Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator

it was accurate for mines, Lol

All of these little tests and articles are lame. Not a good site for real information.

yo this is stupid, for real!

my weight stared almost imedatly

There's so many problems with this... starting with the fact that it asks for your current weight instead of pre-pg weight. Then when it asks if you were over-/under-/average weight pre-pg, it's lumping all overweight women in together... I'm sure a woman who starts off 5 lb overweight would be advised to gain more weight than one who's 100+ lbs overweight when she gets pregnant!!

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LADIES. PUT YOUR PRE-PREGNANCY WEIGHT IN WHERE THE CALCULATOR SAYS TO PUT IN YOUR CURRENT WEIGHT OR YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE CORRECT ESTIMATE!!!!! PRE-PREGNANCY WEIGHT!! NOT CURRENT WEIGHT.

Im 163 at 34 weeks and it said i should be at least 180?!?! so am i under weight ? lol smh

i say its crazy because im 32 weeks pregnant and weight 126.4 and it says i should way 145 to 159 but my doctor says im fine...They should have a pre pregnacy weight on here

I like that it didnt ask for weight and height prior to pregnancy because what is a healthy weight for me (according to several doctors and nutritionist) is overweight is you use a bmi calculator. But this still comes out wrong I am 23 weeks pregnant and it says I should have gained 27 to 30 pds by now. That is a lot of weight for 23 weeks along. I have gained 19 and alotof calculators say that is to much (because of the incorrect BMI status) my doctor says its perfect.

if you want a more accurate weight tracker go to babycenter.com. this one here at this website is really bad and doesn't calculate it correctly. Its bizarre. Someone should fix it!

This is my 3rd pregnancy! My first I gained 50lbs my second 30lbs they were both healthy boys. Now we are pregnant for a girl I am 21 weeks and have gained between 6-8 lbs. Before I got pregnant I weighed 132lbs. Each pregnancy will be different how active you are makes a difference too. As long as your Dr. says your ok then trust them!

I am 138 and it says i should be between 148 and 157, i dont agree because my Dr says im doing great with my weight.

p.s. for my last comment -- If I put in my pre-pregnancy weight (165) it says I should weigh 166-167... one or two pounds at 17 weeks, lol. It only works if I put my current weight.

It worked fine for me. I put in that I currently weigh 176 lbs, am 17 weeks pregnant, and was overweight before my pregnancy (about 20 pounds). It said I should weigh 176-177 -- perfect! Maybe people are not putting in accurately whether they were over/underweight before the baby? For instance, I didn't LOOK overweight, but I know the 'healthy range' for my height on doctor's charts is around 145, and I was more like 165.

I am having a beautiful healthy pregnancy no complications or morning sickness. I am 19 weeks and i will be 20 weeks tomorrow(July24) the baby is healthy even tho the weight gain calculator says that i should be btwn: 149-152. I am at 146 which i think is fine because my doc hasnt said anything about it. I find out next month what im having and i am soo excited hoping for a girl, But just as long as i have a happy healthy baby then i will be just fine.

ummm yah this is off a bit :p i lost weight in my first trimester and now im only gaining a little bit. it said i should be 117-121 and im only 111-112 :0 but my baby boy hunter is healthy from what the drs have told us :P

Also, watch out for sudden or rapid weight gain, which could mean gestational diabetes. I was a normal weight before pregnancy. I'm 17 weeks and so far I've only LOST weight. I haven't lost much, only about 5lbs. I think that's ok for right now as long as I start gaining soon. Time to start adding calories! It's hard to gain weight when you can barely force yourself to eat, though! :P

If you enter your pre-pregnancy weight instead of your current weight, making it accurate, this test should be based on the standards for pregnancy weight gain. Women who were underweight pre-pregnancy should gain about 28-40lbs by the end of pregnancy; normal weight, 25-35; over-weight, 15-25; obese, at least 15. This is only the standard for women preganant with one baby. Women with multiple pregnancies should gain more (Wendy J. Schiff, 2009. "Nutrition for Daily Living").

