Expect to gain 1 — 5 pounds of
weight during your first trimester and 1 pound per week, on average, during your subsequent trimesters.
Women that lose
weight during the first trimester are likely not eating because they don't feel well.
In some cases, pregnant women will actually lose
weight during the first trimester due to a combination of morning sickness and food aversions.
Healthcare providers recommend that you gain the least
weight during the first trimester — roughly 1 to 5 pounds — and then gain roughly a pound a week in the second and third trimesters.
You may lose
weight during the first trimester due to nausea or morning sickness.
Not exact matches
Similarly, with pregnancy, I gained almost all of my
weight during the second
trimester (gained nothing
during the
first one, gained 27 lbs
during the second, gained 8 lbs
during the third), and I have pretty bad stretch marks and sagging skin.
Average
weight gain
during the
first trimester is five pounds, according to Fit Pregnancy.
During the
first trimester, the baby is still teeny - tiny contributing very little to your overall
weight gain.
Most women will notice a slight
weight gain in the beginning of pregnancy, usually about four pounds
during the
first trimester.
Throughouut 2 full term twin pregnancies, I had the sore boos in the
first trimester, but NEVER did my breast tissue change, grow (in fact they shrunk because I lost
weight during my pregnancies), get firm... nothing.
But research also suggests that mild iron - deficiency anemia that goes untreated and becomes more severe
during pregnancy — especially in the
first two
trimesters — is linked to an increased risk of a baby being born with a low birth
weight.
Personal Thoughts / Info:
During pregnancy, eating healthy and making sure to snack on healthy foods frequently is important — especially if your pregnancy is like mine where you are so sick in the
first trimester you lose
weight!
Exposure
during the
first and second
trimester also came with decreased body length, decreased placental
weight, and decreased anogenital distance, which can reflect abnormal hormone levels, says Blum.
Pregnant women with high levels of BPA in their blood
during their
first trimester were more likely to have baby girls with low birth
weights
Interestingly, the findings showed no association between a mother's vitamin D intake
during the
first and second
trimester of pregnancy and children's
weight and height at either age five or nine years.
In general, a healthy pregnancy
weight gain is two to four pounds total
during the
first trimester, and then about one pound a week
during the second and third
trimesters.
During the
first trimester, you should gain about 3 to 6 pounds (your doctor may recommend that you adjust your
weight gain up or down if you started your pregnancy underweight or overweight).
During the
first trimester, the recommended
weight gain is between 1 and 4 pounds over the three - month period.