Weight gain - if you’ve had more than 1 child…
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Anonymous
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Did your pregnancy weight gain relate to your baby’s weight? Ie, if you gained more in one pregnancy than another, was that baby heavier?
Gained about 27 lbs at term both pregnancies. My first was <6 lbs. wondering if it’s an indicator for #2. BMI was about 19.5 pre pregnanxu |
Anonymous
| No I don’t think so. Idk. I stopped weighing myself so much after the first kid. |
Anonymous
| My weight gain the same for both my pregnancies: first kid was 7lbs, second was 8lbs 13oz. |
Anonymous
| I gained around 30 for both pregnancies. Once kid was 6lb5 and one was 5lb12. |
Anonymous
FWIW both kids are older now and ~40 percentile for weight |
Anonymous
| 40 lbs each time. Second kid was 1 lb bigger and is just a much bigger person overall. |
Anonymous
| Not at all. I gained about 30 all 3 pregnancies and had a 7.5, 9.5, and 8 lb 11 Oz. |
Anonymous
| Nope. Gained nearly 50 lbs eith each on my 5'4" frame. Lost it all when i weaned. But with second my hips and rib cage wont go back to before times. Both kids were just under 8 lbs. |
Anonymous
| Yes. Gained the least with my skinniest kid. |
Anonymous
| Gained 30 lbs then 50 (!!) with number 2. Kids weighed exactly the same within an ounce. |
Anonymous
Yeah, of my four kids, my stockiest kid =the most gained. My slightest kid = the least gained. |
Anonymous
| I gained 80lbs and turned out to have an hypothyroid condition. Lost all but ten after delivery. I’m giving up on the ten. |
Anonymous
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Apparently this has been studied: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32981144
“Results: Birth weight increased with birth order. In univariate analyses, birth order had a significant effect on birth weight-SDS with second-borns having 0.29 SDS (app. 130 g) and third-borns 0.40 SDS (app. 180 g) higher values than first-borns (P < .001). Maternal pregnancy weight gain was associated with higher birth weight-SDS (P < .01) in univariate analysis, though maternal pregnancy weight gain was lower for higher birth orders. Multivariate analyses revealed that being a second or third-or-later-born child had a stronger impact on birth weight than all maternal factors.” |
Anonymous
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Mine were basically identical. 35 pounds both pregnancies:
DS 7 lb 4 oz at 39+2 and after a lot of IV fluids in delivery DD 6 lb 15 oz at 38+4 and no IV fluids |
Anonymous
| I gained about 20 lbs both times. Second DD was a full pound heavier than first. |