Question on Weight Gain during preg.

Hello the
I am pregnant and we are expecting baby mid jan 04
I have a question about weight gain.

I was 115lb before pregnancy ( 5 feet 2inches tall ) and now I am 146
lb and this is my 34th week. So I have gained around 30 lbs. I was
wondering if this is a normal gain or am I not gaining enough. My
husband says I don't seem to have gained enough weight. I am a bit
worried now

I would appreciate any responses.

Thanks

That sounds about right. I think I gained around 30-35 pounds during
pregnancy.
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Sue (mom to three girls)
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Hello the
I am pregnant and we are expecting baby mid jan 04
I have a question about weight gain.

I was 115lb before pregnancy ( 5 feet 2inches tall ) and now I am 146
lb and this is my 34th week. So I have gained around 30 lbs. I was
wondering if this is a normal gain or am I not gaining enough. My
husband says I don't seem to have gained enough weight. I am a bit
worried now

I would appreciate any responses.

Thanks

Dotnet_Is_Love wrote:

Hello the
I am pregnant and we are expecting baby mid jan 04
I have a question about weight gain.

I was 115lb before pregnancy ( 5 feet 2inches tall ) and now I am 146
lb and this is my 34th week. So I have gained around 30 lbs. I was
wondering if this is a normal gain or am I not gaining enough. My
husband says I don't seem to have gained enough weight. I am a bit
worried now


Well, the real answer is that there's no way to tell
from the information you've given. The real answer lies in
the answer to the question, "Have you been eating a healthy
and varied diet during your pregnancy?" If the answer to
that is yes, then you've gained enough weight and that's all
you need to worry about. However, if you want to fuss over
pounds (which are relatively meaningless, as different women
gain differently), you're still well within what is generally
considered "normal."

Best wishes,
Ericka

I was 115lb before pregnancy ( 5 feet 2inches tall ) and now I am 146
lb and this is my 34th week. So I have gained around 30 lbs. I was
wondering if this is a normal gain or am I not gaining enough. My
husband says I don't seem to have gained enough weight. I am a bit
worried now

That sounds about average to me. I think 25-35 pounds is considered typical.
You may end up gaining a bit more than that (though weight gain usually slows
down in the last couple of weeks.)

The main thing to keep your eye on isn't the number of pounds (which, barring
extreme deviations from the norm, or sudden gains of several pounds which could
be s warning sign for pre-eclampsia or other problems), but that you are eating
healthily. If you are eating healthy food (a little junks ok too -- no need to
be obsessive...), and are eating enough that you are comfortable (neither
stuffing yourself nor starving yourself), you can trust your body to put on the
right number of pounds. (Which, for some women will be a lot, for some not much
at all.)

Given that you were fairly thin pre-preg, if your weight gain was very low, I
might be concerned that you were still not eating enough, but 30 pounds is
probably right about average for this point in the pregnancy, or maybe even
slightly above average.




Naomi
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