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Monitoring your weight during Pregnancy Being pregnant might somehow seem to subconsciously present us with
the urge to gorge on chocolates, cakes and chips, without the usual
guilt trip to follow, but this is certainly not the time to start an
eating spree, or a dieting campaign for that matter. Gaining too
much weight during pregnancy, only makes it that much more difficult
to lose afterwards, and constantly watching your weight, restricting
what you eat may cause an inadequate amount of the vitamins and
minerals needed for a healthy pregnancy and a bouncy baby.
Weight gain varies quite significantly from one woman to another,
but it is best to aim at not exceeding 16 kg in your overall
pregnancy. The weights mentioned below should act as a helpful
guideline, and any increase over the amounts mentioned, could mean
that you are storing alot of fluid or are carrying an excess baggage
of fat.
Baby ± 3.4 kg
Breasts 0.4 kg
Placenta 0.8 kg
Uterus 1.2 kg
Amniotic fluid 1.0 kg
Additional blood 1.5
Extra body fluid 1.4 kg
Fat deposits 3.5 kg
Regardless of what people might tell you, tuning into your body's
own rhythms and needs is probably the only way for you to discover
what foodstuffs and eating patterns best suit you, and after all you
are living for two!
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