Woman Loses 8 Stone While Pregnant

March 28, 2009 by tiffanyb
Filed under: News, Weird

Instead of gaining weight while pregnant, this mom actually lost a great deal of weight.

The recommended weight gain for a healthy pregnancy is 25-35 pounds. Zoe Bisgrove decided that she wasn’t going to gain any weight during her pregnancy. Instead she went on to lose 8 stone and several dress sizes while being pregnant with her second child.

Bisgrove had struggled with her weight her entire life but by the time she in her 20’s she was wearing a size 32 and weighed in at 20st5lb. She said: “I was just enormous. I’d given birth to my sons Josh and Freddie and no one could even tell I was pregnant as my fat just hid my bump.”

After falling down the stairs at her home around her 27th birthday, she decided she was going to do something about her weight. She decided to join her local Slimming World group. She was able to lose 4 stone in the first 4 months, but that is when she discovered that she was pregnant. By that time she was already 2 months pregnant.

Bisgrove said, “‘As my bump grew, I kept on shrinking. By the time I was ready to give birth I had lost another four stone and I was the slimmest I’d ever been.’” She gave birth to a healthy baby who she named Seth, who weighed in at 7lbs 10 oz. Bisgrove stayed on her healthy regime and has kept the weight off.

Although it has been proven that women who are at healthier weight has less complications while pregnant, it is not recommended that one goes on a diet while pregnant.