Weight gain?

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I know I see a lot of people on here that haven’t gained any weight or even lost. I am just shy of 22 weeks and have gained 14 pounds. At my appointment today my doctor was saying I need to be careful and that amount is high. I have been eating well and working out almost daily. I’m not sure what else to do? I have also been eating fewer carbs. I don’t feel like this is a crazy gain, and I gained most my weight in second trimester with my first baby as well. Should I be concerned? It made me feel really self conscious.

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I'm not sure what's going on with drs lately. I keep seeing similar posts about drs making comments on weight gain. I started my second pregnancy in Jan at about 145, I am now 165. My drs said I was doing great with weight gain (as in I haven't gained too much) and should expect to see some more changes on the scale. My BP is low. My first child I gained 55lbs but lost nearly all of it in a year and some change. Prior to my pregnancies I was a full time personal trainer and have been a group instructor as well so I've got an extensive background in living a healthy lifestyle but still gained quite a bit in my eyes and from what I was reading on the internet with people's posts and did feel worried about it and self conscious. My drs seriously never mentioned anything negative about my weight gain first pregnancy nor this time around and this has calmed me down. Long story short.... You are doing great! Keep up your healthy habits and don't beat yourself up or stress out about what the drs say.
Every pregnancy is different, every mom and bump is different.

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I had the same thing happen to me. I am 20 weeks yesterday and was 145 lbs before preganancy. But i lost like 5 lbs in first trimester and then started gaining from 2nd trimester. Im 150 lbs now but i gained 7lbs is last 4 weeks. The doctor mentioned that is a little much and i should get more excercise etc. But i have been eating mostly healthy, trying to stay active and feel hungry throughout the day as well. Im not sure what i should do now.

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Doesn't sound high... the chart I looked at suggested around that weight gain for how far along you are

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I gained about 20 lbs with my first pregnancy and about 25 lbs with my second. Both I was overweight prior to pregnancy and not once did my dr ever mention I was gaining too much.

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I’m 20 weeks and I’ve gained 20 lbs! Crazy considering baby is only about 10 oz 😱

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As someone who is recovering from an eating disorder, I told my midwife that I’m very sensitive to being told I need to gain or lose weight. She was very understanding and said the only time she cares about a mom’s weight is when either weight gain or loss patterns affect the baby’s growth. She assured me that our bodies know what they need to do and as long as I’m doing my best to eat balanced meals and be as active as my body allows, I can trust it to do what it needs to. I’m sorry you had this experience and your doctor left you self conscious. I’d recommend bringing it up in your next appointment and telling them that unless there is an issue with the baby, your weight doesn’t need to be addressed.

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Personally im overweight to begin with being 195lbs pre-pregnancy. I'm 21 weeks now and i weight 200lbs so only gained 5lbs, but that could just be because the weight i did have probably got sucked up a little by the growing baby because im positive there's no way i only gained 5lbs. With my first i was 130lbs pre pregnancy and gained 40lbs my whole pregnancy and no doctors mentioned anything. I also ended up with a huge baby the first time, 9lbs and 22inches.

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So I haven’t gained a lot so my doctor isn’t making a huge fuss to me but when I had my very very first prenatal appointment with her she said bc I was already plus sized she doesn’t want me to gain over 20 lbs in total. She said the smaller the patients the more they can gain... she basically said for me she was concerned that I would develop gestational diabetes so just to be careful of what I’m eating in general but she didn’t scold me or make a huge deal like some OBs do it was just one of the things she commented on and hasn’t said anything since. I was reading online I think if I remember correctly that for normal/average sized women it’s ok to gain up to 35lbs and then the bigger you are the smaller that number goes down

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I’ve put that much on and my midwife said it’s normal and not to worry 🤷🏼‍♀️

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