(Lack of) Weight Gain so Far During Pregnancy

So, I am currently 23 weeks pregnant. I had my regular pregnancy appointment yesterday and everything was fine. Had my 20 week ultrasound a few weeks ago and everything was fine INCLUDING size of baby- (doc said anywhere from 10th to 90th % is fine and she was 40th % in weight- very healthy-normal).

In any case.... in my first trimester I started eating even healthier but also because of some morning sickness I lost 6 pounds. Which doctors said was normal and not to worry about it.

I haven't lost any more weight but I haven't gained ANY either. Doc gave me a glucose test which he said would be able to tell someone about health of baby in regards to that and it was fine/normal. So because baby was 40% and glucose test fine I was told (when I mentioned being concerned that I haven't gained weight yet), that I shouldn't worry as long as I'm drinking enough water and I'm not dehydrated, which is much more important. (which I am....drink tons of water) And as long as I'm eating (which I am).

In any case, during my first pregnancy I gained too much weight. Baby wasn't too big but I had wished I gained less. So this time I have been eating much healthier (not so much ice cream!)--- I started counting my calories today for the day and so far I am at 1400... I'll probably eat another 500 today so that's about 2000 calories. Not bad. I don't have a super enormous appetite (some morning sickness has lingered into 2nd tri)...

Anyways I didn't know whether to put this in women's issues or parenting... But anyways point is.. my doc told me yesterday when I expressed concerned over lack of weight gain so far that "sometimes women just don't gain much weight at all and that doesn't mean anything is wrong. All your tests are fine, don't worry"... .okay, so I asked if I should start trying to increase calories... drink whole milk, thing like that. Doctor said "if you want to, you don't have to".

Also baby at this stage is just about 1.5 pounds so the weight of the BABY hasn't really been added yet. Not much anyways.

So just wondering if anyone else has had experience with not gaining weight into 2nd trimester- half way through it??? Should I just not worry since doctors aren't worried at all... ? And just make sure I keep eating enough? (which I do, even when I don't want to eat... but I def don't eat too much, I do have to push myself to eat at times).

 

if your doctor said not to worry about it then I wouldn't worry about it. for me I ate like a pig my whole pregnancy, junk food and all and I gained 30 lbs, but i didn't really start gaining most of it til I was like 25 weeks. i would just keep eating healthy and going to your doctor's visits. no point in stressing over it as long as doc says the baby is healthy, cause stressing out will only hurt the baby.

congrats by the way, I'm a new mom and it's awesome so far

 

If only this was the common complaint for most women during pregnancy.
My sister gained an absolute boat load and has kept it for a few years now.
I'm sure she'd read this thread and steam would come out of her ears, rofl.

 

I'm not a mum but both my sister and mum didn't gain that much weight during their pregnancies and bounced back to their pre babe figures pretty fast. I don't think there is a great need to gain a lot of weight while pregnant. The weight that comes from junk is definitely not needed. If your baby is healthy and growing, keep doing what you are doing. Enjoy

 

Lol @ what Irminsul said. Yea I gained a bunch in first pregnancy. That's why this originally seemed so odd to me (the opposite thus far).

Well I just happened to see these replies tonight...thanks to the three of you for replying. Yea I also looked up this topic and found some other people asking about this same thing and turns out that it's pretty common actually for some women just not to gain much weight during pregnancy and as long as doc says baby is healthy... Yep, all is fine.

I went to one more appointment so far. It was about three weeks ago. At this appointment I had gained two pounds and doctor said I'm doing very well weight wise actually and with everything else. So I feel much better.

Have another appointment next Monday so will be finding out how it's going then too but I'm feeling much better about things!

 

I never gained much during my pregnancies...both babies turned out absolutely healthy.

 

When my wife had our first daughter, some folks she worked with as well as my stepmother kinda acted bitchy towards her because the day after having the baby she was essentially back to the size she was prior to being pregnant.

 

It sucks to not have supportive women around you after birth.

 

Tell me about it.
There was something about me having my last kid that turned my mother in law into someone who- just started inviting herself over all the time, imposing herself into things where she wasn't wanted (not trying to be mean by saying that, just honest.) and just... arrrgh, I remember being in the hospital last time-in maternity- up for almost 24 hours straight, tired from LABOR... nurses and docs in the room all the time... hospital pic ppl in the room... trying to deal with a ton of visitors as well as just wanting to hold and cuddle with my son and also learning to nurse him.... and all the while just being EXHAUSTED-needing sleep-mom in law shows up and I'm near tears from exhaustion- more visitors coming in two hours, NEEDING SLEEP... baby was SLEEPING...and mom in law sits beside me and talks LOUDLY in my ear for an hour and a half (until the other visitors showed) while I sat there quietly crying about needing to get some sleep and not being able to.

This time I'm having some control over my rooms in the hospital... if I want sleep, people are gonna recognize I'm the one who just had a baby. (Waking nightmares about a repeat of this.)

 

yeah...another thing that became really important to me was connecting with like-minded moms or women who were supportive, so if you can set that up before the baby comes, that's something I'd really recommend looking into. It helps a lot.

 

Do you have a lot of mom friends where you live? I have a couple but I'm not really close with them and I do want to find some more.

 

I'm on my third pregnancy. First was a girl, I was 20 and started off at my fighting weight, by the end I was a big fat toad (like I think I went from 130-190). Second was a boy, I was 29, started out almost 20 lbs bigger than the first time, but gained less (apx from 150-185). Now I'm 31, pregnant with a girl again and soooo fat (went from 160-195 and still have 3 weeks to go - which could be 10 or more pounds in my experience with my body).

My conclusion: girl babies make me fat.

Everybody is different and different factors can effect your weight gain. You only need to gain like 20-25 lbs the whole time, a lot of weight comes on in the third trimester. East healthy.

I was borderline gestational diabetic and I think it's generally a good idea to follow the diet for gestational diabetes during pregnancy.

Eat every 2-3 hours and try and match 1 serving of protien (7g) for every one serving of carbs (15g). This could be a slice of toast with 2 tablespoons of nut butter. Obviously you need to eat more than protein and carbs, but the eating schedule and ratio is good.