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Don't like gaining the weight & feel aweful about it...Then I tend to over-eat...


This is my first pregnancy, I started off on the more petite side, and not only does obesity run in my family, but so do major pregnancy complications... So I'm kinda anxious about gaining the weight, but I don't want to hurt my Baby Girl. I'm 20weeks & 1day, and adoring the feeling of life in my tummy...I'm just kinda freaked about gaining "too much". Don't get me wrong, I don't starve myself, I eat when I'm hungry, and make sure to get extra vitamins, protein, and calcium...I just stop before I'm "full". (I stop more when I'm "content".) But then when I get the munchies I don't want to eat at all. I've gained roughly 8 or 9lbs, as it has been fluxuating the past couple weeks. But yeah....any pointers? Anyone feel like this too? I'm not like a bad Mom for not wanting to get "fat" I??

Posted: 09/12/2010 by OurAnsweredPrayers

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Your doctor will let you know if you're gaining too much or too little. If you really are eating right and staying active you should have nothing to worry about. I'm 37 weeks, have gained just the right amount, although I didn't start gaining anything until the end of my second trimester. It runs in the family apparently. I can even still fit in my regular jeans, zipped and buttoned too. I think it's great that you are concerned though, it shows you care. Don't worry about packing on some pounds, it's for the baby and you can lose it after. Some moms overdo it though and just pack on pounds allover where as before they got pregnant they looked so healthy. Seems like you care about gaining weight the right way so again, you should have nothing to worry about.
posted 09/12/2010 by SJ788
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Thank you both for your imput!! :) It was nice to hear someone other than my sister barking in my ear about what is and is not okay. :)
posted 09/12/2010 by OurAnsweredPrayers
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Make sure to find out how much you should be gaining every month and then give yourself a break, your body is doing miraculous things, a lot of that weight is water, blood, placenta, amniotic fluid and baby so its not like its just you gaining weight from food. If you feel hungry often carry around a supply of different bite size veggies and fruits and eat them before your really hungry, that way when its time for a meal you won't want to overeat. Also drink a glass of fat free milk before your meal it will help fill you up with the good stuff and last longer. Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease happens over a long period of time, pregnancy does not cause these things to happen in a 9 month period, just take care of your body after baby is born and try not to worry right now, the baby needs the food for brain and bone growth.
posted 09/12/2010 by Bryan09mom
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