How to grow the baby without gaining weight during pregnancy

Many pregnant women desperately take in nutritious substances after pregnancy, which leads to excessive weight gain. Everyone is only concerned about the future, whether the baby is healthy and smart, and does not take the soaring weight of the expectant mother to heart. Yi Wei, director of the Acupuncture Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, said that excessive nutrition during pregnancy has become a serious problem in pregnancy health care. With the development of the economy, people's living standards have improved, and family members lack knowledge of pregnancy nutrition. Emphasis on nutritional supplements during pregnancy can easily lead to obesity during pregnancy.

Being overweight can lead to complications

Yi Wei pointed out that being overweight during pregnancy is a very dangerous signal, which not only harms physical health, but also affects the process of weight loss after childbirth. Being overweight during pregnancy is not good for both pregnant women and fetuses, and will bring a lot of complications. Complications for pregnant women are often seen in gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes, uterine atony, and even dystocia and postpartum hemorrhage; complications for fetuses are often seen in fetal distress, neonatal asphyxia, dystocia, macrosomia, pathological jaundice, etc.

Weight changes during pregnancy

Pregnancy 1-12 weeks: Weight loss instead of gain. Yi Wei explained that the pregnant mother's body shape does not change much, but the breasts will start to swell. Most pregnant mothers only gain 1 kg to 1.5 kg in weight, and some pregnant mothers lose weight instead of gaining weight due to morning sickness or other reasons. These are all normal.

13-28 weeks of pregnancy: Steady increase. The pregnant mother's abdomen has bulged slightly, especially those who were very thin before pregnancy. Usually, the abdomen bulges suddenly in the fifth month of pregnancy, showing the beauty of pregnancy. The breasts gradually increase and the waist gradually becomes thicker. The weight of the second trimester generally increases by about 1 kg every two weeks. This is also a critical period for weight control.

29-40 weeks of pregnancy: Rapid growth. During this period, even if the pregnant mother does not eat much, her weight will increase rapidly, her chest and abdomen will increase rapidly, and edema will occur. Before delivery, she will gain about 5-6 kg. Some pregnant mothers will also experience heartburn, indigestion, leg cramps, etc. These are all normal and there is no need to worry.

Calculation of pre-pregnancy body mass index based on the appropriate range of weight control

BMI, or body mass index, is a commonly used international standard for measuring the degree of fatness and health of the human body. BMI = weight (kg) divided by height (m) squared. For example: for a 50kg girl, if the girl is 1.6m tall, the BMI is 50 divided by 1.62 = 19.53.

Setting pregnancy weight gain goals

Pregnant mothers can gain weight appropriately according to their pre-pregnancy weight. For details, please refer to the 2018 edition of the "Guidelines for Pre-pregnancy and Pregnancy Health Care".