Dear all,
Some of you know i was a bit unhappy about the weight in the last month.But to my surprise i find that the doctor was not alarmed as well i read that this weight gain was normal. such a relief that i started to eat normally in 2 days time.
Can some of you share how much weight you have gained thru your preg till now. and how much weight in last month? just for fun ...
i have put on almost 4 kgs in my last month and before that around 1.5 kgs. so that makes a total of about 5.5 kgs gain after pregnancy.
i dont have any particular cravings neither for sweets nor for namkeen stuff..but anytime i like to eat anything..i avoid sweets anyway..
reply soon...
rekha anji replied. Hi Rekha,
I guess I am not too far away from you when it comes to weight gain. Last month I had gone for my family reunion in USA and when I came back I had gained almost 10 pounds in a month. Thanks to my aunt's cooking and pampering.
I have no idea how I am faring since then as I have not weighed myself again and have also started regular walks and water aerobics. Sincerely hope that it works in keeping my weight gain in control.

Whenever I crave for junk food I try my best to cook it at home so that I can subsitute whole wheat for maida esp in Pizzas and mexican food. Also try to make mixed vegetable pattie (beet root, carrots and peas) instead of potato patties for burgers.
This trick worked the previous month when I gained just one pound.



anji M replied. Hi Rekha,
I too gained about 13 lbs in my 5th month. Doc said that it is a lot and asked me to switch to 1% milk and cut down on sweets and stuff. I was drinking whole milk and eating mangoes and lot of paneer. Stopped that completely. I started my preg with 110lbs and am already 130lbs just now (24th week). Worried abt the glucose test now which I will take next week ! Vindhya replied. Hi Rekha,

You won't believe this, I've gained 22 pounds already. I was 109 before getting pregnant and now a whopping 131 pounds!!! So, I started cutting down on juices that have lots of sugar. So, from past one week, I 've reduced 2-3 pounds, and thats scary too. I eat rice mostly, may be thats the reason why I 've gained so much weight. I didn't have any craving either.

With all this weight gain too, I am still not showing that much. I am not sure where all this weight is going?

I had my Glucose test when I was 18 weeks, and it came back normal. Will I have another again?

I am worried about High BP due to this weight gain.

Vindhya
Ruchika replied. Hi Rekha,

Same here. In my 24rth week exam the doc told me that I have gained 15pounds till now and I will gain more 15 pounds in coming three months. He asked me to go slow on gaining weight. Its not good to gain too much weight because it can affect the GD test which is coming closer.
These days I am trying to cut down on fats little bit and no junk food.
If I will go on this speed I will gain 30-31 pounds in my pregancy which is although in limits but I really don't want to be on higher side of it.

according to doc you can gain betwwen 25-35pounds.

Rest all fine.Take care
Ruchika Simmi replied. Hi Rekha. Glad to know that you have resumed eating normally. I too was apprehensive but since doc reassured me I am eating what I can too. I don't have any cravings but I don't fancy anything with garlic flavour in it, so that makes me miss out on few of my favourite dishes, pizza, italian, chinese...but I make up with Indian food anyways!
I didn't way myself before I got pregnant but I have gained 4.5kgs in the last two mths too. So it is steady but gain is there. I heard that around 20 kgs weight gain is normal! And most of it is water retention which does go away quite quickly after delivery. Hope for the best.