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Q: How Much?

asked by: ANGELOS MAMA on August 7th, 2006

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I was wondering how much did you ladies gain through your pregnancy.B4 I gave birth to my son,i was only 92 pounds.Then I reached 137.Gaining 45 pounds.But giving birth to a healthy 7.7 pound baby.People dont even believe a baby came out of me of how small I am.Standin at 4'11.

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rosejackson

replied on August 7th, 2006

Supporter

Ive nearly put on two stone and ive got 16 days left until my due date

Nataliachick7

replied on August 7th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

rosejackson wrote:

ive nearly put on two stone and ive got 16 days left until my due date

whats two stone?

I put on 30lbs. I still need to lose at least 15 ish-sitting at home all day with the baby doesnt help!

HappyBaby

replied on August 7th, 2006

Experienced User

1 stone = 14 lbs it's a british thing.

I put on 2 stone with my pregnancy too. I lost 1 stone immediately having given birth (7lb baby - the rest all fluid and stuff...Nice) and then I lost the other stone the following week which I put down to breastfeeding!

rosejackson

replied on August 7th, 2006

Supporter

happybaby wrote:

thanks for converting it, I was never any good at converting figures and hoped somebody would understand lol yeah im happy that I havent put on too much weight during the pregnancy. Ill happily just lose half the baby weight as I was underweight to begin with

MamiClaudia

replied on August 7th, 2006

Experienced User

I am only 23 weeks and have gained about 10 pounds... Every dr I have talked to said healthy weight gain is 25-35lbs

diamondsz

replied on August 7th, 2006

Extremely eHealthy

I gained alot of weight my frist pregnancy try about 50lbs I only lost about 20 and then got preggo with my son only gained about 30 lbs and lost the 30

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