Weight Gain During Pregnancy

Hello Everyone,

I am almost 24 weeks and I have gained 22 pounds so far. I was just curious how much did you ladies gain while pregnant after gastric bypass. I feel like I am gaining way to much and yes I am eating cookies (bad) I know. Just curious! Im starting to freak about my weight gain already my mind is playing games with me about getting it off after I have this baby.

Thank you

Ash

ooh and I had gastric bypass May 2012, and this is my first baby :)

Well, I can't say how much I gained during my entire pregnancy because I will be 20 weeks on Tuesday. :) BUT, I was told by my surgeon that I should not gain more than 10-15 pounds during the entire pregnancy and my OB agreed. I found out I was pregnant at 7 weeks (not trying, using 2 forms of BC, totally unexpected and only 7 months post-op)....but from 7 weeks til 18 weeks I had horrendous constant nausea. I didn't know if it was my RNY or the baby causing problems but I seriously had a hard time eating anything even though I was constantly hungry. I also had low blood sugar quite often so I really had to eat a little bit ALL day long just to survive and still felt miserable. So, I actually lost 8 pounds in those weeks. Thankfully now that nausea has stopped and I can eat again.  I'm sure I will start gaining weight because the cravings are horrendous.  :)  I think as long as you are eating healthy foods as much as possible, making sure to get in your required daily protein and vitamins and staying as active as we can with your growing belly some weight gain is expected. If you think it's to much though might need to modify a little bit. I was told 1400 calories per day (per baby I was at 900) was my max...so maybe a little modification? Are you still seeing a dietician?  Discuss with your OB....or maybe try to up the exercise a little bit

I am 27.5 weeks and am up 27 pounds. I am up about a pound per week of pregnancy. I had RNY, was not to goal and am mildly obese still.

With my first post op pregnancy I was down 25 pounds from pre pregnancy weight when I delivered. With my second post op pregnancy I lost 21 pounds in the first part of my pregnancy and gained back 36 for a total net gain of 11 pounds. I am now 9 days post partum and have lost those 11 pounds plus 10 more. Try not to worry about the weight gain. It will come back off :)

Thank you!!I keep telling myself not to worry I will get it off.

Im 16 weeks and havent gained yet but my Dr told me to stay under 25 lbs the whole pregnancy. I am trying not to worry about weight right now as I know I have the tools to take it off after baby, Just enjoying this 1 time in my life that Im not scared to see the scale go up, actually looking forward to it.

I am in the same boat! I had sleeve done in 2011 and lost and maintained 100 pound loss. I never really got to goal weight of 155 but I was happy at a size 10.  I got  pregnant at 174. I am 28 weeks and have gained 22 pounds . I am obsessing about weight gain, yet I can't stop eating. I eat everything. The doctors say I have low sugar and I should eat more! They have also said that I should try to limit weight gain to 25 to 30 pounds. I don't know if I will be able to stop gaining since I have 12 weeks to go. The bright spot' however, is that my bariattic surgeon thinks that I will loose weight and my stomach mwill return to pre pregnancy size after I have the baby. I thought the sleeve shaped stomache could be stretched but the doc says i will be ok.. Seems weird but it gives me hope. 

Yes, I can eat to. I am hungry and the doctor said my baby is actually normal size baby that a regular women(without surgery) would carry. SOOO of course im omg i done stretched my opening out. I also have low blood sugar as well and of course is told to eat 8 small meals a day. Lately I been snacking on carrots, peanuts and apples. So I been trying to get my mind a little back on track. lol Im now 25 weeks and gained 24 pounds.

but we have the same concern I keep reading about how I will gain a pound a week from here now on and im like omg again!!!

ooh n congratulations on your baby!!!!

I am with you!  I am 2 years post op and 27 weeks preg.  I have gained about 30 lbs and I am FLIPPING OUT.  I am not trying to lose, but dag on, I surely didn't want to gain more than 30 lbs and it seems like that is inevetable now.  I still eat small meals.  I still have liquid protein to make sure I get it all in, and I still go to the gym and am staying active.  IDK, what else I could do to slow this nonsense down.  I pray that it comes off SUPER FAST after I deliver, or else it will be from the delivery room to the gym...  Best of luck ladies!

I am 17 weeks pregnant and have gained 6-8 lbs depending on the day. I have trouble keeping my eating in check, but I run and have kept running.

I'm 2.5 years out from RNY, and I had been maintaining at goal before getting pregnant.