| A new chart scrutinizes excess gain during pregnancy. | | | | Weight Gain Chart |
| This weight gain pregnancy chart is prepared based | | | | The average breakdown that is gained during this time |
| on sufficiency of maternal weight in face of height. | | | | is as follows: |
| This is indicated by a modified table for average frame | | | | Baby 5-7 lbs. |
| size of women. The data is taken from a low-income | | | | Placenta 1.5 lbs. |
| population that is racially-mixed and resides in New | | | | Amniotic and Other Fluids 6 lbs. |
| York City. | | | | Increased Blood Volume 4 lbs. |
| There is a monogram, along with the chart. It is used to | | | | Uterus 2 lbs. |
| determine percentage values of "standard mass" at | | | | Breasts 2 lbs. |
| different gestational ages. The chart sets up a | | | | Fat Stores 7 lbs. |
| desirable mass near term. It is equivalent to 120 | | | | Total 15-35 lbs. |
| percent part of "standard mass" for those women, | | | | Healthy Weight Gain During Pregnancy |
| who had a pre-pregnancy weight either 100 percent of | | | | There is no standard mass that works for all women. |
| "standard gain" or lower than that. | | | | However, as per the chart, the healthy put on is |
| For those women, who had pre-pregnancy weight | | | | anything between 15-35 pounds (7-16 kg). How much |
| more than 100 per cent of standard, the desirable | | | | exactly you need to gain during the nine-month phase |
| mass near term differs as per the original weight. | | | | depends on not one, but many factors. |
| However, for those women who had pre-pregnancy | | | | According to a recent study, underweight women |
| weight more than 120 per cent of standard, it includes | | | | should gain the maximum mass in the healthy range. |
| a least put on of about 7 kg. Those women who | | | | This amounts to 35 pounds. On the other hand, |
| obtained or went beyond the body mass near term, | | | | overweight women should gain the least from this |
| equal to 120 percent of "standard gain" delivered | | | | range. This amounts to 15 pounds. For women having |
| babies with considerably greater mean birth weight | | | | healthy pre-pregnancy weight, they need to gain |
| than those women who failed to meet this target. | | | | somewhere between 20-25 pounds. |
| These women were from low income populations | | | | Take the help of weight gain pregnancy chart and |
| group residing in the US and Chile. | | | | keep an eye on the pounds. |