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SIGNIFICANCE OF MATERNAL WEIGHT PATTERNS IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Andersen G. J.,
Con Aileen F.,
Cummings E. J.,
Noble R. L.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb115205.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , weight gain , obstetrics , fetal distress , placenta , medicine , fetus , fetal weight , incidence (geometry) , gynecology , body weight , endocrinology , biology , genetics , physics , optics
The pattern of maternal weight gain in 438 pregnancies has been analysed in relation to the incidence of clinically evident fetal distress during labour and the gross appearance of the placenta at delivery. The results indicate that for uncomplicated pregnancies fetal distress occurs more commonly in those women who fail to gain weight in the last 4 weeks. While the macroscopic appearance of the placenta at delivery is associated with poor weight gain in the last month of pregnancy, it is unrelated to the outcome of the pregnancy. It is proposed that poor maternal weight gain in the last few weeks of pregnancy is an indication for constant monitoring of the fetus during labour.