Music Weight gain and pregnancy is one of those big issues that it's been changing over time. So now we know that people don't need to gain as much weight as we thought they did. I did gain a lot of weight with my first pregnancy, 60 pounds with my first. So this time around I am a lot more educated on that stuff. So I've been watching and eating healthy. The amount of weight you should gain during your pregnancy is not standard for everyone. It depends on the weight that you're starting at. If you're starting at a healthy weight at the beginning of your pregnancy, then your goal is to gain about 25 to 35 pounds throughout the pregnancy. Most people don't have a problem with this and if anything, most people gain too much weight. If you're starting off above your ideal body weight, then you're looking at gaining between 10 to 20 pounds during the entire pregnancy. And I would say the pattern of weight gain is probably more important and what you're eating is more important than the actual weight gain. To break that down, a lot of women will gain between one and five pounds in the first trimester than about a pound week afterwards. The first time around with my son, everybody was like, don't worry, eat for two. That's what you're, you know, go ahead. This time around, if I feel full, I stop. So there have been a lot of old wives' tales about having to eat for two. The reality is that a woman really only needs an additional 300 calories per day during the course of her pregnancy to maintain good nutritional support for the fetus. Instead of paying a lot of attention to the number, the biggest thing is to pay attention to eating a healthy diet. You know, I didn't realize food was such a big part of pregnancy. You know, you hear stories all the time, women eating whatever they want, when they're pregnant, and whatever they're craving, you just have. And I didn't realize you had to be careful and that you had to eat healthy and everything you put in your body matters. And so that's something that I'm still learning. If you gain too much weight during the pregnancy, then you do put yourself and your pregnancy at risk. You have increased risks of things like pre-term labor, problems during the labor, increased risk of C-section, increased risk of gestatial diabetes, which can put your baby at risk after the baby is born as well. The ultimate outcome, of course, we're looking for is a healthy baby and a healthy bomb. And those still happen even when you don't gain weight. It's very difficult to lose weight as anybody knows, but especially after having a baby, your sleep is interrupted often, and it makes it difficult to follow a proper diet and exercise. So holding your weight at the proper level during pregnancy is vital.