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I just want to know how women barely gain any weight during pregnancy or not get any stretch marks. It seriously blows my mind!! I just read that a woman only gained 6 lbs throughout her pregnancy. That's crazy to me! I'm normally a very skinny girl with an awesome metabolism. I weighed 115 pre pregnancy and was very good about watching what I ate and had a set of workouts for each night on top of walking during the day. I'm 39 weeks and have gained 35 lbs 😑 I also used stretch mark prevention cream religiously but it did not work. Also ALL I drink is water. So I just don't understand how some women do it! Someone please inform me 😂 it's too late for me but I'm just really interested in what your diets or routines were!

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I'm 29 weeks today. I've gone from 145 lbs to 174 lbs. I'm a little tall at 5'8", long waisted, and doctor says my weight is healthy. Negative for gestational diabetes, and blood pressure is always perfect. I eat almost anything I want, but if I've already had a sugary treat that day, I might tell myself no on the next craving. I don't really "workout," but I stand/walk around 44 hours a week as a retail manager, and I stretch (heel stretches, right and left split, scorpion). Oh, and I do some little tiny weights occasionally because I don't want flabby arms. I thought I would have stretch marks by now because I got them on my thighs from growth spurts as a tween, but none so far with the pregnancy.

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I've only gained less than 10lbs so far and I'm a week away from 6 months. My mom gained 25 with me and I was almost 10 of those.

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I think it might be genetics. I've barely gained weight so far and no stretch marks. And doctor said I'm perfectly healthy and baby always measures 1 week ahead in size.

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Those with lower bmis usually need to gain more. 🙂

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I've gained 3 lbs my whole pregnancy. I'm going to be 35 weeks this week. I was soooo sick for months and struggled to eat anything. And now I'm a Gestational Diabetic so I'm on a strict diet and meal plans.

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Honestly, I have no clue. I pretty much eat whatever and have only gained 13 pounds (at 28 weeks) but it's all in my belly (and maybe a little boobs) and no stretch marks at all. I feel like I should have gained like 50, lol.

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It just depends on your size. I've seen women like your describing lol the lucky ones! Though most who gain that little are people on the heavier side. My sister is over weight and gained 6 pounds with her last baby! A lot of women who are over weight loose weight! I have a cousin who looks amazing after a baby better than before! I'm 19 weeks and have gained 12.5 pounds already! Lol but I started out normal weight. 35 pounds sounds right you will drop it fast xoxox

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Skinny people tend to gain more since they have less reserves to start with. I'm relatively big and strong and gained very little because I guess I needed it less. I also didn't feel particularly extra hungry throughout pregnancy, and have been maintaining a workout schedule up to now at 38w.

Stretch marks are the luck (or misfortune) of the draw. My mom had four pregnancies with no stretch marks and similarly minimal weight gain, and I've been lucky to follow her pattern so far. We both have had the "just swallowed a basketball" style of pregnancy that affected the rest of our bodies minimally

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Stretch marks are hereditary
Weight gain is different from woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy.

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I did nothing for either stretch mark prevention (except lotion as normal) or weight gain. For most of my pregnancy I barely gained any weight but at the end I finally got up to 25-30lbs but returned to my pre pregnacy weight really quick. I ate whatever I wanted (lots of donuts) and didn't work out at all so it really depends on your body and your genetics. I got stretch marks on my boobs after delivery and thats it.

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