weight gain issues

I am currently 36 years old and am expecting my second child in March.  I am about 15 weeks pregnant.  I had gastric bypass in 2008 and have lost 175 pounds currently.  I wasn't quite at my goal weight when I got pregnant but was within 10 pounds.  Are there other pregnant moms out there that stress over how big their stomach seems to be getting, worried about eating too much, stretching our stomachs back out, and whether I wll be able to lose the baby weight after the birth.  Some days I am just so scared, that I will not ever lose the weight and worry that I have gained too much so far.  I have gained almost 7-9 pounds since I found out I was pregnant.  Any words of wisdom, encouragement etc would be greatly appreciated!!

ABSOLOUTELY!!! I'm scared of all of the above, but I have to keep reminding myself daily...I'm pregnant!! I know it seems kind of silly, but I am so scared of seeing 200 on a scale again. I weigh daily when I wake up and I constantly find myself reflecting on what I ate the day before and how I can change it to help me not gain so much. I've only gained between 2-4 pounds depending on the day, but I think as I get further along I'm starting to accept that a belly is a good thing...it's not a fat belly, but a baby belly...as mishaped or B looking as it may seem! :)

I reached my goal weight of 140lbs back in 2008 and have regained back to 185, so I've struggled a lot with the weight issues. I think this pregnancy was such a blessing in disguise because I think I started to let myself go and really started to have an issue with drinking wine almost every night. I started on the South Beach diet in the end of May and itt seems I conceived around the 10-14 of June. I stayed on the diet and didn't drink for almost a month. When I fell off the wagon and dropped the diet, I had one weekend where I drank a few glasses of wine and then the following weekend I found out I was pregnant! So, thankfully I didn't expose the baby to a lot of alcohol in the first term. I haven't touched a drop of alcohol since I found out and I actually feel much more optomistic about what's to come after the baby is born...I plan to breast feed and then get back on track with my workouts and eating and alcohol will not be a part of my days! :)

Try not to worry too much- stress isnt good for you or the baby and hopefully you can just enjoy the rest of your pregnancy. Best of luck! ~Kerri

Thanks Kerri!!

I have resolved that I am not stepping on the scale but maybe once a week at home from now on, its way too early to be this stressed and worried about this.  I know this worry is just silly because it is baby weight, but geez it is so hard to see weight added on the scale after fighting weight issues my whole entire life.  Some of my family members and friends think its crazy that I am worrying but they have never been over 300lbs in their life!  I am trying to find out what normal weight gain is during pregnancy, because I didn't experience that with my first child since I was so overweight then. 

I know in my mind that I am probably totally normal about gaining weight back, I think that is something that will be in our minds forever.  I am just trying each day to make it back to not worrying or stressing over it!

I'm 29 weeks along and have only gained 9 lbs.  When I found out i was pregnant in March i weighed 217 and was only 9 months out from surgery.  i dropped down to 209 before gaining 9 lbs in the last two months.  Everything always works out, try not to stress too much about what will happen after as i'm sure you'll be so busy once baby is here.  Breastfeeding also tends to help with weight loss after birth, so I hear.  Worrying about gaining weight is probably a reality for most people after WLS so don't think you're abnormal.  I hope you're not having too much morning sickness, I know i did at 15 weeks. Actually from about 7 weeks to 20 weeks I was sick everyday.  Just focus on the good things and keep your head up:)

This is definately me. I know people think I am being ridiculous. But I can't help it. I worked really hard to lose the weight. And now I am scared I will never lose the extra pounds that pregnancy has brough even though its really not that much. Around average for where I am. But it is still definately on my list of things I worry about.

Don't worry it's totally normal for a "wls" paitent to panic once that get preg. & worry about excess wt. gain. I was in like you... Fortunetly I only gained 13lbs. my whole preg. but........... I gained even more wt. after my presious buddle was born, he weighed 5lbs 9.5 0z (5lb.) bag of sugar, but he was healthy & that's all that mattered. Now he's 24 pounds,@ 15 months.. still really healthy and very happy...I'm glad & very blessed. Now as for me..I got too comfortable & gained 10lbs. more from my preg.wt & 23lbs. from my lowest wt. when I got preg. I was over 2yrs.post-op. It was my own fault I can say.. I got way to comfortable......eating whatever I wanted, and not excercsing at all. so I know how & why I gained. But now currently! I'm pushing for my doc's original goal for me...meaning I'm trying to loose 60lbs. to get there. I'm doing WW-pts.system and last wk. I lost 4lbs. so it's working again...but I too, am trying again too!! excercise is key...I hate it,but can't live w/and can't do with out it to help w/wt. loss and to maintain..soooooooooooo. as I said, just be mindful once you have your sweet bundle, that you can and will gain IF..........you don't do what you know you should could, or would need to do.It's always a journey, but make sure you only worry about bringing a healthy, happy baby on board 1st..& worry about the wt. after your baby is here!! Congratulations...you'll be fine.. & I know you'll still worry too! that's all normal..
For now it's all about the baby, deal with the wt. issues later.
Peace, jbug

When I got pregnant I wasn't at my goal weight yet, either. It was hard to watch the scale start going back up again, but you just have to keep reminding yourself that you're gaining for the baby. Once you have that baby you'll be running around keeping busy, so don't worry now about getting the weight back off later!

It's normal to be worried, but don't let it stress you too much! You're growing a miracle in there!