Hi there
I read the latest NICE press release on weight gain. Lots of it makes perfect sense, for example trying to ensure that you are a healthy weight when you conceive. But it then seems to say that women should avoid becoming overweight or obese during pregnancy by reference to BMI.
I know it's not good to gain excessive weight during pregnancy but surely we're supposed to gain a decent amount? And if you were a healthy BMI of 22 or 23 when you conceived and you then gained about 2 stone over the course of the pregnancy then that would make you "overweight" according to your BMI. Surely by the time you're 8 or 9 months pregnant it's kind of inevitable that you're going to have a BMI that puts you in the overweight/obese category for non-pregnant women . . .
Am confused. It doesn't help that I have had issues with my weight in the past. I was slim when I conceived and have decided not to weigh myself throughout the pregnancy and just try to eat and live healthily. But this NICE stuff is making me paranoid and worried
Does anyone have any thoughts or advice on this?
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Confused about NICE warning re weight gain . . . a load of rubbish?
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Honeybee79 · 30/07/2010 13:47
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