re: Mama's who gained 45+ pounds ONLY!

Quoting Leilany's Mommy!:“ I know its 45+ only but I gained about 42 pounds when I was pregnant with my first I gained most of it ... [snip!] ... daughter was born and I still have 5 weeks to go before this baby comes and im sure I'll gain 20 more by the time im in labor”

42 is close enough!
I just didn't need to hear "oh I gained 21 pounds and lost it before I left the hospital, teehee!"

Gag.

I'm only 5feet tall and I gained about 65 pounds during pregnancy and gave birth at 8 months....

I didn'tbreast feed, but if you watch what you eat basically, you lose the weight pretty quick! I got pregnant again a month later so I just kept eating like a pig...

So I'm still fat!  

http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about273455.html

Check out this post, it tells all about my weight gain....

My best advice? WALK! and Breastfeed. Ive lost about 80 lbs and now Im preggers again...lol...YAY!

Quoting Hailey & Chase:“ 42 is close enough! I just didn't need to hear "oh I gained 21 pounds and lost it before I left the hospital, teehee!" Gag.”

ughh i get pissed when i hear about the whole 20-25lb weight gain. im at 31 weeks and weigh 190 as of my last appt on thurs. and pre-pregnancy my weight would go from 130-140 and im 5'9". i get the whole 'weight issue' talk every visit i go but just ignore it now because i dont eat fast food at all, no sweets since they both make me sick, i go by the boiled, grilled, or baked thing, watch my sodium intake, and i excercise on a daily basis at the gym minus weekends and meet once a week with a personal trainer. so wtf am i doing wrong? lol but yeah i think its in my genes to gain a shit-ton of weight during pregnancy so im guessing ill weigh over 200lbs when time comes to deliver. but now i eat healthier than i ever have ever so ohwell and half the time when i tell people my weight they freak and say they dont see it   they must be blind or something

I'm 34 weeks and have only gained about 22 lbs. BUT with my last pregnancy I gained 65 lbs.!! Started out at 150 and weighed 215 at delivery. I did eat a lot of crap, but definitely carried a lot more water weight with her. I think I packed on 20 lbs. in the last month alone from water. Made me so mad-- each week when I'd go to the doctor the scale would have me weighing 5 lbs. more and I was hardly eating! I was so big and miserable I had very little appetite, yet still putting on all that weight.

My feet looked like footballs, but they didn't consider the swelling to be a health risk since my blood pressure was so good.

Anyway, by the time she was 5 mos. old I was down to 130-- so lost 85 lbs.

I think I lost it all (plus some) so quick because it really was a lot of water weight. I also went on the Atkin's diet for a while and that really helped. And having 3 kids to take care of had me running around a lot. 

I never breastfed, but some people say it helps speed up weight loss. Others say it delays it (because you have to keep up your calorie intake). Either way, with just a little effort you'll see the pounds start to melt away. Drink lots of water, avoid diet sodas (loaded with sodium), avoid junk food and fast food like the plague, and try to get in some walking.

Honestly though, try not to worry about it too much right now. Just enjoy these last few weeks of pregnancy-- you can focus on the weight loss after baby gets here. I know it's hard, because at this stage you are feeling huge and ready to get your old body back, but it'll happen!

Best of luck to you, mama!  

Quoting Johanna's moma:“ just a question how did you ladys manage to gain so much weight? were you all realy realy skiny before hand? did you have gd?”

I didnt have GD...I was like 120 pre pregnancy (well like a few days before I found out I was preggo....and at my 40 week appointment I was 170...so I put on 50lbs...I am 5' 7"...I was too skinny before so my body had to add all of the extra weight I needed just to carry a baby plus all of the baby weight.....although all along you are thinking I am gonna have a 30 lb baby   it didnt happen

With my 1st I was a sz 5 before and 7 after same with my second walked out of the hospital a 7. With my son I was a sz 7 and walked out of the hospital a sz 16-18   He is now 7 and I was before this preggers about 145 sz 10 well I am only 9 weeks and already I am up to 156 Yikes! I will be breastfeeding this time hope it helps my belly a bit.

with my 1st pregnancy i was pre-prego 120 and i gained 81 lbs by the end of it....it took me a good yr or 2 to get down to a comfortable 138 not what i was wanting but def. wasn't going to fuss about it. for some reason i just could never get back all the way down, my daughter is 4 now and i am expecting my second and this one caught me at 145 i kinda slipped a bit loland i'm 5'7ish around there i already have gained 18lbs..and im only 23 wks so hoping if i stay on the right track and keep active i won't have it that hard afterwards.

I'm only 5 months and I've gained 28lbs. I was a size 12 before pregnancy and now I'm up to 223lbs. The worst part is I'll probably gain another 30. *groan*

hahaha! i gained 68 lbs with my first son, gosh! and i only lost around 25 lbs or so, then got pregnant again with this one lol. so far i have only gained 9 lbs with this, im definitly not going the other way again. but i know some women who gain 60 + and lose it with no problem, i guess everyones different

I was a size 7-9 when I got preggo with my first, and I gained about 70+ lbs. I delivered Natalie at 213, and left the hospital at 210 (How you have a 7lb baby and come home 3 lbs lighter is beyond me!) My mom died a week later, and for the funeral I had to buy size 17 PANTS! Fortunately I lost a little more than I gained and Im back in my pre preggo stuff (a year later) but now Im preggo again. Hopefully I wont gain that much again. I didnt really diet or anything (because I was breastfeeding) but stress, walking alot and breastfeeding all played a part....