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  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,667Member
    There may very well be a previous thread like this,I didn't look. Anyways.

    I'm shocked an appalled at how much weight I've gained so far during this pregnancy. So I'm looking to find out some stats here. Then I will reveal what a fatty I am.

    With my first son, I gained in total 40 lbs. I was on bed rest so I figured that wasn't too bad.
    what about you guys, and are you still hooding onto some or all of it?
  • MaryPoppins25
    Posts: 1,686Member
    I gained 70 and haven't lost 25 of it :(
  • ChibikoChibiko
    Posts: 2,700Member
    With my first I gained 35 lbs. With my second I lost 13. I had gestational diabetes with both pregnancies. First was not under control. Second was.
    U R who U think U R

    "You were the truth I would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all"
  • MorganD
    Posts: 3,451Member
    DS5: 23lbs DS4: 40lbs DS18mos: 9lbs. Don't ask how I only gained 9lbs. I have no idea. He was 8lbs and 1oz, so I guess the last pound was all boob.
  • CrashCrash
    Posts: 8,228Member
    I gained 60 lbs with all 3 pregnancies. I didn't even eat all that much junk, I just ate.
    See ya in another life, sister!
  • SammieSammie
    Posts: 7,283Administrator, Moderator
    22 lbs with my first, and I haven't gained any so far with Baby 2.0. I had actually lost a few pounds last weigh in due to the pukies.

    community-manager


  • GingersnapGingersnap
    Posts: 7,347Member
    I gained 30 pounds with my first kid. 9 years later, I still weigh about the same as I did when I left the hospital. I had a few pregnancies in the interim, but I didn't gain much during the subsequent full-term pregnancy, nor did the weight I gained stick.

    edit: both of my kids were 8 lbs +
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  • chaosmomchaosmom
    Posts: 3,846Member
    1st: gained 55-ish (so, I worked at a grocery store...food everywhere!!)
    2nd: lost about 40 (I had all the time sickness all 9 months)
    3rd: gained 12
    4th: lost about 25
  • loveitloveit
    Posts: 1,738Member
    I gained about 25. She is seven now and I am still holding on to seven to ten pounds of that weight!!!
  • [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,528
    I gained 55+ with my first. Then, I lost 35 of it, got knocked up again, and now I'm about 7 lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight.
    Get me a damn beer.
  • WildandFree
    Posts: 1,600Member
    70 with both. Lost 40 the first time. Got pregnant, gained 70 more. Lost all of that and then some. I'm now at a weird in between stage where I'm not fat but I'm not thin anymore. Bleh.
  • squishsquish
    Posts: 745Member
    26 lbs with DS and I had gd but it was controlled by diet. I actually lost that weight by my 6 week appointment and @missmama5 knows I lost some more because we were buddies on mfp.

    I feel huge with this pregnancy. I've already gained 4 lbs and I'm 6 weeks along. I also feel like I look pregnant but Dh says I don't. I've just been ravenous so far but I know once I have to take that glucose test, ill be good so I guess I want to get some bad stuff in now.
  • LA_PygmyHerderLA_PygmyHerder
    Posts: 1,239Member
    I gained 12 lbs... Don't hurt me! *ducks*
  • PurpleFlowersPurpleFlowers
    Posts: 5,650Member
    Lost weight with the 1st and he was 9 pounds. With the 2nd, I think I gained about 30 pounds?
    Stay away from my chocolate and nobody gets hurt!

    I think I like who I am becoming...
  • WickedBitchoftheEastWickedBitchoftheEast
    Posts: 912Member
    Gained 9lbs with DS23~~he weighed 4lb 11oz

