To have a healthy pregnancy, kilos is one of the things we must monitor. Weight gain of between 11 and 16 kilos for a normal BMI (body mass index). However, each woman is different and there are pregnant women who earn less and others who gain more weight during pregnancy.
But not all the weight gained in pregnancy corresponds to the baby, but is distributed in different parts of the body, as well as in the placenta, an organ created in pregnancy to feed the baby.
In Babies and more, how many kilos can I gain in pregnancy?How the kilos are distributed in the pregnant woman
If we consider an average weight gain towards the end of pregnancy, the kilos are distributed as follows:
- Blood volume: between 1.3 and 1.8 kg
- Breasts: the increase in breast size is between 0.8 and 1 kg
- Uterus: 0.9 kg
- Baby: between 3 and 3.6 kg average
- Placenta: between 0.9 and 1.3 kg
- Amniotic fluid: 0.8 and 1 kg
- Fat reserve: between 2.8 and 3.6 kg
- Retained liquid: between 1.5 and 4.5 kg
In Babies and more Risks of excessive weight gain during pregnancyHow many kilos can I gain during pregnancy?
The recommended amount of kilos to gain weight during pregnancy is different for each woman and the body mass index (BMI) is taken as a reference to determine it:
- If your BMI is less than 18.5, you should increase from 13 to 18 kilos.
- If your BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9 (the normal or healthy range), you should increase 11 to 16 kilos.
- If your BMI is between 25.0 and 29.9, you should increase between six and 11 kilos.
- If your BMI exceeds 30.0, you must increase between five and nine kilos.
It is advisable to keep track of the kilos during pregnancy, in order to have a better control of how the weight gain is evolving and that you can make better decisions regarding your diet.
