Emmy, wow, that’s not much weight gain—I’d be worried too. It’s good the baby is growing well, but you should also try to put on a bit of weight yourself.
I first lost 14 kilos and then gained 6 kilos back, so in total I’ve lost 8 kilos. I’m now 31 weeks along. Luckily, I can handle it—I started at 104 kilos, so I don’t mind losing a few. The baby is doing fine and doesn’t seem to be affected by my weight loss. I’m definitely not dieting; I eat what I want. But until week 16, I could barely eat anything because I was so nauseous and vomiting a lot. I really tried hard to just get fluids in and keep them down. With my oldest three kids, I had the same thing—they all gained back the weight they started with by the end of the pregnancy. So I’m curious to see what happens. I just hope I don’t gain another 8 kilos in the next 9 weeks.
I'm now 38 weeks and have gained 20 kilos, it's a disaster... I've completely lost my confidence, I don't feel beautiful anymore. Will I lose those kilos back?
Already 33+6 weeks along and 12 kilos heavier (in the last 3.5 weeks, 4 or 5 kilos were added )
My body is starting to struggle with the extra weight (normally I fluctuate between 59 and 62 kilos, now 73.5) my pelvis gave out around 16 weeks but now it's clearly noticeable that the extra weight is also contributing to the discomfort!
39+5 weeks pregnant. Gained another 3 kg now. Had lost 8.4 kg during the pregnancy. So overall, I'm 5.4 kg lighter than before I was pregnant. I was already a bit heavier to begin with, so it's not a bad thing for the baby.
Of course, I don't need to lose the weight I didn't gain.
I gained 21kg with the twins - weighed 59kg and at the end I weighed 80kg Lost 16kg
With the middle child I gained 18kg - weighed 64kg and at the end I weighed 82kg Lost 12kg
With the youngest I lost 8kg in the first 16 weeks so then I only weighed 62kg. Then I gained 10kg and at 37 weeks I was at 72kg Lost 13kg and now I'm back to 59kg..
Now in my 37.5th week of pregnancy and have gained 9.5 kg. Started at 55.5 kg, now at 65 kg.
I hear from many girls that they lose 8 kg right after giving birth and a few days later. This will probably be a bit less for me. So indeed, don't stress too much about the kilos. I haven't had much extra hunger and have been exercising up until now, but since I normally exercise a lot, I've also lost some muscle mass, which probably makes it seem like I haven't gained many kilos.