Beyonce and Jay-Z 's daughter, Blue Ivy, just turned two years old —and you're right, that seems crazy fast. Wasn't she just bo...
Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter, Blue Ivy, just turned two years old—and you're right, that seems crazy fast. Wasn't she just born?
Beyonce took to YouTube and talked a bit about celebrating her post-baby body in the video for her song "Partition," saying:
"I was very aware of the fact that I was showing my body. I was 195 pounds when I gave birth. I lost 65 pounds. I worked crazily to get my body back. I wanted to show my body. I wanted to show that you can have a child and you can work hard and you can get your body back. I know that there's so many women that feel the same thing after they give birth. You can have your child and you can still have fun and still be sexy and still have dreams and still live for yourself."
So the funny thing about pregnancy is that everyone's body deals with it differently—Beyonce didn't necessarily look like she'd gained a lot of weight (I myself gained 35 pounds, and I'm pretty sure most of that was in my ankles...seriously, they were like the size of VW Beetles). But no matter how someone who's pregnant "carries" her weight gain, there is a basic breakdown of where some of that weight goes:
About 7 1/2 pounds: This is the baby!
8 to 12 pounds: Amniotic fluid, placenta, blood (your blood and plasma volumes increase 40 to 50 percent while pregnant).
2 pounds: Breasts get bigger—and heavier!
2 pounds: The uterus expands from the approximate size of an orange to the size of a basketball.
6 to 8 pounds: The body gets a little extra padding in the form of fat—which is needed to help feed and nurture the growing baby.
So all of that necessary stuff adds up to around 32 pounds. Medical guidelines state that, if your pre-pregnancy weight was in the healthy range for your height, you should gain about 25 to 35 pounds total; if your weight was lower, you should gain 28 to 40 pounds; and if you were overweight, you should gain 15 to 25 pounds.
Sometimes, though, you find yourself gaining more than expected—and this is where regularly scheduled doctors' appointments come in handy, because your physician will help you keep an eye on both the baby's and your overall health. Pregnant women can sometimes even lose weight, especially if they're experiencing lots of nausea or acid reflux, which makes eating the obligatory pickles and ice cream a lot less appealing.
Believe it or not, most women lose about half of their pregnancy weight in the first six weeks (because, you know, the baby and all that fluid is no longer in your body). Still, that doesn't mean you're going to magically bounce back to your old body—and that's totally normal and perfectly OK!
Is weight gain during pregnancy something you think about? Do any moms have personal experiences to share?
Beyonce took to YouTube and talked a bit about celebrating her post-baby body in the video for her song "Partition," saying:
"I was very aware of the fact that I was showing my body. I was 195 pounds when I gave birth. I lost 65 pounds. I worked crazily to get my body back. I wanted to show my body. I wanted to show that you can have a child and you can work hard and you can get your body back. I know that there's so many women that feel the same thing after they give birth. You can have your child and you can still have fun and still be sexy and still have dreams and still live for yourself."
So the funny thing about pregnancy is that everyone's body deals with it differently—Beyonce didn't necessarily look like she'd gained a lot of weight (I myself gained 35 pounds, and I'm pretty sure most of that was in my ankles...seriously, they were like the size of VW Beetles). But no matter how someone who's pregnant "carries" her weight gain, there is a basic breakdown of where some of that weight goes:
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| Beyonce Says She Was 195 Pounds While Pregnant With Blue Ivy! Here's Where Weight Goes During Pregnancy |
8 to 12 pounds: Amniotic fluid, placenta, blood (your blood and plasma volumes increase 40 to 50 percent while pregnant).
2 pounds: Breasts get bigger—and heavier!
2 pounds: The uterus expands from the approximate size of an orange to the size of a basketball.
6 to 8 pounds: The body gets a little extra padding in the form of fat—which is needed to help feed and nurture the growing baby.
So all of that necessary stuff adds up to around 32 pounds. Medical guidelines state that, if your pre-pregnancy weight was in the healthy range for your height, you should gain about 25 to 35 pounds total; if your weight was lower, you should gain 28 to 40 pounds; and if you were overweight, you should gain 15 to 25 pounds.
Sometimes, though, you find yourself gaining more than expected—and this is where regularly scheduled doctors' appointments come in handy, because your physician will help you keep an eye on both the baby's and your overall health. Pregnant women can sometimes even lose weight, especially if they're experiencing lots of nausea or acid reflux, which makes eating the obligatory pickles and ice cream a lot less appealing.
Believe it or not, most women lose about half of their pregnancy weight in the first six weeks (because, you know, the baby and all that fluid is no longer in your body). Still, that doesn't mean you're going to magically bounce back to your old body—and that's totally normal and perfectly OK!
Is weight gain during pregnancy something you think about? Do any moms have personal experiences to share?
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