Weight
I've very early in my pregnancy (4+2) but already finding that my weight has gone up!!
I'd been watching my weight in recent months and lost 4.5kg since July - I'm packing for holiday and suddenly nothing fits me, it's like my boobs and hips have exploded already!
Is this normal?
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It's water retention and blood volume! Your blood volume doubles really early in pregnancy so there's enough to grow the placenta. That's why people feel dizzy and get really thirsty/pee more as one of their first symptoms. All that water and blood weighs a lot. X
I believe it is, or can be, everyone is different just like our bodies are all different; we'll all be carrying our babies differently. I remember with my first pregnancy I started gaining really quickly, and nothing different about this one now too...however I an quite short so baby needs to go somewhere, and I gain weight pretty easily anyways besides that. So I'm still exercising of course, walking every day and doing my best to eat right; even whilst still giving into all of my pregnancy cravings.