LAST WEIGHT GAIN FOR PREGNANT WOMEN

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For years, overweight women who become pregnant have been advised to limit their weight gain to 25 pounds over nine months.
However, health officials sharply reduced that number for many of them. Overweight and obese women, or those who gain excessive weight during pregnancy, are at higher risk for complications such as gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, besides children whose mothers gained too much weight during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight or obese themselves

Nevertheless, gaining too little weight is also a concern: low- birth-weight babies are at risk for several health problems. Women carrying twins or multiples advised to gain more weight than those carrying a single baby. The pregnant women should have an ideal weight to avoid the problems of health