Thankyou for the recent comments! I was very confused as to why it didn't ask for my pre-pregnancy weight, my height, or anything. Now I tried entering my pre-pregnancy weight at the beginning instead of my current weight like the comments suggested, and it came up with an accurate estimate. This calculator is worded wrong. Enter your pre-pregnancy weight, not your current weight.

Yeah, this is just weird. There should be more taken into account, and the way it's worded just seems wrong. If you put your prepregnancy weight in the first page (instead of what you weigh currently), it actually comes out right. But it's worded incorrectly. Redo!

I found that if you put in the weight you were when you found out you were preg...it comes out accurate. But if you put you "weight today" it just adds on the lbs.

Wow this is really wrong. I started at 132 at 5'6" and am 23 weeks pregnant it says I should weigh 159. My Dr. says I am right on though :)

no i was wrong it says i should be between 130 to 148 and im only 108 at 35 weeks pregnant... but i was only 87 before i became preganat someone tell me what u think please!

well im 35 weeks pregnant and weigh 108 pounds... i was 87 before i got pregnant this calculator said i should be between 125 to 130 im no where near that? i wonder if this is still normal? someone help me!!!

THIS CALCULATOR WANTS ME TO GAIN 75 POUNDS THRUOUT MY PREGNANCY, YEAH RIGHT. I WAS A NORMAL WEIGHT TO BEGIN WITH AND I HAVE ALREADY GAINED 25 POUNDS. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS CALCULATOR!!!!

I started out at 145 lbs and a size 4, also being 5'7''. I am now 25 weeks and 3 days and 165lbs......definately NOT a size 4!!

This is my second pregnancy im 9 weeks I went from 136 to 142. With my son the first pregnancy I went from 125 to 206(9'6oz baby) but droppd back to 165 after he was born.Everyones different sometime you can control it and sometimes you cant depending on the baby and the water you hold.

i started my pregnancy at 215, now at 21 weeks, i am 210. i know gaining weight shouldn't be an issue during pregnancy but i'm so scared to gain that 20lbs i'm suppose to. i actually lost 25lbs prior to becoming pregnant, so i'm scared to get back to that size i used to be.

i been losing and gaining weight. This is my second pregnancy. My first pregnancy i gained 27 lbs. This pregnancy i have lost weight,When i was 14 weeks i weighted 183. Now I am 16 weeks and i weight 193, before the pregnancy i was 190 im 5'8 so im pretty tall. but i dont like the fact that my gaining and losing. =[

i am 17 weeks in 3 days and this is my first pregnancy and already gained 20 pounds but i was also underweight when i got pregnant im feeling bigger i can tell i'm gaining weight is there anybody out there that has done this before

at 19 weeks I went to the doctor and found out I gained 12 pounds! I took this quiz and it says that I'm under the weight I'm suppose to be at to I feel good. Even tho I feel ugly and fat

Hey mistydawn I think its cute that ur man and you have both gained weight together but the truth is all that extra weight wint be so cute after u deliver. I would really start excercising some self control

Since becoming pregnant, I've LOST somewhere between 25 and 30 pounds--and my doctor doesn't view this as abnormal at all. His major concern is that my baby continue to grow and gain her appropriate weight. So this is now my focus. I'm 31 weeks now and if I don't gain weight, I won't be worried if it doesn't slow my daughter's growth.

yea i was already overwieght when we found out that i was pregnant i am now 31 weeks pregnant and i have gained close to 30 pounds, and my boyfreind/fiance has gained 25 (hahaha) yes my doctor does fuss at me but this is my first pregnancy and he spoils me what can i say.

o my gosh i am so scared....this is my first pregnancy....i use to weight around 118 now i am 23 weeks and 148 pounds! is that horrible?? i keep hearing that you should only gain 25-35 pounds throughout the whole pregnancy but the weight gain calculator says im fine. I am already 30 pounds and im only half way!!! everybody says im so little and i dont even look like i weight that much. what do i do and is it wrong???

