Pregnancy Weight

[sweetsept]

I guess the closer to delivery I get, the more anxious I get that my body will always look bizarre to me.

My weight gain thus far: 27 lbs
I was 124lbs before baby - 151 lbs now. Will I bounce back? Hope so!
Where does all the extra weight go?

Here is an approximate breakdown of your weight gain:

• Baby: 7-8 pounds
• Placenta: 1-2 pounds
• Amniotic fluid: 2

Comments

[junebeansprout]

I started at 118 and got up to 163 at my highest! I was 137 when I left the hospital. Got down to 130 really fast (days) then have been slowly dropping down to a low of 126 in the last 3 weeks. So.
11.5 weeks since giving birth.. you'll bounce back! Milk + babies = weightloss

[junebeansprout]

if you eat well lol that's a given

[sweetsept]

Ah, the miracles of breastfeeding ;)
I was stoked when I was told that breastfeeding would help to shrink my uterus back to reg size AND burn like 500 calories a day!

[sweetsept]

Yeah, I've read that if you were an average weight pre-pregnancy, then you should gain anywhere from 25-35lbs.

I'm 5'3? or so and weighed 124lbs, so 27lbs is about normal.