Background: Maternal mortality and morbidity remain signicant public health concerns, despite modern perinatal care. Excessive and insufcient gestational weight gain have been associated with several adverse pregnancy outcomes, of which hypertensive disorders of pregnancy constitute 10%. The aim of the study was to nd an association between ges Objective: tational weight gain(GWG) and the development of gestational hypertension. This cross-sectional study included all the antenatal women attending the OPD of the obstetrics department in Dr SMCSI medical college from June 2018 to October 2019. Their BMI was calculated and based on that, these patients were categorized into 4 groups as normal weight, underweight, overweight, and obese. Their weight gain was recorded on each visit and monitored. Antenatal complications were noted and followed up for the development of gestational hypertension. Among 930 antenatal Results: women selected, all mothers with normal BMI were in the recommended weight gain group. Less than recommended weight gain mothers were mostly underweight (80.6%) and more than recommended mothers were overweight (66.6%). In our study there were a signicant number of mothers with gestational hypertension 22.6% who had more than the recommended amount of weight gain (p=0.005) Gestational hypertension Conclusion: was seen more among mothers with more than the recommended amount of weight gain
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