Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator

Using a pregnancy weight gain calculator is potentially useful if you want to know how much weight you should be carrying at each stage of your pregnancy. However, it's a bit of a blunt tool and needs to be used with care, as there are so many variables that make each woman's pregnancy unique.



Factors like your body type, general build, age, ethnic background, how much you exercise and pre-pregnancy weight will all influence what is the right weight for you at a given stage. These are the kinds of things that an online calculator may not take into account, so taking the advice of your healthcare professional is very important.

A danger of using a pregnancy weight gain calculator is that you might decide that you need to lose weight...and this might be entirely the wrong thing to do in your circumstances and could even endanger the health of your baby. Dieting in pregnancy should only be done with the advice of your doctor, as losing weight when pregnant, if it should happen at a critical time, can result in poor nutrition for your baby and slow its growth.

Obesity in pregnancy can also be a problem for many mothers-to-be, but knowing your body type is all-important before deciding whether this is an issue or not. A healthy pregnancy diet is undoubtedly the most important factor you need to consider at this crucial time. We have a great page on healthy pregnancy tips that will make it easy to plan out what to eat each day. Avoiding junk food, i.e. things with high fat and sugar content, which have little nutritional value and contain lots of 'empty' calories, is really important just now, especially as you may experience pregnancy food cravings. I discovered, by using a fetal heart rate monitor , that when I indulged in the cream-laden chocolate eclairs that I craved at 12 weeks pregnant, my baby's heart rate increased right afterwards, even though I was sitting still and not doing anything different from normal. It was those eclairs that were doing it! It was a bit of a shock and it cured me instantly. I headed off to the foodstore and stocked up on some beautiful fresh fruit and salads, which in fact I actually enjoyed more - and felt a whole better about!

The other vital element that determines your pregnancy weight is how much exercise you get. Even when you're expecting it's still important to stay as fit and flexible as you can.

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