If you don't gain
enough pregnancy weight, your baby is at risk of having a low birth weight.
Not exact matches
I have food allergies myself, and severe upper digestive problems, and I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to gain
enough weight to support this
pregnancy.
Your healthcare provider will check your
weight throughout your
pregnancy to make sure that you're gaining
enough.
I had no pre-existing medical issues, no complications during
pregnancy (except for nausea that did not ever prevent me from staying hydrated and eating
enough for the baby to gain
weight well), swam every other day during the third trimester, ate lots of fruits and vegetables, had a normal sized fetus with head down... none of it prevented the delivery from being deadly.
Untreated depression has been linked to not gaining
enough weight during
pregnancy and problems bonding with a baby after birth.
If mom does not put on
enough healthy
weight to carry her
pregnancy to full - term well, she may end up being steered to an earlier delivery by way of medical intervention at a doctor's request.
Another thing to remember is if you are not gaining
enough weight during your
pregnancy, you can try increasing your intake of other nutritious foods first, and then try adding an extra fat serving each day.
The American
Pregnancy Association reports that most newborns will have gained
enough weight to be back by their birth
weight by 10 to 14 days old.
Well - nourished mothers who gain
enough weight during
pregnancy need less because they can use body fat and other stores accumulated during
pregnancy.
It is important that you gain some
weight during your
pregnancy since the baby MUST have
enough nutrients to develop normally.
If you are underweight when you get pregnant, your healthcare provider will monitor your
weight gain to ensure that you are gaining
enough to support a healthy
pregnancy.
Gain
enough weight Obstetricians usually recommend women gain between 25 and 35 pounds during
pregnancy.
If you've gotten back to your pre-
pregnancy weight, you're eating well, and you're feeling energetic
enough to plow through a second
pregnancy (well, as energetic as you can feel while taking care of a little tyke!)
It's important to monitor
weight gain throughout your
pregnancy to make sure you are gaining
enough weight to have a healthy baby.
Not getting
enough iron during
pregnancy raises your risk for premature birth or a low - birth -
weight baby (less than 5 1/2 pounds).
I had planned to take most of these with this
pregnancy, but I've spent the whole time battling severe hyperemesis (I'm down 50 pounds from my pre-preg
weight and have to go in to the hospital twice a week to get IV fluids because I can't keep down
enough to stay hydrated.)
I'd reached a
weight that was higher than my full - term
pregnancy weight with my kids, and decided that it was
enough.