brandanaleighana

#1 31lbs
#2 20lbs
#3 21lbs

I was really sick with Elijah. With Frances, I was sick at first but my diet was superb and I exercised regularly so when I started gaining, it was slow.

brandanaleighana

I am exactly the same way. I cannot get myself motivated to eat better, exercise, or lose baby weight. But when I was pg, I didn't even blink.

hotgogobot

I'm not 100% sure because I don't weigh myself regularly. But I'm pretty sure I gained 35 lbs. with both kids.

ETA: I was really freaked out about weight gain the 2nd time. I'm not sure why, but I was really worried about losing the weight after. I now weigh less than I did pre-pg. Like I said, I don't weight myself a lot, but I went to the dr. recently and am at the weight I was in college. I hadn't seen that weight in maybe 9 years.

Kathryn24

I gained about 35 pounds with each of my girls. I gained most of the weight between 16 and 26 weeks. Both times I gained next to nothing in the last six weeks or so (gain a pound, next week lost almost a pound, next week gained almost a pound, etc).

Eat right, walk / exercise and your body will do the rest. Worry about your post-pregnancy weight after the baby is born!

nelaurad

#1 - 38 lbs (7 lb 12 oz girl)
#2 - 28 lbs (8 lb 8 oz boy)

I tried to eat a little better with #2, especially during the 2nd tri, as if I was pacing myself or something on the weight gain. Also, maybe my body was less worried about starving, b/c I wasn't quite as hungry as with #1.

Both times I've lost all the weight within 6 months (and then some...a size smaller than normal) because of bfing. Like Wendy said, though, that's not the case for everyone.

Puddin'

BF didn't help me drop any weight so it doesn't help everyone. DD weaned ~6 months ago.

Mcheer

Grace 42lbs
Alexis 40lbs

widdlelou

1st- 31 lbs
2nd - 16lbs.

I have no idea how one was double the other! I probably ate better the first time. I had lots of junk and a massive chocolate addiction wtih number 2. The only think I can think of as reasons I gained less weight during number two was that I was more sick at the beginning, I was way more nervous, I was also heavier to begin with (so maybe less need to gain mroe maternal weight) and I was probably moving more b/c I was tyring to keep up with Reagan.

sarasuzy

35 with Sam
45 with Annie (yikes!)

45 was too much for me...I fully blame two things...one is that I was so nauseated during the first trimester and the only thing that helped was keeping food in my tummy. So I ate little things all day long. Second, I surrendered to a bad craving and ate Phish Food ice cream almost every night for 2 months straight. Not good.

You are right...everyone has a different number and I don't think anyone needs to worry too much about it. There are consequences to gaining too much (which I fully know after trying to lose those extra 10 lbs for over a year), but hey...maybe it was worth the joy of eating all of that delicious ice cream!

Eleni

I gained 15 kilos with Ody. Right now I'm up 10 already but I'm not worried. Both pregnancies I gained weight early and it slowed down later...just like it has now. People still tell me I look like I've gained nothing. I tell them that's because they haven't seen me in shorts yet, LOL...Which means I've gained in the wrong places. I still have a slim waist believe or not, if you see me from the back you can't tell I have a belly. But my thighs are chunky and my boobs super heavy.