The 25 Pound Myth
If you become pregnant, you will be told that 25 - 35 pounds is a healthy weight gain for pregnancy. They are lying to you. The only people who gain the 25 pounds, which is of course what all women shoot for, are those that work out all the time and are already very thin. In other words, the people you hate but secretly envy.
Living in NYC, I don't live a very sedentary life style. I'm always walking somewhere and while yes, I love to eat sweets, I also eat a lot of fruit and make sure to eat a lot of fiber. So, how do you explain my 23 pound weight gain when I just started my third trimester? At Christmas I gained about 7 pounds over a two week period. Granted, I ate a LOT of cookies so I wasn't surprised. Since then, I maintained my weight so you can see why I was surprised to have gained 3 pounds last week. One week people, 3 pounds!
All the books say a healthy weight gain right now is 18 - 24 pounds which covers me. Does that mean all those skinny girls with just the belly are unhealthy? Where does the 25 pounds come from? I am trying not to stress about it but obviously the 25 pound mark is unlikely. Let's hope I don't pass 35.
Almost on cue, Wednesday when I started the third trimester, I began having trouble sleeping again. This time, it is due to the growing weight in my belly. My sides start to ache if I don't have a pillow supporting the belly and I can't seem to get comfortable. I don't wake up worrying about anything so this sleeplessness is definitely physical and not mental like before. Whatever it is, I am definitely being prepared for sleepless nights!
Living in NYC, I don't live a very sedentary life style. I'm always walking somewhere and while yes, I love to eat sweets, I also eat a lot of fruit and make sure to eat a lot of fiber. So, how do you explain my 23 pound weight gain when I just started my third trimester? At Christmas I gained about 7 pounds over a two week period. Granted, I ate a LOT of cookies so I wasn't surprised. Since then, I maintained my weight so you can see why I was surprised to have gained 3 pounds last week. One week people, 3 pounds!
All the books say a healthy weight gain right now is 18 - 24 pounds which covers me. Does that mean all those skinny girls with just the belly are unhealthy? Where does the 25 pounds come from? I am trying not to stress about it but obviously the 25 pound mark is unlikely. Let's hope I don't pass 35.
Almost on cue, Wednesday when I started the third trimester, I began having trouble sleeping again. This time, it is due to the growing weight in my belly. My sides start to ache if I don't have a pillow supporting the belly and I can't seem to get comfortable. I don't wake up worrying about anything so this sleeplessness is definitely physical and not mental like before. Whatever it is, I am definitely being prepared for sleepless nights!
posted by Baby Hopes | 7:56 AM
2 Comments:
It's true that some women must keep to 25 pounds or less. I think in my mom's day, she was told to aim for 15 -- yikes.
But I think the super skinny (the Kate Hudsons and the Gwynnies) end up gaining more like 70 pounds!
Me? I'm hoping to keep it close to 35 and praying not to hit 70! My goal used to be not to pass my husband. Oh well and Good luck.
I gained 60 pounds, but I felt fine and didn't get diabetes. It's almost all off now-my kid is 6 months. Don't worry about the weight. I didn't care how much I gained- I just wanted a healthy baby and that's what I got-all 8.6 pounds of her!
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