Kylie,
Maternal weight gain is determined largely by diet (intake, quality &
absorption) plus lifestyle (ie level of activity, substance abuse,
It is in no way related to fetal growth. Weight gain during pregnancy is
largely maternal.
Some women are large, well nourished, healthy, fit & active. Other large
women are inactive & actually poorly nourished with inadequate diets.
I think you are confusing the quality of diet with the quantity which cause
the weight gain. Some women lose weight in pregnancy because they are
conscious they are growing a baby & adjust their diet to a healthy intake of
nutritious foods away from their usual fat, CHO & preservative high diet.
They are actually better nourished than when non pregnant but leaner.
Mothers who are malnourished usually produce LBW infants, this is unrelated
to their weight gain.
Unhealthy lifestyles & inadequate diet will dictate reduced fetal brain
growth or potential as opposed to fetal weight gain. A large baby is not
necessarily a healthy one.
It's about quality not quantity & fetal growth as measured regularly by the
same practitioner will soon pick up the baby who isn't growing. Here is one
of the big advantages of continuity of caregiver, IUGR or SGA is picked up
much more quickly by the same hands feeling a baby each visit than a series
of different people palpating.
With kind regards
Brenda Manning
www.themidwife.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kylie Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy
Thanks Sally-Anne
I guess that's what I get for reading too many textbooks! I did think it
would be an individual thing, but wasn't sure. Feeling more reassured
about my friend now...thanks!
Kylie
From: "Sally-Anne Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:28:22 +1100
Dear Kylie
I think it can be individual. I have been caring for a woman who is
normally 110 kgs and usually loses weight (14-15 kgs) with each pregnancy
and the babies are fine. I guess it is done to how the woman is feeling in
herself and how bub palps etc.
Kind Regards
Sally-Anne
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kylie Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:38 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Weight gain in pregnancy
I have another question for you all!
I know a woman who is pregnant, currently about 27 weeks. She has been
told by her doctor that as she is very overweight (100+kg) she should put
on as little weight as possible during pregnancy. At 27 weeks she has
only put on three quarters of a kilo, and doctor is very pleased! I
didn't know what to say to her. Is such a small weight gain safe for the
baby? According to the textbooks, average weight gain is 3-4kgs in the
first 20 weeks and then half a kilo every week after that (of course,
wide variances occur and every woman is different), but the books that I
have don't say if it's different for obese women.
Less than a kilo of weight gain at 27 weeks...any thoughts?
Thanks
Kylie
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