Pickles and Ice Cream…Burgers and Fries… Taco Bell… anything…and everything. What did you crave during your pregnancy?
You might have had the same mindset I did, “Oh, I’m pregnant, I can eat this.” But that will be the first and last time I will think (and eat) like that while pregnant. I did not have any particular cravings. I literally ate anything and everything in front of me – and that cost me 40 lbs. The Institute of Medicine has come out with a new study basically telling us that we are packing on too many pounds during pregnancy! Hmm.. I wonder if that study was conducted by men? They don’t know what it feels like to be pregnant!
Here is what they are saying :
- A normal-weight woman, should gain between 25 and 35 pounds during pregnancy.
- An overweight woman should gain 15 to 25 pounds during pregnancy.
- Obese women should gain 11 to 20 pounds.
- An underweight woman should gain 28 to 40 pounds
I was 5’8″ and 132 pounds before I got pregnant. I used a BMI Calculator and it came up with 20.1. This is “normal” weight. I was supposed to gain between 25 and 35 pounds. So I guess 40 isn’t terrible, but it takes work to shed the pounds. Below is a photo of me, I believe, in my seventh month. I actually don’t look big here, but I ballooned the next two months. The pounds went all to my face.
How much weight did you gain? Will you do anything different for your next pregnancy?
I’m 27 weeks and i’ve only gained about 8 pounds. i weighed 122, now i weigh 130. The doctor told me today that my baby only weighs 1 pound and 14 ounces. i don’t understand..i eat all the time..i eat everything!
My first pregnancy I gained 70lbs!!! But I was young and lost it all plus 15 by the time he was 18 months. My second I was cautious and only gained 35lbs even though my daughter was over 9lbs at birth. Fast forward 8 years and my third pregnancy after so long I forgot to be cautious and put on 55lbs of which I have 17 still to lose
My son is 14 months and I am still breastfeeding which with each baby prevented me from losing it all until I weaned. It’s very frustrating. I want one more baby when I lose all this fat and I am going to ban myself from dark chocolate!