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Re: Weight Gain & Pre-Eclampsia
From: Stacy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 9 Mar 2001 04:47:17 -0600 (CST)
Compared to the 50 lbs I have put on (with no complications like
diabetes or eclampsia) your 13 pounds doesn't sound like "ballooning up"
to me at all! I would normally put on 10 lbs of water gain each month
with my period (and it isn't that much, really). I would think that a
31 week baby, amniotic fluid, and other pregnancy things would account
for more than your pitiful little 13 pounds of weight gain!
At Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Alison wrote:
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>Sorry, I will try to be more to the point. I have gest. diabetes,
>onset at 9wks & started insulin at 12 wks. At 22 1/2 weeks I was
>diagnosed with pre-eclampsia my BP was 150/90 with +1 protein and
>pitting edema. (I was induced last pregnancy at 34 1/2 weeks for
>pre-eclamspia.) I was put on home bedrest and have complied.
>
>At 28 weeks my weight was negative 1 pound. I had lost 1 pound since I
>conceived. At my appointment at 30 weeks I had gained 5 pounds. This
>was a Thursday. The following Monday, I had gained an additional 4
>pounds. The following Thursday, at exactly 31 weeks, I gained yet
>another 4 pounds.
>
>I am a little bit puffy, but not what I would consider 13 pounds worth
>of puffy. What is the weight gain associated with pre-eclampsia if it
>is not water weight? I would think my edema would be much more
>pronounced with such a drastic weight gain so suddenly.
>
>Thanks, again! ;-)
>Alison R.
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