Usually, the changes experienced by pregnant women in early pregnancy is morning sickness. A little nausea or vomiting, so that pregnant women can not eat a balanced nutrition. As a result, weight gain in the first three months of relatively few.
Conversely, so pregnant women at the age of three months of pregnancy the second and third, the body begins to feel comfortable, appetite is getting better. No wonder when a sharp shot weight pregnant women. So it is important for pregnant women to avoid weight gain attention from the risks during pregnancy.
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Pregnant Woman
“Weight gain during pregnancy depends on the ideal body weight before pregnancy, or so-called Body Mass Index (BMI),” said dr. Larry David Wijono, M. Nutrition, SpGK.
IMT is a variable that compares a person’s weight divided by the square of height. “Pregnant women with a BMI less than 18.5 (30), then increase to reach 7 kg body weight, “explained the doctor who practiced in hospitals Premier Jatinegara this.
Especially for pregnant women with twin pregnancy, her weight increased from 15.9 to 20.4 kg can achieve, even for more than two twin pregnancies, the increase is increased to more than 22.7 kg (> 22.7 kg).
Too Thin or Too Fat
As an expectant mother, got to watch your intake of nutrients. “When pregnant women gain weight less (underweight) will lead to impaired fetal growth and development, so the risk of low birth weight (LBW). This will disrupt the growth and development, intelligence, physical health as well, “said dr. Lany.
Instead, he continued, pregnant women with excessive body weight, can cause the baby suffered stunted growth due to constriction of blood vessels.
“Whereas, for the mothers themselves at risk of complications prenatal, such as preeclampsia, increased blood pressure during pregnancy. Meanwhile, pregnant women in the postpartum risk, namely obesity after giving birth, “explained Alumnus Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Nutrition Specialist University of Indonesia.
If weight gain does not correspond to ideal weight, we encourage you to nutrition therapy in the setting of diet in order to achieve ideal body weight according to gestational age.