    Gained 11lbs with DD21~she weighed 5lb 12 oz
  • lefty63
    Posts: 248Member
    The first one I gained 34 lbs and gradually lost it.  The second I gained 27 and lost it quickly, I think because of nursing. Now I weigh less then my original weight because of health issues.
  • hippiekinshippiekins
    Posts: 1,092Member
    I gained 70, bed rest and mass amounts of pumpkin pie certainly did not help... I've only lost about 35 of it and he's about to be freaking 2. SLACKER!
  • Marionettevie
    Posts: 2,266Member
    i was about 130-135 when i got pregnant. my last weigh in while i was in labor was i believe 162. and now i am at 124. i ate anything i wanted... my first baby and i am 21. so thats what i am saying kept me like this
  • Lakegirl34
    Posts: 1,788Member
    I gained 90 (eek...I think I "win" at being worst) which I contribute to quitting smoking, bed rest and retaining a ton of water. I lost 45 pounds in the first week after having ds. I was overweight already though, and now with pregnancy #2 I'm only supposed to gain 10 pounds because I never lost that other 45 pounds. I have my 12 week check up tomorrow and based on how my pants fit I would guess I've gained that much already : /
  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,667Member
    So many different weight gains, and even some losses wow! I'm amazed.
    No matter how much or little you gain, no matter how much or little you've lost, you're all beautiful :)
    I've gained 30 lbs do far with this baby, and I'm 21 Weeks. I'm on bed rest. I'm hoping to lose it quickly after as I'm a very active person and love to exercise plus breastfeeding. @squish I'm going to be back in the my fitness pal wagon then to I love that place it really works!
  • squishsquish
    Posts: 745Member
    @missmama5 Ill be joining you back at mfp when I'm done as well. It worked wonders.
  • LLB
    Posts: 3,316Member
    With my twins I gained 40lbs and lost it all plus some by my 6 week checkup. I had 5 weeks of bed rest with them.


    With this one I have gained a grand total of 1lb so far at 22 weeks.
  • AnonUser33
    Posts: 743Guest

    Thing 1 I lost 2 (6.5 months of complete bed rest)

    Thing 2 I gained 2 (2 months of partial bed rest)

    After I had thing 2 I was down about 30 pounds from where I started with thing 1. Then I gained 150 after I was done having babies. UGH

  • WildandFree
    Posts: 1,600Member
    After you had them @unknown?!
  • WildandFree
    Posts: 1,600Member
    @unknown1
  • serenitynowserenitynow
    Posts: 2,175Member

    baby #1: gained about 70lbs, lost 35 by 6 wk check

    baby #2: gained about 25lbs, lost about 15

    baby #3: gained about 25lbs, lost about 15

    baby #4: i lost 10lbs but sadly i've gained it back plus a pound so total i've gained 11lbs and i'm 22 weeks (baby is currently 1lb)

  • AnonUser33
    Posts: 743Guest
    @wildandfree, yes. I was on some medication and gained 150# in 18 months.
  • AnonUser37
    Posts: 1,765Member
    I gained 26 lbs....i probably would have gained more but i had gd and spent the ladt three months fuckinh hungry.
  • TranquilTranquil
    Posts: 451Member
    Gained 34lbs. Lost 25. That was almost 3 yrs go still struggling to lose those 8-10lbs.
  • RagingRachRagingRach
    Posts: 210Member
    Gained about 35 with the first, with this one 8 pounds gained, I'm 15 weeks along.
  • meandmy243meandmy243
    Posts: 6,375Member
    I gained 50 with #1 6lbs 10.5oz
    #2 I gained 60 he was 4lbs 3oz
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    going to the chapel 7/5/2014
  • BookMum
    Posts: 717Member
    About 60lbs with all 3 pregnancies and about a third of that was water weight...i swelled up like a water balloon.
    Currently working on about 20lbs of baby weight that needs to get gone stat.
    I shall futterwacken...vigorously*
  • momofeveryonemomofeveryone
    Posts: 1,716Member
    i was 170 when i got preg with ds. i gained 40, and noone said a word. lost about 15 of it, then got preg w/ dd. i only gained 10, but the male ob at the office had a minor coniption when i had my 32 week appt. i weighed about 205! the only person my whole 76 weeks in total of pregnancy who had an issue was a man.
    we got the house!!!!! i have worked so hard for 5 years to get us in a spot to buy! isnt it cute?!?!?!?
  • WildandFree
    Posts: 1,600Member
    Oh hun @unknown1 I'm so sorry. Side effects from medications are AWFUL :(
  • freedomloverfreedomlover
    Posts: 25Member
    I gained 50 with my first and a little over 50 with my second. Got back to pre-pregnancy weight within a year each time.
  • organicbabyorganicbaby
    Posts: 1,491Member
    I gained 53 pounds but lots of that was water retention. I, however, never went back to pre pregnancy weight, I am still 20 pounds above it and truthfully I do not think I will ever get rid of them.
  • Katescrazymom
    Posts: 1,849Member

    With dd I gained 40-45 lbs, she was 37 weeks, 2 days.  I was back down at 3 months 1 week, and dropped another 10 within 2 months of weaning.

