THE IDEAL WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY
Pregnancy is the new experience for every woman. During pregnancy women’s body goes through many changes. Weight gain is one of those physical changes. Various quarries related to weight gain accumulate in the minds of women during pregnancy. Weight gain guidelines in pregnancy can answer some of these questions: Perfect weight during pregnancy, overweight, underweight etc.
WEIGHT THAT A WOMAN SHOULD PUT ON DURING PREGNANCY:
It is quite natural that women will put on some weight during pregnancy, because their goes through many changes and they also carry a baby in their womb. As per the weight gain guidelines, here are some of the reasons that why women gain weight during pregnancy.
- Women’s weight also includes the weight of the baby that is approximately 3 kg.
- Muscles of the uterus also grow during pregnancy and extra weight of approximately 900 gm includes in the mother’s weight.
- The weight of placenta that keeps your baby nourished is around 600 gm.
- During pregnancy your breast size grows and weight of your breasts goes up by half a kilogram.
- During pregnancy, the blood volume increases in women’s body and as a result weight goes up by 1.2 kg approx.
- During pregnancy women’s body need extra energy for breastfeeding. So they will lay down extra fat in the pregnancy period. That fat will weigh for 2.5 kg.
So with these change in the women’s body, weight goes up by 11 kg approx. This is an approx weight that goes up, but all the women are not same. All the body react differently in pregnancy. The weight that women gain depends on body mass index that was there before pregnancy.
HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR BODY MASS INDEX:
To know your body mass index it is necessary to know your weight in kg and your height in meters. Then you can calculate your body mass index on your own. This method is used to calculate the body mass index:
- Calculate the square of your height in meters. For example- 1.6 * 1.6. That will give you 2.56.
- Then divide your weight by this 2.56. For example- 60/2.56 =23.43.
HOW TO CHECK THAT YOUR BMI IS FINE:
- BMI< 18.5 (UNDERWEIGHT)
- BMI>18.5 BUT <25 ( perfect)
- BMI> 25 ( OVER WEIGHT)
- BMI>30 (OBESE).
So in this way you can calculate your body mass index at you home. And can easily know that whether your weight during pregnancy is ideal or not. And accordingly you can control your diet and exercises.