the $%^@ number on the scale (x-posted in Feb DD)

[goofy23]

Anyone else mortified by their weight right now? I am OMG about what I am going to weigh by the end of this pregnancy.

I am not a light person to begin with. Even at my fittest, I am always at the high end of the weight scale (104-141). Luckily for me, I can put on muscle really fast...but that means that I am always heavy for my height. I thought I was okay with it, but...

I was weighed at my appointment today and I am putting on weight steadily and within the guidelines. However, if I gain as much weight as I did with my DD, I will weigh about 190 pounds. I am only 5'3"!

I started off this pregnancy about 15 pounds heavier than I would like to be...add to that the 13 pounds I've gained so far, plus another 15 pounds that I will likely gain between now and the end of pg...and I have AT LEAST 40 pounds to lose pp.

Okay, rant over. Thanks for reading. I am just having a hard time imagining that I will EVER be fit again...

[eenchoo]

I'm not too happy with my weight gain during this pregnancy either but I have gd so I'm using that as my excuse . Don't worry, you will lose it again, it just takes time, that is what I keep telling myself!

[double m]

I gained a lot of weight with my two girls over 50 lbs each and I'll probably gain as much with this one. The good news is I was able to lose every single pound after with little to no effort on my part until the last 5 or ten pounds then I had to exercise most times I ended up pregnant again before I could get that weight off. But since this is my last time I am determined to get back to my before birthing weight.

[Babidol]

Oh I feel ya. I'm way over weight too. Never lost the All of the 35 I gained with number one so I'm being super careful. I hate feeling this way but I know I have a hard time getting it off so I've got no choice

[kendra76]

hugs.. BTW, I gained 60 pounds with my first. I only lost about 30 of it. This time around with Logan, I watched what I ate and did great. I only gained 30 pounds (ended up being 190 at delivery, I am only 5 feet tall). After 5 weeks, I was back to my beginning weight 160. I still have more to lose, but it was way easier this time around. I do BF and that does help.

[hotpinkmomma0811]

You never know what your body is going to do when your pregnant. With my son I gained about 50 pounds got up to 180 at delivery (I'm 5'1'') . I went down to 155 within a month. Gained back all the weight I had lost because of the dumb mirena. Lost 10-15 and got pregnant. This time not on purpose at all but, I started at 166 and now I'm 168 gained a total of two. I was up to 171 lost weight when the doctors put me on a diet for GD. After the weight of the baby is gone and fluids all that I'm going to weigh less than when I started which is odd.

[Babidol]

I breast fed for 21 months and it did nothing so don't count on that. Now is not the time to beat ourselves up. We will get through it.

[JennTheMomma]

I wouldn't worry. Everyone gains weight differently and your baby needs that. I gained 40+ with my first and 50+ with my second.

[goofy23]

Thanks everyone. I guess I should say that I'm not really too worried about how much weight I gain during this pregnancy....it's more just seeing that BIG number that has me freaked out. Since I was overweight to start, it is A LOT of pounds back to my 'happy' weight. It's hard to think about losing 35-40 pounds, ya know?

With DD, I lost all but 7 pounds just by breastfeeding. DD wasn't a huge eater either...so maybe DS will get me back to pre-pg weight and then some...

but the remaining 15-20 will be all mine to deal with Hooray!

[babyjoy414]

I am 5'2 with my DD, I gained 44 lbs. putting me at a whopping 194 lbs. delivery day. It took 5 months to lose my 44 lbs. but I wasn't trying hard. I was BF but eating a lot. By her 1st birthday I had lost a total of 60 lbs.

This time I have gained 30. Try adding a walk. I started again now that the weather is cooler and it has curbed my gain despite all the Halloween candy I am eating.

[ClarisseMarie]

I'm 5'3" and my usual weight is around 115 lbs. With our angel dd, I was on bed rest a total of 16 weeks, 8 of which were in the hospital. Plus, she had IUGR, so I was constantly eating to try to get her to grow. By the time she was born at 34 weeks, I weighted 160 lbs! I lost most of it in the following months, but unknown to me until we did all the prep tests for our FET with Liam, I had developed hypothyroidism sometime during or after my pregnancy with her. We found it and I was medicated before I got pregnant with Liam, but I was still about 135 lbs going into my pregnancy with him. I gained another 40 lbs with him (a very normal pregnancy - no bed rest or anything). But then, I lost every single bit of that weight within 6 months, and I didn't diet or anything! Well, all but 2 lbs - I got down to 117. This time around, I had hoped not to gain so much but I, also due in Feb., am on the same weight track as with ds. I also weaned about a month ago, so I'm not losing the calories from nursing, and it's been a little difficult to figure out how many calories I really do need now. Thankfully I weighed less going into this pregnancy than I did with my 2nd, but I'm trying to just focus on eating healthy and worrying about what I'm gaining after. As long as I'm not living on chips, sweets, and junk food in general, I feel like all I can do is just go with it, and hopefully I'll lose it all again this time. It's different for every person, of course. But I just wanted you to know there is hope!!!