Pregnancy; Eating and Overweight

Although there is not any written outline about how much weight you may gain during pregnancy, it is estimated that many women gain around 25 to 35 pounds on average during the nine months of pregnancy.

Pregnancy does not justify you being overweight during, and sometimes after this stage of your life when a newborn weights only 7.5 pounds on average. However, there other facts that may be considered part of the natural process after getting pregnant. You body adds up around 7 extra pounds or extra stored fat, protein, and other nutrients, besides of the 4 pounds of extra blood for the developing baby.

Through pregnancy, women accumulate extra body fluids in a proportion of 4 pounds as well, plus another "add-on" body mass weight including an average of 1.5 pound of placenta, 2 pounds of uterus enlargements and 2 pounds of breast enlargement.

Sum up all these amounts adding nearly two extra pounds of amniotic fluid surrounding the baby to get a better idea of what might be considered overweight and what falls into reasonable weight gain, keeping in mind all these are overall calculations, which vary from woman to woman.

Usually you will gain a little extra weight if you already are on your weight or little heavier, but it will be more noticeable if you are underweight at the time you get pregnant. Whatever the case, the important thing to remember is to control your weight.