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Nutrition Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1

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574 ALICE CALLAHAN, PHD, HEATHER LEONARD, MED, RDN, AND TAMBERLY POWELL, MS, RDN<br />

Figure 11.2. Components of weight gain in healthy pregnant women with normal BMI before<br />

pregnancy. Weight gain comes not just from the baby, but from many different body systems<br />

changing to support the pregnancy.<br />

The Institute of Medicine recommends different amounts of weight gain in pregnancy<br />

depending on pre-pregnancy BMI. Women who were underweight before pregnancy need<br />

to gain more, <strong>and</strong> those who were overweight or obese before pregnancy need to gain<br />

less. Gaining too little weight in pregnancy can compromise fetal growth, leading to the<br />

baby being born too small, which can cause increased risk of illness, difficulty feeding, <strong>and</strong><br />

developmental delays. Gaining too much weight in pregnancy can cause the baby to be too<br />

big at birth, leading to birth complications <strong>and</strong> increasing the risk of needing a cesarean<br />

birth. It can also make it more difficult to lose weight after pregnancy. 8

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