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Ideally in pregnancy is to increase between 9 and 15 kilos of weight in the nine months of pregnancy when it starts with a normal weight. If it begins with a weight of less than ideal, you will most likely increase some extra kilos, and if it starts with excess weight would be best not to increase more than 6 to 9 kilograms.

In pregnant women with a height of less than 1.50 metres, teenagers or in cases of multiple pregnancies is best to consult the medical team that you control for a more personalized.

Weight gain is not evenly during the nine months, usually in the first quarter is not growing or may even lose weight because of the usual malaise of this period. It is during the second quarter and even more so during the last quarter when there is a considerable weight gain, which is really when the baby grows.

How are distributed kilos which are increased during pregnancy?

First and foremost the weight of your baby that are between 3,200 and 3,500 grams, depending on the time of birth. The placenta and amniotic fluid provide between 2,000 and 3,000 grams. The increase in weight of your breasts and the volume of circulating blood also have between 2,000 and 3,000 grams. So after childbirth think about how you’re going to lose weight in just a moment, is not so much what they must get off after birth. You must organize a plan dietary and physical activity for postpartum if you want to restore your weight and see a couple of months.

Are Overweight is harmful to the baby?

Being overweight can risking your life and the baby because it is associated with complications of pregnancy such as pre-eclampsia and diabetes, even more so if overweight is greater than 20% of the weight recommended. Besides being overweight increases the risk of having babies high birth weight, which increases the incidence of Caesarean sections at delivery.

What can I do if I’m growing more weight than usual?

While pregnancy is not the best time to start a diet, it is recommended that you change your eating habits. The idea is to eat more varied and less quantities than usual.

The first thing you should do is consult a nutritionist to carry out a plan according to your nutritional needs.

Broadly recommended a contribution of 300 calories daily to the usual extras (between 2,100 and 2,500 calories a day). These extra calories you need to get the health food as vegetables, fruits, cereals, meat desgrasadas among others, rather than foods containing sugar, large amounts of fats or carbohydrates.

He recalled that the gradual weight gain during pregnancy is the best indication that your baby is developing normally and will result in a healthy child. So if you eat healthy, fresh and nutritious meals and gaining weight, stay calm, your baby is growing normally. This does not mean that you gain weight as exaggerated and let excesses as never before had done so