Doc says I'm 3 Pounds Overweight - Eating right, doing what exercise I can. Advice?

[Anonymous]

Actually having a little fat and being proportioned like the OP is HEALTHIEST on women, she describes herself as having boobs, hips, and butt. Being skinny and underweight is not ideal for women. There is a reason why we have naturally higher body fat. What is NOT healthy is being the same size as the OP, BUT carrying that weight in the middle. The shape of a women and how she carries her weight is a significant indicator of health. When you gain weight in your middle in collects around your organs. Also belly weight is often from trans fat consumption. There have been recent studies that show women with a little padding live longer than women without. They are not sure why, but a little fat has protective qualities.

You can be as 20lbs skinnier than the OP (as some of you suggest is ideal), but you certainly can be much less healthy than her, especially if you start looking at things such as belly fat, and triglycerides.

[Anonymous]

this won't necessarily be the case with the OP here, but extreme weight gain when you're not eating like crazy can be a sign of water retention. Near the end of my pregnancy, I started gaining 3 lbs a week - every week. I looked at what I was eating and my activity level and shouldn't have been gaining more than 1-1.5 lbs/week at the most. I assumed the rest was water because I had developed cankles and my feet looked like watermelons at the end of the day.

Even if you have a healthy attitude toward weight and your body, it kind of messes with your head, though. I was torn between not wanting to get on the scale and finding it kind of amusing, wondering how much I could gain every week. We even made "Guess Mom's final pre-baby weight" a game at my baby shower, and one male friend kept rooting for me to surpass his weight of 210 pounds. (for the record, the number was 196.2 and one of my friends was within a pound.)

I lost 34 pounds within 3 days of having the baby - only 8 lbs was baby, so the rest was placenta, blood and fluid, and the difference in my legs and feet was noticeable. So if you're freaking out about extreme 3rd trimester weight gain - water might be a culprit.

[Anonymous]

You need to be careful about water weight gain. Edema is common in pregnancy but also a symptom of pre-eclampsia. I had normal weight gain throughout the first and second and trimester. I put on over 80 lbs of water weight when I developed PE. I saw one of my L&D nurses two weeks after when I was going to the NICU and she was shocked at how different I looked because the water drops fast after delivery.

[Anonymous]

I once had metabolic testing and was required to save all my urine for 24 hours. I was given a several gallon jug. Before turning over my "output" I thought to weigh it. It was on the order of TEN POUNDS. So to draw attention to a three pound variance in weight seems totally absurd to me. Who knows what level your fluids were or where they were each time you were weighed beforehand. Charts should be used as a guide to help see trends, not to chastise you for such a miniscule difference in weight.

[Anonymous]

I think that if you plan to breast feed after baby is born, you will lose most of the weight within the first 6 months. Good luck and just remember that you should never deny a pregnant woman a craving!! Your doc is probably concerned with cumulative weight gain. However, make sure you are tested for Gestational Diabetes as this can cause some extra weight gain in the beginning weeks(Dr.'s don't usually test for this until 28 weeks, but if your doc is making such comments, it couldn't hurt to ask about it!)