Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Dohrmann, Kathryn Rindskopf; Lederman, Sally Ann

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6909.1986.tb01420.x

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“…Weight usually is measured at the initial prenatal visit and all subsequent visits to document weight gain during pregnancy (ACOG, 1990;Bobak et al, 1989). Maternal weight gain is considered a determinant of fetal weight gain and fetal growth and an indicator of maternal nutritional status and edema (Dohrmann li Ledgerman, 1986;Public Health Report, 1990). Weight monitoring without education often results in anxiety in women because of fear of "too much gain" or "getting fat."…”

Section: Weight Diet and Uterine Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal-Fetal Physical Assessment in the Home Setting: Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse

Stringer

Spatz

Donahue

1994

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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Section: Weight Diet and Uterine Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Maternal-Fetal Physical Assessment in the Home Setting: Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse

Stringer

Spatz

Donahue

1994

Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

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The impact of pregnancy on anorexia nervosa and bulimia

Lemberg¹,

Phillips²

1989

Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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The present study examines the impact of pregnancy on anorexia nervosa and bulimia. A survey of women with an active eating disorder involving anorexia nervosa, bulimia, or mixed symptoms 6 months prior to their first pregnancy was undertaken to gain information on attitudes toward becoming pregnancy, fears and concerns related to the unborn child, the impact on eating disorder behaviors prenatal and postnatal, weight gain and weight gain of the baby as an indicator of its health, and the obstetricians view of the pregnancy and health status of the infant upon delivery. The results indicate that pregnancy had a pronounced beneficial impact on anorexic and bulimic symptoms during pregnancy. However, lasting psychological benefit was limited to a minority of the sample in the first year after childbirth. In contrast to previous research, infants had normal birth weights and deliveries with an absence of congenital defects. The implications of these results and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Investigating the normalization and normative views of gestational weight gain: Balancing recommendations with the promotion and support of healthy pregnancy diets

Moffat

McKerracher

Oresnik

et al. 2021

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives Gestational weight gain (GWG) is increasingly monitored in the United States and Canada. While promoting healthy GWG offers benefits, there may be costs with over‐surveillance. We aimed to explore these costs/benefits. Methods Quantitative data from 350 pregnant survey respondents and qualitative focus group data from 43 pregnant/post‐partum and care‐provider participants were collected in the Mothers to Babies (M2B) study in Hamilton, Canada. We report descriptive statistics and discussion themes on GWG trajectories, advice, knowledge, perceptions, and pregnancy diet. Relationships between GWG monitoring/normalization and worry, knowledge, diet quality, and sociodemographics—namely low‐income and racialization—were assessed using χ2 tests and a linear regression model and contextualized with focus group data. Results Most survey respondents reported GWG outside recommended ranges but rejected the mid‐20th century cultural norm of “eating for two”; many worried about gaining excessively. Conversely, respondents living in very low‐income households were more likely to be gaining less than recommended GWG and to worry about gaining too little. A majority had received advice about GWG, yet half were unable to identify the range recommended for their prepregnancy BMI. This proportion was even lower for racialized respondents. Pregnancy diet quality was associated with household income, but not with receipt or understanding of GWG guidance. Care‐providers encouraged normalized GWG, while worrying about the consequences of pathologizing “abnormal” GWG. Conclusions Translation of GWG recommendations should be done with a critical understanding of GWG biological normalcy. Supportive GWG monitoring and counseling should consider clinical, socioeconomic, and community contexts.

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Weight Gain in Pregnancy

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Maternal-Fetal Physical Assessment in the Home Setting: Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse

Maternal-Fetal Physical Assessment in the Home Setting: Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse

The impact of pregnancy on anorexia nervosa and bulimia

Investigating the normalization and normative views of gestational weight gain: Balancing recommendations with the promotion and support of healthy pregnancy diets

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