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Re: Pregnancy weight gain question.
From: Aly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:57:48 -0500 (CDT)
Joy- Thank you very much for posting about your experience. It makes me
feel a lot better. One thing I learned recently that I thought was
pretty interesting was that Kelly Ripa (from the show Regis & Kelly)
gained 65 pounds with her first child, and look at her now! She looks
great!!
:)
Thanks again!
At Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Joy wrote:
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>Aly,
>
>I gained 70 pounds in my pregnancy!!!! Boy was my doc having a fit. He
>was a stickler about weight gain. Here is the thing..I firmly believe
>that pregnancy weight gain really is individual. I had gone on a diet
>right before I got pregnant and lost 15 pounds, and so of course the
>first trimester I gained all those 15 pounds back. And of course that
>just looked awful to my doc, because who gains weight in the first
>trimester, right? Well, I was always a meal skipper and not a very
>healthy eater. But when I got pregnant, I ate 3 healthy meals a day
>with healthy, nutritious snacks in between. I ate better than I ever
>had. But my metabolism was out of whack. It wasn't used to eating like
>that, so it just put on the pounds. I do think most of my weight was
>water though. I lost 35 pounds within 2 weeks of giving birth and lost
>15 more pounds within a month. That was 17 months ago. I still have 20
>pounds left to go. But, it is really only 5 pounds left if you don't
>count the 15 that I gained due to having just lost in out a diet ;o).
>Anyway, I said all this to say....Don't worry. Just eat right. You
>know your body and your body's needs better than anyone else. Don't put
>added pressure and guilt on. That will probably only create more
>anxiety which may fuel cravings.
>
>Good luck,
>Joy
>
>--
>Joy 28
>History of Endo and Infertility
>Son 10-25-00
>TTC # 2
>
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