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Baby weight

How much does your bump really weigh? Average figures for pregnancy weight gain revealed.

Its inevitable and necessary that you put on weight during pregnancy and it can be comforting to know that those extra pounds on the scales are a sign that your baby is growing healthily. But how much of your pregnancy weight gain is actually down to 'baby weight'?

Here are the 'average' figures......

Baby = 7.5 - 8.5lbs
Placenta = 1.5 - 2lbs
Amniotic fluid = 2lbs
Blood volume = 4lbs
Womb muscle = 2 -2.5lbs
Water = 4lbs
Breast tissue = 2lbs
Energy reserves (for labour) = 7lbs

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i am exactly 17 weeks and am enormas and measuring at 23cm i am scared as it is ma first kid and i am only 17 years old
by baby2012	25th Jan 2012, 9:29am

Is it OK to lose a few punds in the first 5 weeks? I generally follow a health diet and exercise routine but I enjoy a drink and the odd takeaway, this means I maintain much of the time. However, since I have given up drinking and cut out the takeaways I am losing, poss around 5 lbs since the start. I guess this is good as I am over weight at 12st 11lbs anyway? I have plenty of reserves!
by louiset07	18th Mar 2011, 4:55pm

Im 26 weeks into my third pregnancy,, I suffer from an eating disorder and find the extra weight extremely difficult to contend with..
by staustell	8th Mar 2011, 6:03pm

i was 9 stone before i fell pregnant and am petrified i am goin to have a big 10 pounder because i havent put weight on anywhere else apart from my bump and i feel all baby but now im upto 10 and a half stone. im due in a month lets hope i dont put anymore weight on! i got told the last month the baby is supposed to grow rapid. god im gonna be like a whale soon !!!!
by Leonna	18th May 2010, 5:13pm

Im 17 weeks and have already piled on 5 lbs even though ive been sick everyday, excersizing and not eating anywhere near as much as I used to, I just dont know where the weight is coming from lol!! I am going to stop weighing my self soon!
by Rachiibabiixxx	14th May 2010, 4:40pm

im scared to weigh myself. i think i will get depressed! lol
by missliss2316	8th Sep 2009, 9:24am

I swear, I had put on 3 stone at my last ill advised weigh- in! Im 25, and normally bang on 10st - size 10/12. Last time I weighed myself was at about 27 weeks- Im 37 weeks now, and DO NOT want to know how much more Ive put on! DONT WORRY ABOUT IT! Ive been excersizing, and eating healthily....I think its just natural to lay down fat when pregnant...and it doesnt last forever!
by heatherberry	7th Sep 2009, 12:00pm

I am 30 weeks pregnant and have only gained 7 and a half pound so at the moment ive been quite lucky so far we will see how much i gain in the last 10 weeks good luck to you all x
by mich100	7th Jul 2009, 10:05am

I haven't had that problem. Not yet, anyway! I am currently 28 weeks pregnant and have gained 1st and 10lbs already, which my GP recons is quite a lot for an 18 year old at 28 weeks. I feel so heavy and I get out of breath after just walking up the stairs, its really quite annoying!
by emdete	27th Apr 2009, 9:37am

I keep vomiting after eating. This has been going on for 2-3 days now. I phoned our "out of hour" service and the doctor said there is nothing much I can do to help stop it because it sounded like my baby is "too big" for my body and my body cant expand anymore, so baby is having to push upwards and the only way of relieving the pain is to have the baby. Has anyone else experianced this.? I am 34 weeks.

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