Uncontrollable Weight gain?!

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Hi mamas! This is my 2nd pregnancy and with my first I was able to keep the weight gain to 25 lbs. 
I am now 33 weeks pregnant and I’m at 29 lbs 😩😩😩 I am soooo careful with what I eat (hardly any snacking and when I do, it’s something like an apple), I watch my calories (of course making sure I get enough) and eating so clean and I workout on the Peloton and do yoga every day. 
I’ve gained 4!!! Lbs in the last 2 weeks and it just keeps climbing. 
Are any of you experiencing this? I’m so scared that I’m going to have a 12 lb baby and have a hard time working off this extra weight. HELP!!

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Just want to remind you that women grew babies for centuries without stepping on a scale to know how much they weighed. Please just let your body do it’s job and try not to focus on numbers too much 💛

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Very normal some women like me with my second gained 30+ pounds

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Girl I gained 12lbs in 6 weeks😅 I’m 30 weeks and up to almost 40lbs already. But the first 20 weeks I only gained 12lbs. So all my weight gain has been the end of my 2nd trimester and beginning of this one 😅😅😅
With my first two I gained about 45lbs.

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I’m a FTM. I eat very healthy, workout 4x a week, and get 10k steps a day but have still gained 30 pounds at 31 weeks. Baby girl is measuring average. Just happens sometimes! If you’re eating healthy, i wouldn’t worry too much about it.

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Please step away from the scales and just admire the hard work your body is doing to grow a human. Weighing yourself is not helpful at all nor is stressing about gains. There’s so much our bodies are doing and so much extra fluid we need to grow life. Let’s admire and trust our bodies, not continue to judge them based on an arbitrary number we think is acceptable. Our pregnant bodies should be revered! Be kind to yourself x

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There's an excellent dietician named Lily Nichols who has some great info about weight gain on her Instagram. Some women gain steadily over the course of pregnancy, and some gain it in quick bursts. 
I would suggest focusing on protein when you're hungry because it will satisfy hunger cravings better than other foods and leave you feeling full for longer. Right now you should be eating between 100-120 grams per day.

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Yes, same!! I work out daily and go for walks a couple times a week and have noticed the weight increase much more than in my first pregnancy. I did gain like 40ish pounds with my first and I’m at 30ish now at 34 weeks but it’s frustrating because I indulged a lot more the first pregnancy and now I eat out once a week and try and eat healthy most of the time. But my face has gotten so round 😭😭

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This is my 3rd, and I've gained at least 34lbs with the last two, and I'm expecting to gain around the same. I have really big babies, so it is what it is, lol.

Uncontrollable Weight gain?!

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