Tuesday, October 12, 2010

How much weight should increase during pregnancy?

It depends. The first most important thing you must remember that during this pregnancy pregnant women need to gain weight, so during pregnancy is not the time to worry because you will look to be big.

Why during pregnancy the mother needs to gain weight because pregnant women carry the baby in her candidate, and this is also important to later breastfeeding preparation process for pregnant women so do not need to think about the worry gained weight and became great, and you should begin to think for do what is best and healthy for you and your baby in the womb....

So what is the best weight gain during pregnancy, it depends on how high your body and how your weight before pregnancy occurs. 
If you have less weight before pregnancy occurs then dinjurkan increase your weight between 14-20 kg; If your weight is at normal weight before pregnancy, your recommended weight gain between 12.5-17.5 kg; And if weight loss you have excess before pregnancy, weight gain between 7.5-12.5kg. 
Why weight gain depends on the weight before pregnancy? This is important in terms of health for both mother and baby.

If you have excessive weight before pregnancy, the recommended increase should be smaller than women with ideal body weight,because when a pregnant woman with too much weight would be at risk for gestational diabetes mellitus (increased blood sugar levels because of the pregnancy) or preeclampsia (pregnancy poisoning where there was an increase in blood pressure).

Vice versa, in women who are underweight before becoming pregnant is less, then when the pregnant she needs to add more weight than maternal weight before pregnancy who had normal weight. Because if there is a lack of nutrient intake will obviously inhibit the growth of the fetus in the womb, such as LBW (low birth weight) and other pregnancy disorders. 
So how much weight gain during your pregnancy, all DEPENDENT than your weight before pregnancy, therefore, important if you plan to become pregnant, you should prepare your body weight to ideal weight first, this is related to where you prepare your body for store all the nutrients needed by the body during pregnancy in a balanced way, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals in amounts BALANCED.So what can be done to increase the ideal body weight during pregnancy? If you are overweight before pregnancy does not mean you eat a strict diet is dangerous because it will affect the intake of necessary nutrients your baby. So also when you are underweight does not mean you eat as much. 
In this case the importance MONITORING routinely from a doctor or other medical personnel. To be able to adjust your diet the right way so get the appropriate intake of nutrients needed by pregnant women and infants in kandugan and balanced nutritional intake during pregnancy.

If you have problems with weight gain during pregnancy, you should quickly consult your doctor so the doctor can advise what's best for you in your pregnancies.

Remember to always provide the best for your baby, your baby depends on what and how you are doing