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obese pregnancy?

Hello ladies, im 5'9 and around 290 pounds will I ever show? This is my first pregnancy. Please no bashing. Has anyone had a healthy obese pregnancy before? Looking for some encouragement.
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I was 260 and losing weight before I got pregnant but now that I'm prego I weigh 280 and I've had a healthy pregnancy so far and I only have 20 days to go
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9842459 tn?1411688168
i was 280 something and so far everything is good besides GD. But I have lost weight so so far everything is good.
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I am 5'6 and 256. I am 16 weeks and have a very noticeable bump. I have been showing since 12 weeks.
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9523089 tn?1414211966
I was 265 at the start of my pregnancy I am now 230 ...26wks with a healthy bby girl....:)
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I was 268 beforw i got pregnant im 35 weeks now and weight 281 ive had a very healthy pregnancy no complications no gestational diabetes no high bp everything has went very smoothly everyone is different but dont worry yourself :)
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Thank you so much for yyour advice and help ladies! Wish you all luck and prayers sent your way. God bless.
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10844008 tn?1414461825
With my first i started of very small, i gained 143lbs and was up to 289lbs at the time of delivery, my belly was very noticable. Congrats!(:
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I'm 5'8'' and was 235 at the start and and am now 239 so I'm obese. You can have a very healthy pregnancy. We have a higher chance of things going wrongnof having a difficult pregnancy.

That being said for my first I started at 190 and got to 240. So I was smaller but still obese. Baby and me were good I did get diagnosed with eclampsia(not pre..I was passed that) so I was induced at 8mths. No incubation for baby.
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The weight they have for us are statistics.. you can still be "overweight" and have a very healthy pregnancy
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