I read the Barbara Luke book and I thought it said keep eating as much as you can? Anyway, that's what my OB said and the L&D nurse who taught our multiples class. You need to eat a lot in the beginning, yes, but you ESPECIALLY need to eat alot toward the end of the pregnancy because you will need to eat enough for each baby to gain. So, don't try to watch how much you gain. This is not the pregnancy for it! The more you gain, the bigger your babies when they are delivered. And really, the goals for a multiples pregnancy is to deliver healthy-sized babies. You don't want your babies to be born small and spend time in the NICU if at all possible!
So, to answer your question, I ate whenever I was hungry. I tried to snack on healthy stuff- lots of dried fruit, trail mix, kashi cereals, etc. But I definitely listened to my body. I also drank an obscene amount of water. My twins were born at 37 weeks at 6lbs. and 6.5lbs. That's a LOT Of baby!! And I only gained 10 pounds more with this pregnancy than I did either of my first 2 pregnancies. 1st (singleton) pregnancy I gained 45lbs, 2nd (singleton) pregnancy also gained 45lbs, twins pregnancy I gained 55 lbs.
gl with your pregnancy!
Last edited by gatorsmom; 03-14-2008 at 10:11 PM.
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