How much weight during pregnancy?

During pregnancy, it takes kilos, what could be more normal? Except that often can not speak (almost) than that. For fear of taking too much or not enough weight, we keep an anxious eye on the balance during these nine months. Here are some rules, tips and guides for this healthy vigilance does not turn into an obsession.
The kilos in the three trimesters of pregnancy 
During the first trimester of pregnancy, it is advisable to take a kilo per month maximum. But weight gain may be less or zero among mothers who suffer from severe nausea and vomiting. This has no effect on the fetus. However, if these conditions are too great, medical treatment or hospitalization may be required.In the second trimester of pregnancy, weight gain can pass 1.5 kg per month, not really more. During the quarter, the baby's needs are soaring! You have more appetite, weight gain "authorized" then 2 kg per month.
 Kilos and Pregnancy: the ideal weight gain 
The recommended weight gain is not the same for all mothers. A very thin woman can -devra, even- gain more weight than a round or obese women, in order to build up the reserves of fat and protein which lacks.To find your weight gain "ideal", calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index) in early pregnancy. You will get the corresponding value by dividing your weight (in kg) by your taille² (m).Example: you weigh 57 kg for 1.65 m, your BMI is 57 / 20.9 = 1,65². 
The distribution of kilos during pregnancy
 For a total weight gain between 12 and 13 kg, it is estimated that 4.5 kg correspond to the baby's weight, the placenta and amniotic fluid. The body fat reserves equivalent to 4 kg. The increased blood volume and water retention amount to 2.4 kg, and the increase in the volume of the breasts and uterus to 1.5 kg
.Kilos and Pregnancy: the risk of overweight 
You took four kilos and you're not even in the third month. A maintenance error is always repairable. But you have to book in time to avoid annoyances. Indeed, too much weight gain can lead to high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and a larger than average baby, which can complicate childbirth, including forcing to do a cesarean. Not to mention, that the kilos "too" difficult to lose after pregnancy, are not necessarily good for the morale ... If this is your situation, consult your gynecologist or midwife refer you to a dietician .
 Kilos and Pregnancy: risk of inadequate weight gain 
Some women do not eat enough during pregnancy. The risk: that their child be born small and fragile. And they develop deficiencies because, whatever happens, the baby draws everything he needs on reserves of his mother. Talk to your doctor..

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Pregnancy: five signs that you're probably pregnant

Your rules should not arrive before a week but your sixth sense tells you that this time, your baby will want to achieve. And if you lend attention to small signs of pregnancy?

You are very very very tired ...

This is probably the most commonly shared by pregnant women symptoms. Even in the earliest days of pregnancy, your body prepares for future changes that will face. If a sudden tiredness falls on you when you have not changed your heres sleeping or waking, it's probably that you're "sleeping for two."
You feel daubed
Nothing like morning sickness, which in a few weeks, will require you to rush to the toilet as soon as you put one foot down in the morning. You do not want to vomit smeared but you feel as if the dinner the night before was struggling to pass. And this discomfort can fall on you at any time of the day. Doctors believe that this is the first sign of hormonal changes occurring in your body for pregnancy.
Your bra is too tight
The levels of estrogen, progesterone and prolactin are on the rise: all these hormonal fluctuations have a direct impact on your chest. Your breasts are heavier than usual, as if you suffer from pre-menstrual syndrome, and you feel uncomfortable in your bra. If you pay attention, you probably also find that your breasts areolas are darker than usual.
Your temperature is a tad higher
When you ovulate, your body temperature rises half a degree thanks to a surge in progesterone. She then sets out again downwards when the rules appear. But if you are pregnant, progesterone levels will stay high and your temperature too. The difference is too small for you to ressentiez, like when you have fever. But if you take your temperature every morning upon awakening to understand your ovulation days, that's something you might have noticed.
You lose a little blood
Your rules should not arrive before a week and yet you have noticed some blood stains on your underwear. Please do not stay worry: it's quite normal to lose a little blood after conception and has nothing to worry about. This happens to about one in three women: doctors call the "implantation bleeding". They are among the warning signs of pregnancy: when the egg implants in the uterine lining, this sometimes damages the lining, causing bleeding.

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