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[quote=Anonymous]Op please follow this advice and do not try to lose weight during pregnancy. You need to nourish your body during pregnancy, truly nourish it - your baby depends on all of those nutrients that you need to take in to flourish and grow. Truly depends on it. It will be much more impactful to your baby to not eat enough in general and not enough nutrients that it impacts their growth (low weight babies are at much higher risk of issues than larger babies for example, look up the risks of low birth weight babies if you want some motivation to feed yourself well)  then the small risk of the other issues you mentioned that the needle will likely not be moved on by anything you do around weight during pregnancy.

You will gain weight during pregnancy, that is normal. Nourish yourself and your baby. Try to reframe how you’re thinking about this and caring for your baby because you clearly care so much. Limiting what you eat will go against that. I knew a woman that mostly ate lean cuisine during pregnant and her baby was failure to thrive at birth. Focus on feeding your body at regular intervals, as much nutrient dense food as you can. Think of your food in terms of nutrients - when you eat a bunch of different foods think  oh man I just gave my baby carbs for energy, healthy fats from that avocado to grow their brain, etc etc. to try to change your mindset a little. I struggle with my weight too so I relate to the mindset you’re in.

You’ve got to flip it on it’s head to give your baby the best start. You are strong and your body is ready to grow this baby, it can handle the extra fat and there are many, many healthy pregnancies while not at an ideal weight. Your job is to nourish yourself and this baby during this time. There are many people that get gestational diabetes despite being at what is considered an ideal weight.

You got this mama, take care of yourself, your body and your baby and know you are the perfect mom for this baby - 40 lbs and all. Seriously. [/quote]

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