34 Weeks Along Gained 32 Pounds Normal
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I am 34 weeks pregnant, and so far I have gained 32 pounds total. I am just curious if this is normal, or too much? I weighed 143 before I got pregnant and I am 5'7". My doctor just keeps telling me not to worry so much, but I feel like that is alot. I mean thats almost a pound a week throughout my pregnancy. My goal is to stay under 50, but I dont know if I will at the rate I am going...
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hi, i am the total opposite of you. I am 28 weeks and haven't gained a single pound although my stomach is the right size according to my doctor. Does anyone know the correct weight to gain in pregnancy? my doctor keeps telling me not to worry but i cant help it
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Yikes Sandra you haven't gained a single pound in 7 months!?! I would worry...I live in Switzerland and here they say 25-30 pound gain is normal and I know that here less than the US standard of 30-35. I gained close to 40 with my first and my dr here said I need to cut out salt and he expressed a slight concern for my gain. He also said that 1 gla__s of wine per night is fine, so as you can see things are much different. Although you may feel like a house on stilts Ness, it's just fine. I have heard "normal" weight gain in 1st trimester is 3-4 pds, and about a pd a week during the 2nd (total 12-14pds) and during the 7th and 8th month 1 pd a week (total 8-10pds).
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Franny - I was pretty overweight before i got pregnant - around 210 pounds. I am 5ft 6 inches. I lost some weight before finding out I was pregnant so the doctor says its quite normal for overweight women not to gain too much weight in pregnancy. She has felt and measured my stomach etc and says everything is normal. I hardly ate much for the first 4 months because of the morning sickness. Doctor also says that because I am pregnant my metabolism could just be working faster. She says at this time the baby only weighs around 2 -3 pounds and I will probably start to gain weight in the last few months. I cant help but worry myself about it though especially when I read about other women gaining loads. This is my 3rd pregnancy and I gained weight with my other two so not sure whats going on in my body this time. I look heavily pregnant with just a large bump at the front. No weight anywhere else. We all believe what our doctors tell us though - they are supposed to be the experts. I never thought i'd be wishing to put on weight lol. Funny you should mention wine cos my doctor says that wine is fine during pregnancy - as long as its not excessive. There are so many debates on whether its safe or not.
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ness - I was 128 before i got pregnant im almost 31 weeks and have gained 45 pounds. the doctor said that is a little much but that anything over 30 is mone to lose after the baby. I dont really know many women who have gained less than 40-50 pounds when pregnant they say 35 but idk if you gain more just go on a diet afterwards ya know?
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