pregancy weight gain
  Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:32 pm
Post subject: pregancy weight gain hey has a lot of people have been asking this question including my self about how much weight we should gain so i thought id look in to it so i hope this helps people hopfully one of you lovely forum leaders can make this a sticky post if every one finds it usefull
BMI if you have a bmi of 20 or less you should aim to gain between -28-40 pounds if you have a bmi of 20 -26 you should aim to gain 25 -35 pounds if you have a bmi of 26 and above you should aim to gain 15-25 pounds aim for gradual pregnacy weight gain but every one diffrent so dont worry to much if you put on more in one week and less in another every ones diffrent heres a link to work out ya bmi http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ just thought i would add this in how pregnacy weight gain is made up BABY-6-8 pounds PLANCENTA-1.5 pounds FLIUDS- 2-3 ponds UTERUS-2 pounds STORAGE OF MATERNAL FATS-4-6 pounds BREASTS- 1-2 POUNDS BLOOD VOLUME -3-4 PONDS your proberly expect to put on 4-6 ponds in first trimester then puting on a average of a pound a week in the 2nd and 3rd trimester rember has well you can have a extra 300 colories a day in the 3rd trimester which is has much has eating 2 piese of toast i hope this helps you ladies oh and rember the bit i have wrote bout how weight is made up is trou out the whole pregnacy xxx _________________ 
 Last edited by jade25 on Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:51 pm; edited 2 times in total Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:09 am
Post subject: This is really useful, thanks Jade. This link to the NHS is also informative:
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/2311.aspx?CategoryID=54&SubCategoryID=128 _________________   Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:09 pm
Post subject: hey i wouldnt worry to much hun if ya mid wife isnt worried bout it n the growth of bubs is ok then its fine i would try n put a few more pounds on tho but i dont no your suituation i would speak to midwife if ya concerned hun xxx
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:22 pm
Post subject: ahhh well dont see my mw anymore am under consultant
 baby is small and me too just didnt realise how little id put on until other day! even if i stuff my face i dont really gain weight (even before i was pregnant lol) x x x_________________   Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:31 pm
Post subject: well hun supose its cus ya got fast motabablising (duno if i spelt that rite) im sure your be ok its prob got sumin to do wiv ya age mayb. i no wen i was 18 up till i had my first i cud eat ne thin n not put ne thin on but sayin that i did put on 4 stone wiv chloe o duno hun im sure the docs would do sumin if they were concered ect... ya prob one of those lucky ppl that can eat ne thin xxx
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:22 am
Post subject: Mummy2be2009 wrote:
How do I workk out my BMI please??
Thanks xx it will be on ur pregnancy notes - the mw will have worked it out when u first found out if u cant find it go to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ but it has to be ur weight from the start of pregnancy x x x _________________ Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:23 am
Post subject: amyminibump wrote:
Mummy2be2009 wrote:
How do I workk out my BMI please??
Thanks xx it will be on ur pregnancy notes - the mw will have worked it out when u first found out if u cant find it go to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ but it has to be ur weight from the start of pregnancy x x x Thanks hun I'll dig my file out now and have a look xx _________________  Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:46 pm
Post subject: If you have a fast matabolism any theories of how much weight you should/shoudn't gain goes right out the window!!
I have an extremely fast metabolism (confirmed by docs after investigations as to why I have a slightly higher than average pulse rate!) and despite me eating like there is no tomorrow and an ever-growing baby bump, I have put on 2 pounds since getting pregnant! Midwife thinks I will only put on actual baby weight which I am not complaining about! I just think, as long as your midwife is happy and you and baby are healthy, I wouldn't worry what your body is doing! It's only doing what bubba wants it to! xxx _________________ 
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