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Is my pregnancy weight gain on track?
That depends on a lot of factors.
Like what?
If you are in the first trimester, you shouldn’t be gaining weight, though your *** should
start growing. In the second and third trimester, you might be on track to gain weight.
I heard that it is normal to gain 20 to 30 pounds over the course of the pregnancy.
If you are overweight, the doctor will probably tell you to keep your weight stable. That
reduces the risk of prenatal diabetes and childbirth complications.
And I lose 20 pounds when I have the baby. Wait, he should only be 10 pounds at most,
so how does that work?
You also lose the placenta, the amniotic fluid and the extra blood your body made to support
the added load. The added padding in the bra, though, is permanent.
You think I shouldn’t gain weight in the first few months.
It is possible you’ll even lose weight, depending on how bad the morning sickness
is.
That’ll mostly be dehydration, which isn’t good.
If you are that sick, you need to see the doctor. Dehydration is bad in normal conditions
and dangerous during pregnancy.
It could land you in the hospital.
It could trigger early labor.
The doctor has been measuring the size of my stomach as we go along.
That’s a more important measurement than weight gain. Your stomach should grow, even
if the scale doesn’t budge.
I’ve heard of women gaining 50 pounds when pregnant.
Those are the women who think they are eating for 2 when the baby needs the calories of
0.3 people. Pregnancy isn’t an excuse to eat a whole pizza unless you’re another
Octomom.
Then I shouldn’t be gaining much until the last three months or so.
The kid doesn’t need many calories when he’s the size of a walnut.