How much weight gain is normal for pregnant women

Update Date: 2025-10-28 Source: Network

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Generally speaking, with the continuous progress of the pregnancy cycle, the weight of pregnant women will increase with the growth of the fetus. In fact, there are certain standards for the numerical range of the weight increase of pregnant women. This paper will answer the question of how much normal the weight increase of pregnant women is.

How much weight gain is normal for pregnant women

First of all: it mainly depends on the weight before pregnancy. Early pregnancy is the first three months of pregnancy, and the standard weight gain is about 2kg. In the second trimester of pregnancy, that is, 3-6 months of pregnancy and the third trimester of pregnancy (7-9 months of pregnancy), the standard weight gain is about 12kg. If you increase the weight of pregnant women in the whole pregnancy period by more than 20 kg or more, or the weight of pregnant women is more than 80 kg, you are obese.

Secondly: the standard weight calculation method of Chinese pregnant women is weight = height - 105, on this basis, it can float up and down by 10%, which is normal weight). If the weight of pregnant women is lower than the standard weight by more than 10%, it is normal to increase 14-15kg during pregnancy, and it is normal to increase 7-8kg when the weight of pregnant women is higher than the standard weight by 20%.

Finally: normal pregnant women in the whole pregnancy weight gain is 20-30 Jin is normal range, but, because now people's living standard quality is very high, therefore, pregnant women in peacetime on the body's nutrition supply is also very large, its weight increase range may exceed the standard, but also normal.

matters needing attention

After understanding the normal weight gain of pregnant women through the description in the article, female friends should pay attention to eating more green vegetables during pregnancy. This is because vegetables themselves are not only rich in vitamins, but also help to absorb calcium, iron and fibrinogen in the body, so as to prevent constipation.