pregnancy weight - gain does matters

Weight before, during and after pregnancy plays a vital role in pregnancy. Excessive weight gain is associated with risk of overweight child. - Dr. A. Baskaran

Maternal obesity found to be associated with gestational diabetes, proteinuric pre-eclampsia, induction of labour, delivery by emergency cesarean section, postpartum haemorrhage, genital tract infection, urinary tract infection, wound infection, birth weight above the 90th centile and intrauterine death. On the other hand, underweight mothers associated with miscarriages, anemia in pregnancy, pre-term delivery and infants with low birth weight (below the 5th centile).

reference:

1) BJOG 2001:108(1):61-6.

2) Wendy loo. Weight weighs heavily on pregnancy outcome, Medical Tribute 1-15May 2009.