Weight gain and pregnancy is one of those big issues that it's been changing over time. So now we know that people don't need to gain as much weight as we thought they did,
The amount of weight you should gain during your pregnancy is not standard for everyone, it depends on the weight that you're starting at.
If you're starting at a healthy weight at the beginning of your pregnancy, then your goal is to gain about 25 to 35 pounds. throughout the pregnancy. Most people don't have a problem with this. And if anything, most people gain too much weight. If you're
starting off above your ideal body weight, then you're looking at getting between 10 to 20 pounds during the entire pregnancy.
And I would say the pattern of weight gain is probably more important and what you're eating is more important than the actual weight gain.
To break that down a lot of weight mobile game between one and five pounds in the first trimester. And then about a pound a week afterwards.
The first time around with my son, everybody was like don't worry equal to that's, you know, go ahead this time around if I feel full, I stopped.
So there have been a lot of old wives tales about having to eat for two. The reality is that a woman really only needs an additional 300 calories per day during the course of her pregnancy to maintain good nutritional support for the fetus.
Instead of paying a lot of attention to the number the biggest thing is to pay attention to eating a healthy diet.
You know, I didn't realize food was such a big part of pregnancy. I you know, you hear stories all the time a woman eating whatever they want when they're pregnant and whatever their cravings you just have and I didn't realize you had to be careful and that you had to eat healthy and everything you put in your body matters. And so that's something I'm still learning. If you
gain too much weight during the pregnancy, then you do put yourself and your pregnancy at risk. You have increased risk of things like preterm labor problems during the labor increased risk of dissection, increased risk of gestational diabetes is going to put your baby at risk after the baby's born as long as
the ultimate outcome of course we're looking for is a healthy baby and a healthy mom. And those still happen even when you don't gain weight. Very difficult to lose weight as anybody knows, but especially after having a baby. Your sleep is interrupted often and it makes it difficult to follow a proper diet and exercise. So holding your weight at the proper level during pregnancy is vital.