Hi,
My wife has completed 6 months but the weight she
gained in last 6 months is just 2 kg, I am worried
about both kid and mother.
Doctor sayd its a matter of concern but at the
same time she says kid is doing fine and is taking
necessary inputs from stores of mother which will
result in health downfall of mother after delivery
How can she gain weight? please help me out
I have heard that most of the weight increases
after 6 months completetion but on this site
everybody is talking about gaining 8kg in 6 months
time, I am confused?
Please suggest.
Deepak replied. Hi Sonali/Avi/Payal,
thanks a tonn, I am really very grateful
to all you ladies, and honestly speaking
I am fealing much better now after hearing
all your inputs, YES I love my wife a
lot and wants to make sure she should
do well alongwith kid,
As far as her body structure is concerned
she is very slim from very beginning like
she has never touched 50KG weight in her
entire life, and everybody in her family
is like this only, she is taking a good diet
like milk, salads, grean vegetables,
dry fruits, alongwith iron and calcium
capsules as per doctor,
I hope everything is fine, please keep in
touch and thanks a lott once again. Avi replied. Hey Deepak, If the baby and the mom are doing ok and doctor is relatively alright with it than the lack to weight gain should not be problem (according to my doctor). What I was told is that weight gain among pregnant women is different - depending on the women's body type.

Make sure your wife eats well, gets a lot of protein (beans, tofu, pulses, chicken (if nonveg) etc), calcium (cheese, milk, yoghurt), Iron (spinach, beans etc). Make sure she eats the required servings of vegetables and fruits and that she takes her prenatal vitamins and if she is doing all of that I dont think it will cause her too many problems.

Good luck with the pregnancy and dont worry too much about it. payal replied. hi deepak,
its nice to see that ur so concerned about the weight gain n pregnancy complications,though some of the husbands dont even know which week their wife is running.im lucky as my hubby is caring too.im from the dec due date club was going through n found ur wife's prob .im in my 20th week n have gained 4 kgs. ur wife has just gained 2 kgs do u think she's having a nutritional diet.does it include enough of protien n all .tell me if she's a veg then she should have lots of cereals, pulses,milk n milk products n keep having small meals regularly. if she's getting all this plus the iron ,calcium supplementsn not gaining weight its ok.cos the baby need nutrients from mother n the fat .she gets exhausted by the end of the day??dont woory tell me her daily intake of food prob i'lll be able to help Sonali replied. Deepak,

I read in one of the pregnancy books that women who have been over weight before pregnancy can safely gain less than the normal weight gain.

Other than that, my doctor told me that ideal weight gain after the first trimester is about 2 kg a month. So total weight gain should be between 8 -12 kg.

I have been gaining weight steadily at the above rate. The only things I have been doing is eating whenever I feel hungry. I also get some exercise - walking or doing house work. I feel more hungry after this. I also do not follow any diet and eat whatever I feel like.

Hope this helps. Perhaps you may want to go in for a second opinion with another doctor?

Regards,

Sonali