We spend a lot of our lives concerned about our weight – going from diet to diet, changing our exercise routines, etc. We lose a few pounds here and there, and no one really notices. And then we get pregnant. The second we make the admission to family and friends that we’re expecting, they start looking at our bellies…waiting, willing them to grow. And as your belly starts to grow and the excitement hits that there really is a baby “in there”, you secretly fear that you may never fit in your “skinny clothes” again.
So how much weight should you gain? Should you be concerned that you have gained more weight than your best friend did at her six-month mark? While the experts have differing opinions on how much weight we should gain, the majority seem to think that a person who starts at a normal weight should gain between 25 to 35 pounds during pregnancy.
What may be more interesting than how much weight we should or shouldn’t gain is the estimated destination of this “poundage.” According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), this is where that weight is going:
Material stores of fat, protein and other nutrients 7 lbs
Increased body fluid 4 lbs
Increased blood 3-4 lbs
Breast growth 1-2 lbs
Enlarged uterus 2 lbs
Amniotic fluid 2 lbs
Placenta 1.5 lbs
Baby 6-8 lbs
Doesn’t it feel good to know that you can rationalize out every pound? You can quit thinking that every pound is attaching itself to your hips or booty, and rationalize that it is just body fluid or an extra pound or two of “boobage” (woot! woot!).
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