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Originally Posted by welsh_girl

Very untrue, you don't need to gain weight at all. People think it's a great excuse to stuff themselves with crap which is stupid and makes them pile on the pounds.

By the time I was full term (40 weeks) I weighed less than before I fell with child, because I eat properly for my baby.
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OT- I'll join you Rubin, I'm meant to go to a Zumba class today, alas, I'm 100% sure I've been tucked up for it

Actually, it's very true; it's medically established that gaining weight during pregnancy is natural and healthy.

That doesn't mean you should eat junk, because gaining too much weight during pregnancy can cause problems too.

But you're supposed to gain weight. It's very unhealthy not to. It can cause delivery of a pre-term infant, low birthweight baby or other fatal problems.


I have no idea how you managed to lose weight. A natural, healthy mother at the time of birth should be at least 20 pounds heavier than starting weight, unless she was obese to begin with.

With that said, I'm guessing your baby is perfectly fine, but that doesn't make you the norm. It makes you rather unusual, no offense intended.