weight gain and loss

[trixipaws]

i would just like to know how much weight people gain during pregnancy, and how long it took them to lose it afterwards.

i'm trying not to stress too much about it as i'm not overeating, but it can be rather daunting when i'm gaining a lot of weight.

i dont kno how much i weighed just before i got pregnant, but one year before i was 49kg. at my 16-week blood tests i was 59kg, and between 16 and 23 weeks i gained SEVEN KILOGRAMS but between 23 and 30 weeks have only gained one kilogram (phew!)

i hope the next 7 weeks will be like the last 7 and not like the 7 before that when i ballooned! and i hope that by 2008 i'll be little again!

 

[Gemma & Jake]

I put on about 3 stone when I was pregnant and I lost 2 stone of it after the birth. I am struggling to get the last stone off. I wanted to lose a couple of stone before I got pregnant so now in reality I have got about 2-3 stone to lose which I am not finding easy. If you were quite small in the first place you hopefully won't find it too hard as I have got a couple of really slim friends who were back in their size 8 or 10's within a couple of months

 

[Sammystar]

I gained 24 kilos this time around. I've lost 15 so far. It took me about four months to get back in shape after the first two kids. Now I've stopped BF-ing it'll probably go quite quickly.
I'm stuck in that in-between stage just now! My normal clothes are way too small but the maternity gear is way too big

Don't worry too much about the weight gain. (easier said than done I know!) You'll probably gain a few more kilos during those final few weeks but that's mostly the baby increasing his weight.

Good luck!

 

[mummykay]

i put on 5stone during pregnancy and lost 5and a half stone after baby was born!!!

 

[abbiesmummy]

thought I might join in! I gained 5 stone during my first pregnancy. In the first two weeks I lost 2 stone straight away but the 3 stone stuck. After 3 months I joined slimming world and lost the 3 stone in 6 months. I hope this time I wont eat as much!

 

[Nic'n'Keeley]

i gained about 5 stone when i was pregnant... i still have about 2 stone to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight .... but i would like to lose an extra stone i think

 

[SarahB]

I put on 3 stone during my pregnancy. The first stone fell off almost immediatley, then it took about 3 months to lose a stone and a half, and I've still got half a stone to lose but it is proving very difficult.

 

[trixipaws]

thanks girls, thats very reassuring. it sounds like half the weight just falls off. think i'll go eat a creme egg!