wt gain?

I am 19 weeks today and had not gained anything till this past week and now I am up 5 pounds.  WTH?  Is this normal?   I know eventually I would have to start gaining, but I was liking the idea that I hadn't yet.   Again, is this normal to just all of a sudden start putting it on?

I didn't gain a pound until I think 28 weeks, now I am up 7 pounds at almost 32 weeks.

I gained like 3 pounds by 20 weeks. Then I went to my 28 week visit and gained 10 lbs in a MONTH!! My doc said by that visit from the last one, he expects his patients to gain 7-15 lbs and it was totally normal. I think the baby goes through a little growth spurt or something? But I'm 37 1/2 wks now and have only gained 26 lbs, so I am doing really great.

With my first I gained 35 and the 2nd I gained 16 lbs, but I was morbidly obese with both of those pg's. So now that I'm skinny and only gaining this much, I am happy! Normal weight gain if you have a normal BMI is 25-35 lbs and you usually lose at least 10-12 of it in the hospital when you have the baby! You are fine!

I just noticed that we are really close on our surgery dates too, by ONE day!! 

Are we due at the same time? I think I'm 19 weeks today.....or yesterday. Crap, didn't pay attention to my ticker! LOL 5 pounds at 19 weeks isn't horrible. It's not even bad. You need to gain about 25-30 pounds for the whole pregnancy. I'd be doing backflips if I had gained 5 pounds at 19 weeks! I'm back at like -9 for the whole pregnancy so far. As long as you're eating healthy, and stay at about a pound a week from now on, you'll be good to go!