tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post3971447624659690102..comments2024-03-17T10:07:53.205-07:00Comments on The Well-Rounded Mama: Prenatal Weight Gain: When the Conclusion is Made Ahead of the ResultsWell-Rounded Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04129621631406155340noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-3545127469179767832010-10-12T18:48:25.322-07:002010-10-12T18:48:25.322-07:00Annonymous #1, You are being lied to. If you show ...Annonymous #1, You are being lied to. If you show up at the hospital in labour, they CAN NOT refuse to treat you, to do so is to open themselves up to a massive law suit.<br /><br />Run, run away as fast you can from this OB. Maybe you can find a nice birthing centre or homebirth midwife?Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758876794245753305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-81044211391016324052010-10-01T06:55:10.962-07:002010-10-01T06:55:10.962-07:00At my first visit, my OB told me to gain no more t...At my first visit, my OB told me to gain no more than 10 lbs because of all the health risks involved with being obese and pregnant (I started off 260/5'7). So, I gave a valiant effort to do so, terrified of being a 'statistic'. <br />Well, here I am at 29 weeks, having gained a whopping *28 lbs* thus far, and I really feel like smacking someone. Not only do I have PERFECT glucose levels, constant PERFECT blood pressure, PERFECT Hemoglobin levels (I'm not kidding you, I am literally textbook), I also have severe ANXIETY; I still worry that something will go terribly wrong, *even with medical proof that my pregnancy is great*, because of my weight. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't anxiety/stress just as bad for a pregnant woman, yet doctors don't really seem to mention in those studies how their bias can effect patients emotionally. Interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-82452376316375530922010-09-29T07:15:37.647-07:002010-09-29T07:15:37.647-07:00I'm pregnant with my first and my first OB app...I'm pregnant with my first and my first OB appointment could not have gone worse. I was told I was too fat to have the baby in the hospital. WTF? The doctor advised me that if I didn't want to drive 2.5-3 hours to another specialty hospital that I better lose weight. I need to lose about 30 pounds before the hospital 5 mins down the road will take me. Apparently they force ladies in labor to stand on a scale so they can determine BMI. If your BMI is over 30, then you're too fat to give birth in the hospital. I suppose they think it's safer for my husband to deliver the baby on the side of the road. So far, I have no complications, apparently being overweight is worse than GD, Preclampsia, etc. It's turned a joyous time into an absolutely depressing nightmare. I remember being so excited when I got the positive, I never knew the hospital would say sorry, it's not safe to have your baby here, go have it on the street or at home instead. My mom has told me that I should wait until the head is crowning, then go in and watch them try to weigh my big butt. LOL. I don't think so! But anyway, I'm still trying to get over the idea that this is out of my hands. I'm doing all I can with exercise and weight loss, hopefully it'll be enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-37052864632521508122010-09-27T12:40:41.019-07:002010-09-27T12:40:41.019-07:00Each of my pregnancies has been different, from ga...Each of my pregnancies has been different, from gaining 50 lbs to losing 20 lbs during the pregnancy (net change). The amount I gained/lost had nothing to do with the health or weight of the baby, or my own health either. It's just what my body did. Now I'm 23 weeks along with #5, looking at a net gain of 8 lbs at this point. The focus needs to be on eating healthy foods, not on weight gain or loss.Taminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-77546458512040296432010-09-25T13:19:46.559-07:002010-09-25T13:19:46.559-07:00I am 5'3" and have always been "heav...I am 5'3" and have always been "heavy" for my height since I carry weight in my legs. When I got pregnant I was 150 pounds despite intense cardio workouts several times a week, a healthy diet, weightlifting, etc. Obviously I wouldn't be in the obese category, but definitely overweight. <br />During my pregnancy I gained 30 pounds even though I didn't pop much at all- my next door neighbor never knew that I was pregnant! Also, I exercised throught my pregnancy- 4 days a week of step, weights, and swimming. Yet I STILL gained 30 pounds! If I gained that much with all of that effort I do have sympathy for women who aren't able to be so active during their pregnancy- it would be very difficult to not gain any weight. 10 days postpartum I had lost 22 pounds, and 6 months later I was down to 135, less than I had been since I was a teenager. I agree that the emphasis really needs to be on promoting good habits during pregnancy that will stick with the women afterwards- and if breastfeeding is encouraged many of those women may find that they lose the weight very quickly and continue to lose it as I have!saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-62855079533020782812010-09-24T22:09:23.140-07:002010-09-24T22:09:23.140-07:00I had twins 4 months ago and my midwife advised me...I had twins 4 months ago and my midwife advised me not to put any weight on during my pregnancy. I was shocked - I mean, how can any supposed educated person think it's healthy for a woman carrying twins to *lose* weight (because I'd have to do that in order to keep those scale measurements steady). Even more shocking was that during my last twin pregnancy 5 years ago my weight was never mentioned, even though it was about the same (approx. 130 kilos pre-pregnancy each time).<br /><br />Even worse when I post about this on parenting forums I'm told that of course being fat will harm my baby and make my pregnancy harder, and that if I had any sense I would have followed my midwife's suggestion. When I respond that things were fine for me - both sets reached 38 and 37 weeks gestation respectively, with all 4 being 7 pound babies) they refuse to believe me. Sure, my experiences aren't proof of anything - but then neither are assumptions that we fat women are going to explode if we go over an arbitary number in pregnancy.