Pregnant women should eat for two, right? Unless you were already eating for two before you got pregnant…

New weight gain guidelines are out for obese women who get pregnant. They were previously advised to gain at least 15 pounds, with no upper limit. Now they’re told to gain 11 to 12 pounds.

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Seems these guidelines change all the time. My mother-in-law, who is petite with a tiny waist, and in NO WAY close to obese, was told to gain no more than 20 pounds when she had her babies 40 years ago. When I had my two, it was 25 to 35 pounds for women of normal weight. I came in right bang at 30 pounds with both kids.

(Three years after the second, I still have 3-5 of those pounds sitting around my waist…sigh.)

How much did you gain with each pregnancy? (And have you lost it again?)

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