Weight Gain (懷孕體重增加)

Overweight during pregnancy is a common problem.

Modern mothers are very critical about their body weight during the pregnancy period because they want to maintain slimmed body after delivery.

In order to avoid unneccessary overweight problem, it is important to control your body weight during the pregnancy and confinement period.

What is the normal weight gain during pregnancy?

The normal range of weight gain during pregnancy is between 10 to 15 kg.

Averagely, you should gain around 12.5 kg in weight.
It means your weight gain is about 1 kg every month.

I am already overweight before pregnancy. How much weight should I gain during pregnancy?

If your BMI (body mass index) is more than 24 before the pregnancy, your ideal weight gain during pregnancy is 10 kg.

I am underweight before pregnancy. How much weight should I gain during pregnancy?

If your BMI is less than 20 before the pregnancy, your ideal weight gain during pregnancy is 15 kg.

Why the doctor take 12.5kg as normal weight gain?

Generally, the baby birth weight is around 3kg. The total weight of the placenta(胎盤)and the water bag (羊水)is about 2.5 kg. After the delivery, 5.5kg will be immediately disappeared.
The remaining 7 kg is the weight of the fat deposited in the breast, buttock and water retention in the limbs. It takes 2 weeks for the water retention to resolve.

I am overweight during the pregnancy period, What should I do?

Of course you can’t attend a slimming programme during the pregnancy : )
You should control your weight through the food intake.
You should reduce the carbohydrate foods which supply calories to your body ( rice, white bread, noodle, sugar, meehoon).
During pregnancy period, your physical activity is limited. Therefore, you don’t need to consume too much of carbohydrate. Excess calories intake will be converted into fat in your body.
You should emphasize on high protein food, vegetables and fruits which supply vitamin and nutrition for the baby.