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15 wks and only gained 11 pounds
by Brittney11, Jul 01, 2008 05:12PM
I am 15 wks and went to the doctor today to find out that i have only gained 11 pounds. Could this be bad for the baby?
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by KellyA74, Jul 01, 2008 08:12PM
, Jul 01, 2008 08:12PM
No way....I'd day it's fine. I was 16 weeks at my last appt. and have gained 6 lbs. and they said it was fine....Actually, I thought it was too much being you're supposed to gain the majority of the weight later on.....My midwife told me that she likes to see a 10 lb. weight gain by 20 weeks...So I would say you're doing fine! :o)
by LACh1, Jul 02, 2008 05:39AM
I'm not too sure about pounds as i work in kg but i am currently 18.5 days pregnant and have only gained 2kg and all of this was only gained in the last 5 weeks or so as i spent the majority of my first 14 weeks throwing up. My doc said it was fine and that it is fairly common for women to lose weight (which i did) in the first tri and that as long as the baby is growing normally all is fine. I lost 5kg with this pregnancy so am technically not even back to what i weighed before i got pregnant but my baby is growing nicely and at all scans has been measuring fine. I guess they take all they need from you and you are left to struggle on whatever is left (hence the constant colds etc). Anyway i wouldn't worry it sounds like you are doing fine and if your doc was concerned he would have said something.
by durhamjk1, Jul 02, 2008 08:39AM
I am almost 20 weeks and am typical body weight and as of my last doctor's appt (18 weeks) I lost 2 pounds. I asked about it and they said that everyone is different and that as long as I am eating healthy and not intentionally trying to lose or gain weight than I am fine.
by star_girl, Jul 02, 2008 08:43AM
I went to the doc. at 15 weeks and gained 2 pounds back from the 3 i had already lost. So technically ive gained no weight so far. Unfortunately for me i was underweight when i got pregnant so i really need to pack on the pounds, but im a vegetarian and only eat healthy foods (usually) so i think thats why im not gaining as much.
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