Love handles - excessive weight gain
Hi, I’m so grateful to watch my baby grow and each week but I have found I’ve gained excessive weight around my hips, love handles and back - is this normal and will everything go back to normal after birth? I feel like I’m gaining weight everywhere else except for my bump!
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Same I’m also gaining so much weight everywhere 😭 I went from 47kg to 58 kg in 6 months. So I’m also asking the same question about this.
With my first I gained 25kg all together during pregnancy. I felt like an obese whale. I was able to get most of it off by about 6 months pp, just had to be conscious of eating healthy options rather than just snacking. I retained 5kg of that weight though.
I’m 30 weeks pregnant with my second and haven’t gained as much this time around although still a significant amount 10kg. Just trying to be conscious of what I’m eating and drinking this time around mainly sugary things because I realise that’s what made me gain most of my weight the first time around.
Also if you’re able to breastfeed you’ll burn off a lot quicker. I wasn’t able to so I think that’s why it took me so long to burn off with my first. Hopefully I’m able to with the one on the way
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