I gained a ‘normal’ amount of weight when I was pg. 15lbs. Since I was already about 30lbs overweight that was the number my OB threw out when I asked. The calories/day were about 300 more than I had been eating prior to pregnancy. I continued to ride the recumbant bike 3 or 4 times per week.
I was criticized for not eating for two and ‘starving the baby’ plenty I might add.
I’m the ONLY woman I know with kids my kids age who weighs ANYTHING close to her prepregnancy weight after kids. Most of them gained at LEAST SIXTY pounds. One gained ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. They skipped b/fast because of morning sickness. Then ate lunch, after lunch, afternoon snack, pre dinner snack, dinner, after dinner snack and bedtime snack. These were all full meals too BTW. It wasn’t unusual for these women (there were 3 of us pregnant at the same time in our social group) to make a trip to sonic in mid afternoon and get a meals worth of food topped off with a large shake or brownie fudge sundae. And bring home a walker of tater tots and onion rings. It was almost a sport to just watch them eat.
I was the ONLY woman in the group who did NOT have issues with diabetes and blood pressure later on in the pregnancy.
One of the women ‘outgrew’ the 3XL maternity clothing and had to have clothes made for her. She had been in a regular size L prior to pregnancy. At 5’8” she was ‘large average’ prior to pregnancy. She’s never lost the weight since.
From looking around I’d say the ‘too skinny’ moms are greatly in the minority compared to the ones who have a food free for all for 9 months because the two they eat for are apparently two NFL linebackers.
Gaining enough weight in pregnancy to resemble a Carnival cruise ship can’t be healthy at all-when I was pregnant, the military docs were very intent on keeping women from doing that.
I’ve been struck speechless seeing some of my daughter’s pregnant friends-only a couple of them have returned to anything resembling their pre-pregnancy weight-the rest lumber around in polyester pants and long tops, barely able to crawl into their vehicles, and develop complexes about their looks...
I gained 17 pounds in pregnancy, and my military OB was very pleased. I’m 5’9”, and never weighed more than 115- some of my friends were sure I was starving my kid. She was born perfectly healthy, just over 6lbs-not one of those huge C-section guarantee kids, thank God. I still weigh 108, but that may be because I eat only fresh, unprocessed food, and my job requires physical work...
I don’t think it is healthy to be overweight, especially in pregnancy-there is already a strain on the heart and other vital organs from carrying the child-why make it worse?