I’m hungry

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My Dr told me to consume about 300 extra calories per day for the baby, preferably protein and healthy calories. 
This is also the weight gain breakdown I was given (I'm considered normal weignt and the recommended weight gain for pregnancy was 30-35 lbs overall):
-10 lbs in the first 20 weeks
-Then about 1 pound a week until delivery.
That puts you around 30. At the end, the weight piles on much more quickly too 😳

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