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Not exact matches
Some lucky
women are able to lose their baby
weight pretty quickly, only to discover that despite being down several pounds, their
pre-pregnancy clothes still don't fit right.
For the mom, breastfeeding reduces the risk of postpartum bleeding and helps
women return to their
pre-pregnancy weight more quickly.
The same study found that
women who entered pregnancy obese were below their
pre-pregnancy weight at six months postpartum if they breastfed exclusively!
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woman's body
weight after pregnancy may very well remain above her
pre-pregnancy weight.
Some
women also say belts and wraps helped them avoid getting stretch marks and get back to their
pre-pregnancy baby
weight faster.
Gestational
weight gain recommendations vary based on a
woman's
pre-pregnancy weight and height.
Breastfeeding does help some
women to lose
weight and get back their
pre-pregnancy body faster, but for other
women losing
weight is more difficult and takes longer.
«Many
women really crank up their diet and exercise for a short time to get back to their
pre-pregnancy weight, and often get discouraged by the results.
While many
women may struggle to lose
weight and regain their
pre-pregnancy shape, other new mothers may shed pounds quickly.
The recommended
weight gain is based on a
woman's
pre-pregnancy weight status, as reflected in her Body Mass Index, or BMI.
Dr. Damon Cobb: Definitely, when we look at the BMI or just your
pre-pregnancy weight, for obese
women, total pregnancy
weight gain should be between 11 or 12 pounds.
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woman in a healthy
weight range
pre-pregnancy should expect to gain between 25 and 35 pounds.
«Jo Swinson, minister for
women and equalities, said yesterday that observers were expecting Kate to meet «impossible standards» to reduce her
weight... The Liberal Democrat minister said it was wrong to believe that Kate and other
women who have just given birth were «failing» if they did not work instantly to regain their
pre-pregnancy figure.
The 2009 Institute of Medicine Guidelines for
weight gain during pregnancy were set to optimize prenatal, birth, and possibly longer - term health outcomes, and recommended that pregnant
women gain
weight within set ranges according to their
pre-pregnancy body mass index.
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woman being obese (BMI of 30.0 or higher) prior to getting pregnant increased the odds of her child being overweight at age 2 by more than two-fold compared to
women who had a normal
pre-pregnancy weight (BMI between 18.5 and 25), after adjusting for
weight gain during pregnancy, gestational diabetes and breastfeeding.
To conduct the study, researchers collected serial
weight measurements from more than 4,000
women with
pre-pregnancy BMI ≥ 25, placing them in the category of overweight or obesity, in a large
women's hospital in Pennsylvania from 1998 — 2010.
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woman's
weight at birth, education level and marital status
pre-pregnancy can have repercussions for two generations, putting her children and grandchildren at higher risk of low birth
weight, according to a new study by Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
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Woman's health, education and marital status
pre-pregnancy affect birth
weight of her daughters, granddaughters.»
She added that other research has shown that the majority of
women gain more
weight than recommended by the Institute of Medicine while pregnant, which ranges from 11 to 40 pounds depending on
pre-pregnancy weight.
Women's
pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) was grouped into those who were underweight, lower - normal
weight, upper - normal
weight, overweight and obese.
I lost all my baby
weight within the first few days and was back in
pre-pregnancy jeans within a week so it's not as though every
woman is the same after having a baby.