I agree with the other commenters, this should as for pre-pregnancy weight not current weight to get a more accurate result. Check out http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-weight-gain-estimator for a better calculation. It asks for height, pre-pregnancy weight, current weight and # of weeks then charts it out on a nice little graph.

Weight gain calculator says that I am over by weight gain 4 pounds. I Know I have gained a lot of weight with this pregnancy, in part because I have started eating pretty much what I want. I was normal weight before pregnancy 5 "4" and 135 pounds, a size 6, I was not really skinny but looked good. This is my 4th pregnancy and My belly is already huge at 13 weeks so I think that even though I am over, It is not that bad, I just dont want to gain 50 pounds.

i weigh in at 140 lbs now and I'm only 4'11.(shorty).. i use to weigh at least 100-110 lbs before i found out i was pregnant. Is that normal?? would it be harder for me to lose that "baby fat"?

I hate this weight thing I hear it is more normal to gain 50lbs when you are preg than the 25-30 they want you to gain. i have always been at a healthy weight and watched what I ate and guess what girls at 24 weeks I have gained 35lbs..it happens it will come off.. dont worry about your weight unless it is affecting urs or the babys health, worry about the baby being happy and healthy!

Yeah, when it asks for current weight it means how much you weighed before you got pregnant, I only wanted to gain like 25 lbs. during this pregnancy but I can see thats probably not gonna happen. Im 25 weeks and have gained 18 pounds and we all know the last 2 months seems like when you gain weight no matter what! Now im aiming for 35 lbs. TOPS! REmember girls, You can always lose the weight after the baby is born so dont worry now just eat healthy for you baby.

well the big thing is to put the STARTING weight where it asks for current, then your weeks and the result is usually right about accurate. Too bad I have already went way past the "average" and well I dont care...its a baby and thats all that matters:)

i think weight gain also has to do with your metabolism when you are pregnant. with my first daughter i gained 80 lbs, now i am pregnant with twins, eating relatively the same stuff as my 1st pregnancy, and i have lost weight. each baby is different in its development and can consume more of your caloric intake, therefore, making your total weight gain different for each pregnancy.

This is a little weird.. I was told 35 weeks i should be 202-220lbs... I was 120lbs before I got pregnant.. how is gaining 100 lbs healthy at all ??? shouldn't it ask for like age and maybe height?

i agree....if u put in your weight before u got prego where it asks u for ur current weight then it should b on target.

This is stupid. Plus weight gain isn't a big issue if you eat healthy and exercise. Everyone is different. A lot of the weight gain isn't fat, so what's the difference?

i agree this thing should ask for your height, cuz im 5'11" and on my home scale it says im 184lbs but at the doctors it usually says im about 178lbs, and also body structure has alot to do with someones weight i have always have been skinny and eat alot of food and have always been in the 170s, even now noone can believe that im 23 weeks prego

If you put in your starting weight as your current weight, it comes up with an accurate target weight.

seriously if you are that worried about weight gain and concerned about how much you should/shouldnt weigh then Im pretty sure thats what your doctor is there for.

yeah this is wrong it said i should be almost 160 pounds

i just calculated, initial and current weight, i started with pre-baby weight it was close but had i done this before it would have been all off, this is my 4th baby im 29/30 wks and already hit 30lb mark, the 1st one i barely gained 23lbs, the 2nd i gained about 32lbs, my 3rd i gained about 60lbs, i always seemed to get back to a size 5/6 weighing about 125ish at 5'6". if your dr has any concerns on how much weight you gain they will tell you, and sometimes you just can't control it.

They didn't even ask how much I weighed before pregnancy. Just how much I weigh right now, then told me what I should weigh right now.. Doesn't make sense to me how they'd know!

Yes this is wrong. It should ask for pre-pregnancy weight,not "current weight".

