Concerned About Wife’s Pregnancy Weight

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My wife is pregnant with our first child and I’m starting to become concerned with her eating habits and weight gain. She used to be overweight ( about 50lbs) due to a medical issues and lost that weight before we met. She has worked hard with eating healthy and working out to make sure she doesn’t regain that weight. She know she needs to gain 25-30lbs and she is not on track at all. We eat healthy most of the time with 1-2 meals of take out or something less healthy. She has been eating less calories than I think she should be eating and fights her cravings. There have been many times that she had wanted something and said she can’t eat it because it’s “ too unhealthy”. She isn’t at risk or anything but I do worry she is not eating enough and the risk of her potentially passing down these food habits to our child worries me. How can I be supportive while trying to get her help?

Unless she is severely underweight, she does not need to gain 25-30lbs.

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Both times I was pregnant, starting at a healthy weight, I was told 25-35 lbs was best for weight gain. It’s more if you start under weight.

It’s not a “need”. It’s a recommendation so that women don’t gain excessive amounts leading to GD. 25-35lbs isn’t needed to have a healthy pregnancy and baby or all the women who gain much less wouldn’t carry to term or we’d have lot of children with significant health issues.

I gained exactly 30 lbs with each pregnancy (not overweight). And developed GD both times. My OB said it was primarily genetic, triggered by the fetus.

Yeah, the only people I know that had GD were extremely fit and gained a normal, healthy amount of weight.

[Anonymous]

I gained only 20 pounds for my 2 babies. I lost approximately 10 pounds during the first trimester, gained that weight back plus 5 in the second trimester. I didn’t even look pregnant until 7 months. My boys were both healthy 7-8 pounds. I also started at 120 pounds.

At 27 weeks, the baby weighs 2 pounds. +12 pounds doesn’t sound too bad.

Many women may have cravings. I wished I was able to eat for 2. I had different forms of nausea throughout my entire pregnancy.

Your wife sounds fine. I would stop nagging her. You only notice all this because you sound like you are home with her.

[Anonymous]

I’m surprised at all the replies. I bet the replies are skewed because it’s a man posting. If it was a woman, I’m sure the replies would be telling her she is going harm to her baby. OP, you’re right. This is not enough calories. I was 5’1” 120lbs before I got pregnant. I ate 1700-1800 calories a day. My OB said to bump it up to 2000 calories once I got into my second trimester. 1500 calories is not enough for any pregnant mom or most women who aren’t pregnant. Furthermore, her OB has said she needs to eat more. I would suggest she see a therapist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised at all the replies. I bet the replies are skewed because it’s a man posting. If it was a woman, I’m sure the replies would be telling her she is going harm to her baby. OP, you’re right. This is not enough calories. I was 5’1” 120lbs before I got pregnant. I ate 1700-1800 calories a day. My OB said to bump it up to 2000 calories once I got into my second trimester. 1500 calories is not enough for any pregnant mom or most women who aren’t pregnant. Furthermore, her OB has said she needs to eat more. I would suggest she see a therapist.

Unless OP is a troll or hovering her every move, he has no idea how many calories she eats per day.