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When Should I Gain the Most? Although no two women are going to gain weight at exactly the same rate, there are some guidelines to follow: In the first trimester, you should gain 3.5 pounds if you're of normal weight. Underweight women need to gain 5 pounds, while overweight women should gain just 2. In the second and third trimesters, your weight gain begins to speed up. An average-weight woman will gain about a pound a week between weeks 14 and 28.
Of course, only a portion of pregnancy weight gain is actually lost during delivery. To understand this, it is important to know where the weight you gain during pregnancy comes from. A woman who is of an average weight before pregnancy should gain between 25 and 30 pounds during pregnancy.Here is how this weight is broken down: â Three pounds of blood. â Two pounds in your breasts.f course, only a portion of pregnancy weight gain is actually lost during delivery. To understand this, it is important to know where the weight you gain during pregnancy comes from. A woman who is of an average weight before pregnancy should gain between 25 and 30 pounds during pregnancy.