This chart doesn't get enough info to be accurate. I am 28 weeks and have already gained 30-35 pounds...however I have been on complete bed rest since 14 weeks. This is my second child and it was the same the first time around. I was on bed rest for 6 months and gained 60-65 pounds and my Doctor never said anything to me about my weight . Within 6 months after delivering my first child I was back to less than my pre-pregnancy weight.

There is a glitch with this. You should put in your pre-pregnancy weight for a more accurate result. The first time I put in my current weight and it said I should weigh over 200lbs. As short as I am (5'2"), I would have to be rolled around in a wheelbarrow!

This is my first baby. I weighed 119 pre pregnancy and im 29 weeks and now and weigh 136. Ive only gained 17 lbs. I was hoping to gain more while pregnant but im not having any luck so far. lol

The weight tracker is so depressing to me. My first pregnacy i gained 35lbs the whole pregnacy and 10lbs in the last 2 wks, and i was waitressing the whole time plus walking 2 to 3 miles a day! This time Ive already gained 25 lbs and im only 25wks. I exercise and eat correctly but due to the fact i am currently a stay at home mom has made me gain more weight

i think this thing is making women feel better about the weight they have gained. i am 5'11 and 28 wks and i weigh 183 lbs. before i got pregnant i weighed 165 lbs. everything that i have read says that you should try to gain 25 to 35 lbs and this thing is telling me that as of right now i should be between 196 and 208 lbs. that is craziness.

Crying because I am plus size.: I am 25weeks along I my wegith before I got pregnant I was 280lbs now I am 340lbs. I don't know what happen and I am still gaining.

Im about 17 weeks along with my 2nd child and within the first 8 to 12 weeks I lost 7 lbs. I haven't gained or lost anymore since then. My 1st child is about a year and a half so it could be due to all the extra baby lbs from my other pregnancy. Im not sure though.

i'm 5'4 & weighed 110 prepreg,i gained so much weight in my pregnancy that my dr said i should see a diatitation cuz i gained the weight of carrying twins. my dr told me my son was gonna be a 10lb baby. when i had him i weighed 200 lbs, still wearing size 3-5 jeans (rubber band trick applied),i was still working full time & exercising daily. when the nurse put him on the scale he weighed 7. im not sure how it happened but it did..

im 4'11 and pre pregnancy weighed 106..... im 32 weeks and weigh 115 my dr has no problem w that and this is my 2nd child. this thing says i shood be 132lbs. omg!!! thats crazy! im short i dnt wanna be as big around as i am tall

My current pregnancy weight is 160 and I am 25 weeks along. This site said I was supposed to be between 170 and 175 and I feel better knowing that I have not gained too much weight.

this is crazy, according to this i should have gained 60 pounds!! yea right, 32 has been more than enough for me!!

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according to this i should be between 214 and 234 pounds! i am 36 weeks along and have already gained 36 pounds. so all together i should gain 79 pounds? i don't think so...

Wow. This thing is soooo off. 5'1 and my weight should be between 190 and 200 at 39 weeks? Yeahhh right.

I don't think you should be where they tell you to be as far as you wieght. Your doctor knows you better and he/she can tell if your baby is growing well. I was 194 before pregnancy and now at 27 weeks I am at 184 and my doctor seems to be happy about it.

This is completely wrong. I'm 5'2 and it's saying I should be 195 pounds!!!!!!!! I was 145 when I got pregnant and now I'm 175 so I've gained my 30 pounds in 38 1/2 weeks. Who ever created this is stupid.

I was 94 before i found out i was pregnant and now i`m in 37 weeks (!!!!!) and i`m 110. ;)) The baby is very well and i feel very good also. I just don`t gain weight! I just have a big belly :)

i am 21 weeks and have lost 18lbs. this quiz said I should gain a lot and I haven't tried to lose weight I have been super sick. Dr.'s are watching close no cause for concern.

Im 25 weeks, I started out at 114 and im 5'4. So far i've gained 18 pounds so i'm now 132 and this quiz says i should be between 142 and 151, no way!! I would only like to gain 30 pounds max!

