What is the right amount of weight gain during pregnancy?

People often say that "one person eats, two people make up", so in order to let the baby in the belly get enough nutrition, many mothers begin to "eat a lot" after pregnancy, so that the weight has increased a lot.

But you know what? Being overweight during pregnancy is detrimental to the health of both the mother and the baby. So, how much weight gain is best during pregnancy?

How much weight should I gain during pregnancy?

Generally, the average weight gain of pregnant mothers during the whole pregnancy is 10 13kg, which is equivalent to 25% of their non-pregnant body weight, and the increase comes from the pregnant mother herself and the fetus. During pregnancy, weight gain tends to be slow and then fast.

During the 12th week of pregnancy, there was no or slight weight gain of 1kg; weight gain of 5 6 kg at 13 to 28 weeks of gestation, accounting for 40-50% of gestational weight gain; After 28 weeks of pregnancy, weight gain is rapid, with an average increase of about weekly gains.

Pregnant mothers can weigh themselves at home and record them to know their weekly weight gain, and if they gain too much or too little weight for two weeks in a row, they should go to the hospital for a check-up.

In 2009, the American Institute of Medicine (IOM) newly recommended the range of total weight gain during pregnancy, based on body mass index (BMI), according to the different BMI before pregnancy, the appropriate weight gain during pregnancy is also different.

Those with normal pre-pregnancy weight are; Those who are overweight before pregnancy are; Pre-pregnancy obese people are:

If the pregnant mother was overweight or obese before pregnancy, it is recommended to reduce her weight to the standard weight range before becoming pregnant. For women with a general standard weight, it is best to control the weight gain during pregnancy. For yellow people, it is best to have a birth weight of about 3kg.

If you are pregnant with twins, it is advisable to gain weight during pregnancy.

Pregnancy is not about eating more and getting fatter the better, especially in the second and third trimesters, pregnant mothers should arrange their meals scientifically and reasonably according to their pre-pregnancy BMI index, and be a good steward of their weight. After the fetus is stable in the second trimester, you can do some moderate exercise to control the rapid weight gain, and follow the G movement on the mobile phone to do Kegel exercises, which can exercise the pelvic floor muscles, enhance the strength of the pelvic floor muscles, prevent lateral incision and tear during childbirth, accelerate the second stage of labor, and ensure smooth delivery!

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy will not only affect your body and postpartum recovery, but also bring unexpected harm to yourself and your fetus.

Therefore, for the sake of the health of the pregnant mother and the fetus, it is recommended that you control your weight within the ideal range during the preparation for pregnancy!

<> What makes a good girlfriend? Girlfriends who fall in love together, get married, and have children are good girlfriends. Chenchen and Weiwei are such good best friends, at the beginning of this year, she became pregnant one after another.

The two of them are very happy, studying fetal care together, looking forward to the future baby together, and supervising each other not to be greedy. Because of each other's company, both of them had a particularly good pregnancy. However, one thing is very strange that every time the prenatal check-up station is on the scale, Chenchen always gets a few pounds, but Weiwei is a lot fatter.

Chenchen always envied Weiwei, "If only I were like you, where would my nutrition go?" Crying

But the doctor told them every time that all the indicators of the fetus were normal. Why is the baby just as healthy as the weight gain? Every time he thought of this, Chenchen didn't believe it, "I see, the doctor was afraid that I was under pressure, so he deliberately comforted me."

I saw her frowning. "If you eat and absorb the nutrients, you will definitely grow meat." "I'm going to eat harder and try to catch up with our Vivi in the morning."

But what about the facts? In fact, the amount of weight gain during pregnancy really varies from person to person. Exactly, it should vary from BMI to BMI.

If the BMI index of pregnant women is < before pregnancy, then it is recommended that these pregnant women gain more weight during pregnancy, and the upper limit of growth can be controlled below 18kg;

If the BMI index is within the normal range before pregnancy, it is generally recommended to gain weight around the limit;

If the BMI index of pregnant women before pregnancy is 24, and even foreign pregnant mothers with particularly obese BMI > 30, or even 35, it is recommended to control weight gain at 7 11kg.

In other words, the fatter you are before pregnancy, the more you must control your weight gain during pregnancy, otherwise you are likely to get into trouble, and gestational hypertension and diabetes may find you. In this way, your risk of having a macrosomia will also increase, and the probability of a difficult birth will also be greatly increased.

PS: BMI = weight (kg) height (m) squared, is currently a commonly used international standard to measure the degree of obesity and thinness of the human body and whether it is healthy.

If you don't gain weight at all or too little, be sure to go to the hospital for a checkup. This may be due to intrauterine growth retardation or maternal malnutrition, and the cause should be identified promptly. If the weight gain is too fast, such as more than the weekly weight gain, it is also necessary to pay attention to whether there is any abnormality, the most common cases of abnormal weight gain in pregnant women are obesity caused by overnutrition, polyhydramnios, pregnancy edema or multiple pregnancy and so on.

When you can't reach the height of the meter, you must work weight adjustment. Because the chance of a small pregnant mother with a narrow pelvis is very high. A narrow pelvis can cause dystocia, so be aware of the baby's oversize and excessive accumulation of fat in the birth canal.

To facilitate weight monitoring, pregnant women can use a maternal and infant safety scale to measure at home. Because of the changes in body shape and flexibility of pregnant women after pregnancy, it is necessary to choose a smart maternal and infant safety scale with a large scale surface and large feet.

Specific to the different periods of pregnancy, the recommended weight gain is shown in the table below:

Pregnancy weight gain is more appropriate, pregnant women during pregnancy weight gain is not uniform, generally in the first 3 months of weight gain is not very obvious, after 3 months the weight will change, about every week will increase, generally in the last month of pregnancy, at a weekly rate of weight gain. Moreover, the body mass index, dietary intake, and activity level of each pregnant woman are different, and the weight gain is not the same. However, weight gain should be kept within a reasonable range, and it is problematic to gain weight too slowly or too quickly.

Slow weight gain is generally associated with diseases such as malnutrition and hyperthyroidism, and rapid weight gain is generally associated with gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes.

It is most appropriate to gain 20-35 pounds of weight during pregnancy, and the increase in the amount of nutrients absorbed by young children cannot keep up, which may lead to malnutrition in young children. If you gain too much weight, it will be a burden on the pregnant woman, and it will cause a lot of inconvenience in your life, and it will also compress the sciatica.

Generally, it is more appropriate to increase about 12 kg, if the increase is too little, it means that the nutrition of pregnant women is not good, and it will affect the fetus, if it is increased too much, it means that the nutrition is too good, which will cause pregnant women to gain weight, and the fetus will be too large.

It is appropriate to increase within 20 catties. Pregnant women should not eat too sweet food, otherwise the blood sugar will be too high, resulting in the fetus being too large in the body and absorbing too much, which will affect the birth and the health of the child.