<br /><br />Oh, and this second time around I gained almost 20 kilos, all of which evaporated by itself afterwards; I was back in my pre-pregnancy jeans by week 2. Weight is unpredictable in pregnancy. Health is what matters; eating well and getting both exercise and rest.Tanznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-46623496774577237362010-09-24T11:51:18.655-07:002010-09-24T11:51:18.655-07:00My insurance is through Kaiser, and I've seen ...My insurance is through Kaiser, and I've seen posters for this sort of thing in the clinic throughout my pregnancy. It angers me. I am not overweight - in fact, I'm more likely to be underweight for my height and build - but this sort of thing makes me scared that some idiot's going to look at the raw numbers of my weight and not *me* and start pushing weight loss. This actually happened during my first pregnancy; I had *finally* gained a substantial amount of weight which I needed badly, and the midwife I saw that day (who'd never seen me before or since) looked at the twelve pounds I'd gained in four weeks, didn't have the least clue that it was a hard-won triumph for me, and told me to cut the carbs. As it happens, I gained very little weight after that (not because I deliberately cut any calories) and gave birth easily to a 7lb 1oz baby. I am making an effort with this pregnancy to keep my care with the same midwife the whole time, to avoid any such idiotic remarks, but you can see how angry I still am about it two and a half years later!<br /><br />I started this pregnancy at an "underweight" BMI, and have gained around 20 pounds from the lightest I got to (about 15 from starting weight), but I'm still paranoid that someone's going to tell me that I've gained too much, just looking at numbers. I'm still too thin, it's all baby weight! I can only imagine how awful it would be if I had actually started out "overweight".Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608429155677312762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-60687021960753963772010-09-24T07:54:30.447-07:002010-09-24T07:54:30.447-07:00I think the fluid volume is often underestimated. ...I think the fluid volume is often underestimated. I never had blood pressure or urine protein issues during pregnancy, but I lost 20 pounds between my last prenatal appointment and my incision check 6 days after surgical delivery, and my ankles were still swollen at that point -- I was down another ten pounds at the post-partum appointment five weeks later. Thirty pounds in nine months wouldn't be an unreasonable rate of weight loss, I suppose, but it seems like a lot to lose during pregnancy.Hazelnuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952768656340372842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-40281679373200074642010-09-23T21:44:17.777-07:002010-09-23T21:44:17.777-07:00I dropped 15 lbs within my first two months of pre...I dropped 15 lbs within my first two months of pregnancy. As of 36 weeks, my weight was still about 5 lbs below pre-pregnancy weight. Similar to WRM I think my metabolism went into overdrive, plus I had absolutely no appetite most of the time. It was a struggle to eat.<br /><br />When I agreed to do a food journal for a month to be reviewed by my midwives, I was encouraged to eat more calories and they thought I was getting dangerously low when some days I was only eating about 1500. Also, that brings up a question - one student midwife said the goal for caloric intake during pregnancy is 3000, but then my husband's cousin who is a student midwife also said "30-100 calories more than before and if you already have reserves you shouldn't make any change", which one is right and where does this crap come from? The cousin felt a need to speak out when I commented about being amused by the midwives telling me, the big fat cow, to eat MORE. In the end my only real thought was: How about I eat whatever the hell my body, and baby, says I should be eating?Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576504078115706818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-85933704900255184452010-09-23T19:29:54.214-07:002010-09-23T19:29:54.214-07:00I've never understood how anyone could possibl...I've never understood how anyone could possibly gain no weight or even lose weight during pregnancy. Between the placenta, fluids, fetus, increased blood supply in the mother, breast enlargement of some degree, you're going to put on some pounds! I gained 40lbs with my son and lost 30lbs over the course of several months afterwards and a lot of that immediately thanks to not being pregnant. Evenspor is right; every body during every pregnancy is different and every body knows what it needs for itself and the fetus.JeninCanadahttp://jenrowe16@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738062031052371885.post-686040609616273712010-09-23T15:15:13.828-07:002010-09-23T15:15:13.828-07:00This really bothers me. Limiting weight gain for w...This really bothers me. Limiting weight gain for women of any size during pregnancy bothers me (as opposed to just promoting healthy lifestyles as you mentioned). Every woman I know has a body that reacts differently to pregnancy. I know a family where every woman has gained around 60 pounds during pregnancy, but it all comes off later. I've known women who gain hardly anything during pregnancy, but they can't lose any weight while breastfeeding. I think for the most part, our bodies know what we need. The possibility, though, of not getting the mama or baby enough nutrition just because it satisfies some randomly picked weight number that worked for someone else... scary.<br /><br />I am so glad that so far all of the OBs have had have not made a big deal about weight gain.Evensporhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17005685575858296425noreply@blogger.com