Maintain a Healthy Weight During Pregnancy

Every woman during pregnancy will gain weight and it’s natural when you are expecting a baby. But how to maintain healthy weight during pregnancy. I believe every pregnant woman would care about their body weight. If too excessive weight gain, woman will worry that these will be added to the weight of her body. The pressure of post-natal diet will always linger. However, if the pregnant woman has insufficient weight gain, mothers worried about fetal health whether there will be a problem.

So how much weight gain during pregnancy is normal so as not to increase excessive weight gain and also not to reduce nutrition intake during pregnancy?

To determine the amount of weight gain during pregnancy is depend on the weight of the woman before pregnancy. And what is the ideal weight during the nine month pregnancy can be calculated by measuring BMI (body weight index) before getting pregnant. As nutritionists said that pregnant women should gain weight in accordance with their own body weight index.

How to calculate BMI?

BMI (body weight index) is calculated by the person body weight (kg as a unit) divided by height (meters units) of the square. For example, if the weight is 50 kilograms, is 1.65 m in height, then the BMI = 50 ÷ 1.65 ÷ 1.65 = 18.36. The body weight index is 18.36. Normal women’s BMI is 20 to 26.

Different stages of trimester during pregnancy, will have different weight gain.

We would recommend to normal pregnant women in the first trimester (1-3 months) monthly increase in weight should be around 0.5 kg. Some pregnant women because of pregnancy reaction, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, weight loss will appear in this situation. You do not have to worry too much for in the second trimester (4-6 months), your weight should increase to 0.25-0.35 kg per week. During pregnancy in the second trimester, a total of about four kilograms in increase in weight. Subsequently in the latter part of pregnancy, the weight will increase 0.5 kilograms per week. And in the final three months, a total of weight gain about six kilograms.

The risk of excessive weight gain.

If you are are obese or overweight before pregnant, without proper weight control during pregnancy, the risk of eclampsia occurred will be higher than the average pregnant woman. Excessive weight gain during pregnancy will easily lead to hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, urinary tract infections, diabetes, kidney disease. In addition you may not give birth naturally.

Take note of the BMI weight categories of weight gain.

If your weight is too light when your BMI less than 18.5, 11-18kg. Most Obstetrics and Gynecology Medical Association believes that BMI less than 19.5, consider the weight was too light. The normal weight for pregnant woman should be around BMI 19.5-24, 11-13 kg, the maximum weight is up to 16 kg. Other then that are consider overweight.