    With ds I gained 50-55 lbs he was born at 41 weeks, and I had started off 5-10 lbs heavier.  I haven't lost any since he was 6 months old, so it's been a year.  I had made some progress but then we had Thanksgiving. I'm still about 15 lbs more then I was pre pregnancy.

    I gained faster with ds, and carried a lot of water with both of them, but clearly the weight was more then water and baby!

  • toadintheholetoadinthehole
    Posts: 1,039Member
    We dont get weighed here in the uk thankfully
  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,667Member
    @toadinthehole you didn't ever weigh yourself?!

  • Chocoholic
    Posts: 977Member
    I gained 32lbs and am now 17 lbs under my prepregnancy weight.
    The answer is chocolate. I don't care what the question is.
  • toadintheholetoadinthehole
    Posts: 1,039Member
    @missama5 i used to be anorexic so no scales in the house.
  • tothemoonandbacktothemoonandback
    Posts: 2,147Member
    Wow, such variation!  I gained 30lb, but was overweight to begin w/.  I did WW for a year and lost the 30 plus another 30 and have maintained that for the past year.
    Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. - Marilyn Monroe
  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,667Member
    @toadinthehole ok gotcha I Hope you're better now. Big hugs.

    I still had about 10 lbs hanging on....6 years later....from my son plus two pregnancies that ended in loss,I gained around ten lbs each with them but lost it . I was down to 135 before this baby, the lowest I've been since I had my son at 17 and was 125. Go figure.
    My body changed sooooo much though. At 135 I was still somehow wearing a size 8 pants. Apparently I grew hips or something. Lol I think I'm just wider in general.
  • sunnymommasunnymomma
    Posts: 2,244Member
    gained 30 lbs and have lost 25 of it (15 years later)   =))
    “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
    ― John Lennon
  • BankMom
    Posts: 138Member
    I rarely say this out loud (or in type lol) but I gained 100 pounds with my first. Two things I learned:
    1. Don't eat a steady diet of Fritos dipped in sour cream even if it's something you want more than air to breathe. It turns out that it's really very fattening.
    2. Babies don't come out weighing 75 pounds. That is a total bummer.
    I'm just now working on losing the "baby" weight. Said babies are now 18yo and 13yo LOL I have lost over 30 pounds and have about 40 to go :-)
    "...and when her feet hit the floor in the morning the devil says "Oh, shit! She's awake!"
  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,667Member
    @bankmom omg fritos in sour cream...... Bitch lol
  • beachmommybeachmommy
    Posts: 2,523Member

    I gained 40...lost about 38 of it...I am 8 mo pp.

    I was on partial bedrest the last 2 months.

    My beach is still Sandy....
  • sleevienickssleevienicks
    Posts: 44Member
    I gained 40lbs with my daughter. She was 2.5 YEARS old before I lost any of that weight and that was even after breastfeeding and dieting. I have PCOS, so it's really hard for me to lose weight anyway. So when she was 2.5 I had weight-loss surgery and now I'm down almost 100lbs since last November (2011) and that is the only way I ever would have lost that baby weight! 

    I was sick almost my entire pregnancy too, and when I wasn't I could only eat peanut butter sandwiches and fried potatoes (healthy, I know). Anyway, that weight is gone forever - now I've got boobs to my knees and 45 bellies that need to get tucked. Here's to plastic surgery!! 
  • CrabbypattyCrabbypatty
    Posts: 193Member
    first I gained about 60, second I lost about 10, third I gained about 10. Last time I checked I was about 50 down from when I left the hospital after my youngest.
  • BankMom
    Posts: 138Member
    @missmamma5 - You know you want to go to the store right now and get some... And then bring them to me :-D I haven't been able to think of anything else since I typed that LOL
    "...and when her feet hit the floor in the morning the devil says "Oh, shit! She's awake!"
  • missmama5missmama5
    Posts: 3,667Member
    @bankmom I wish! I'm on bed rest and hubby is at work. So I'm just screwed sitting here dreaming about it! Lol
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