I'm 33 wks, 5'4 and weigh 155 only gained 17 lbs since i got pregnant, lost 6 lbs the first 12 wks no vomiting just nausea. The test said i should be 173-190 it really freaked me out i can't imagine being that heavy. By the way this is my 4th pregnancy.

My first two pregnancies I gained around 60 pounds. I lost all of it the first time around and went beyond my pre-pregnancy weight. With my second I had trouble losing the last ten pounds of my weight. Ladies, enjoy yourself, eat well, don't stress about your weight!

I was 175 before i found out i was pregnant now im 10 1/2 weeks and im 179

i weigh 134 and im about to be 21 weeks and im 5'1 this test saids i should be 138 - 144 is this bad ?

Bella7810 DON'T WORRY I AM EXACTLY YOUR HEIGHT AND THE DAY I DELIVERED I WAS 202! I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE BUT US BEING SO TALL WE DON'T SHOW THE WEIGHT AS MUCH SO DON'T WORRY! YOU'LL GAIN WHAT YOU NEED TO. MY DOC SAID 25-35 PDS AND I GAINED 37!

thank you for mentioning in your comments about using the pre pregnancy weight. i was underweight when i started and i got scared when it told at first i was so behind!

use your pre pregnancy weight not your current weight. Then its accurate.

Yes, it is accurate if you use your pre-pregnancy weight, it should not ask for current weight and then "how many weeks are you". If it is based on your pre-pregnancy weight, then it should say, "how much will I weight at ____ weeks" or they should ask for "pre-preg wt" not "current wt". I thought it should need to know height too, but I think the question asking if you were normal/over/under prior covers that. It is right when using pre-preg wt. I will use this again over the next few weeks

i'm 5 11 and this thing says i should big as big as a blue whale!!!! i was 176 when i got pregant and im now 28 weeks and it says i should weigh 212 to 226. and im 196. I would be so super fat!! this is not a good tool.

I figured it out. It didnt seem right to me either but when I put in my pre pregnancy weight where it asks you what you currently weigh, it works. I'm 30 weeks and it said I should be at 150 lbs when I started out at barely 95. After I recalculated it, it changed to 115, which is exactly what I weigh.

that didnt seem like enough questions to determine how much i should weigh!

I agree. Very inaccurate if you use your current weight but if you use your pre-pregnancy weight it seems to be much more accurate.

Very inaccurate tool. Started out at 155lb and 5' 7". I am now 31 weeks and weigh 176lb. But this thing says I should be between 192 and 207. I would be a whale! lol

yes it should ask your pre pregnant weight,, your height, etc, it was totally useless, im 5'1 and started out at 145lbs pre pregnant, now im 36 weeks and 175lbs and it said i should be like 195lbs?! WOWZA!

I agree with all of you. It should at least ask how tall you are! This thing was useless.

I agree this tool is not useful. I think the first question should actually be: "What was your pre-pregnancy weight?" When I try the tool using my pre-pregnancy weight, it seems more accurate for where I should be at 12 weeks.

Yea that was bogus, I am 25 weeks and was average when i started and now i have gained 20 lbs, even though everyone says they can barely tell...guess that is an advantage of being 5'11

This little tool is completely useless. I'm 37 weeks pregnant and weigh 148 pounds. I weighed 125 lbs pre-pregnancy (I'm 5'6"). So, I'm really on target... The tool said I should weigh 170-191 lbs! That's more than 50 lb weight gain!!!

I agree I am 5 foot and 110lbs at 13 weeks. My prepregnancy weight was 103. The suggusted weight for this evaluation claims I should weigh 113lbs to 115lbs. If you subtract 103lbs from 115lbs that is a total of 12 lbs nearly half of what my projected total weight gain for the entire pregnancy.

yeah, I thought this was pretty pointless.

I agree a person's height has a lot to do with how your weight should be. Someone thats 5'4 is not going to be the same as a person at 5'8'.

I didn't care for this! They should have asked what your prepregnancy weight was and perhaps your height, then inform how much you should weigh at a specific point in your pregnancy.