A Study on Maternal Weight Gain in Pregnancy and its Consequences on Maternal Complications and Pregnancy Outcome
Abstract: Background: Objective: To observe the maternal complications and perinatal outcome in relation to maternal weight gain in pregnancy. Material & Methods: The study is a prospective study based on total 100 pregnant women, observed at the antenatal clinic and after admission in the maternity ward, after fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study. We considered weight of pregnant mother 1st time attended in antenatal clinic at 1sttrimester as booking weight in place of pre-pregnancy weight in our study, as most of women were unaware their pre-pregnancy weight accurately. The health status of mother was assessed from recognized biochemical and haematological parameters. Result: Maximum range of booking weight 45 to 49.99 kg. Highest 46% of mothers weight gain is in the range of 5 kg to9.99kg. There is definite correlation between the birth weight of the newborn and maternal booking wt. In pregnant mother with low booking wt. (60 kg), mean birth wt. is found to be high 4.16 kg, significant correlation between the birth wt. of newborn and maternal wt. gain during pregnancy, incidence of low birth wt. (
Keywords: Body weight, BMI, body mass index, IOM, Institute of medicine
How to Cite?: Dr. Bibhuti Sarkar, Dr. Chandralekha Biswas, "A Study on Maternal Weight Gain in Pregnancy and its Consequences on Maternal Complications and Pregnancy Outcome", Volume 11 Issue 1, January 2022, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 209-215, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR211231145732, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR211231145732