..but who would want to be weighed when you're pregnant to make sure you're not getting too fat!!

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The Government are considering weighing pregnant women throughout their pregnancy.. who thinks this is a good idea?
I don't btw, I think there is enough tests and stress during pregnancy without putting in this austere measure, should they not be just trying to emphasise healthy living and diet and just leaving it up to women and families to make their own choices? how patronising..

This is weird because where I live they weigh you a few times in pregnancy and if you are consultant lead you get weighed eat very consultant appointment too.
If your bmi is over a certain number at booking they offer you a course at the "lifestyle clinic" here as well to monitor weight gain etc
I wouldn't be happy with being weighed at every appointment but I can see why they would check it a few times

why not just ask women to keep and eye on diet and exercise during pregnancy themselves

Around 64% of the UK population are overweight/obese.

Pregnancy or not, 'just asking' people to keep and eye on their diet and exercise, isn't really working out well is it?

Well I'm glad I'm almost at the end of my last pregnancy if this is the case.

I stopped weighing myself at 20 weeks. I eat healthily but have always put on a lot during pregnancy. Plus I was used to exercising 4 times a week and then had to stop due to sickness and SPD so my metabolism pretty much screeched to a halt! I don't need the added guilt or stress when there is bigger all I can do about it until baby is born.

Tbh I found it odd I only got weighed once at my booking in appointment.
You get weighed regularly in most of Europe so I assumed it was the norm to do so.

I was weighed at my dating scan appt and again maybe at one of my very last appointments. I was low risk throughout, and told the midwife not to tell me how much I was the final time as I didn't want to know!

What makes me laugh is that my midwife through my first pregnancy and again this time round (different surgery) were both quite overweight. So hardly best placed to lecture on weight gain?

I'm a bit bemused by this too. My daughter is 21 now, so long time ago and in Scotland, I was weighed at every appt. I never thought anything of it, and didn't feel it "Dehumanising".

I genuinely thought everyone was and don't see the big deal.

WorraLiberty
you've lost me, I am saying that encouragement to look after yourself in pregnancy (if we need it that is) might be an alternative to this draconic & patronising measure.

& yes of course the baby is important, but we're not talking about that, we are talking about the personal agency that we have as women and the responsibility to our bodies being effectively taken away, talk about 'nanny state' (no pun intended!)

What makes me laugh is that my midwife through my first pregnancy and again this time round (different surgery) were both quite overweight. So hardly best placed to lecture on weight gain?

And were they pregnant?

Because if not, they have every right to 'lecture' about weight gain during pregnancy.

But is there enough evidence regarding how much weight should be game gained during pregnancy and at which stage? Also if you begin a pregnancy overweight you still need to eat a healthy diet to get all the nutrients you need. Which I wouldn't have thought could be as easily achieved if you are attempting a weight loss diet. Yes, you can get energy from sorted fat but what about vitamins and minerals?

draconic & patronising measure

Are you serious?? It's a set of weighing scales, not the gallows.

& yes of course the baby is important, but we're not talking about that, we are talking about the personal agency that we have as women and the responsibility to our bodies being effectively taken away, talk about 'nanny state' (no pun intended!)

Well we should be talking about 'that'.

The government don't make these decisions for fun. Not weighing pregnant women, is clearly not working.

Stored not sorted.

Meh. Pregnant with number 4. I think most people eat what they need/tolerate and there’s no need for weigh ins unless there’s cause to worry.

I’m gaining substantially but know from experience that I’ll lose it after pregnancy and breastfeeding.

WorraLiberty
...obesity figures from google isn't what I'm talking about - that's another thread, and no, we aren't going to solve that with weighing people during pregnancy to 'keep an eye' on them.

The government don't make these decisions for fun. Not weighing pregnant women, is clearly not working.

But how would weighing them work? Pregnant women require good nutrition not weight loss diets.

WorraLiberty not to my knowledge, so why do they have every right? If they'd lectured me (which they didn't) I would've thought "well at least I can keep my weight at a healthy level when not pregnant"...

We were weighed at every antenatal appointment when I had my kids, didn't find it stressful or patronising at all. Perhaps because I was an adult and understood that weight gain is a factor in monitoring a healthy pregnancy.

*WorraLiberty' stop being a troll

Ts basic healthcare to get weighed every time you have a doctors appointment. Sudden weight loss or gain is an excellent indicator of health issues. It's pretty indicative of the completely rubbish state of the British healthcare system that this duesbt happen already.

In all 3 of my pregnancies it was standard to be weighed at certain appointments.

I just said no thank you and that was that.

Wouldn’t bother me. I’m pregnant with my third and have always weighed myself fairly regularly in pregnancy to ensure it’s within the realms of ‘normal’.

OP, stop being an idiot.

I don't agree with you

I think the baby comes first in this case

That's my opinion. If you don't like it, that's fine but it doesn't make me a troll.

So Worra, what do you think? How would weighing them work? Pregnant women require good nutrition not weight loss diets

Considering that some of the drugs used as painkillers in labour are weight based - As are some anaesthetic drugs - it's a good idea to have a 3rd trimester weight recorded just in case you wish for those drugs in labour or just in case an urgent situation occurs and the woman has to be taken to theatre rapidly.

It's also useful for audit purposes so the NHS can calculate what is actually an average amount of weight gain during pregnancy.

It's not for fat shaming, it's for a clinic need and could actually save your life in an emergency.

I was weighed throughout and assumed that was normal. To check ongoing health and growth / development of mother and baby etc.
Didn’t bother me at all.
Putting on too little or too much weight MAY be an issue or concern for some women.

I was weighed at each appointment (children vary from 17 to 20), I saw the midwife & ob/gyn each month. One month the midwife told me I'd gained too much & I just told her that I hadn't gained much up until then. Each time I gained just under 2 stone. I don't understand what the problem is, it is not healthy to gain a lot of weight, if you are thin for your height/build before your pregnancy you will probably gain more than someone who is bang in the middle of the healthy range, if you are heavy for your build/height you might not gain any weight at all. I took the view in each pregnancy that I needed to do whatever I could to have the healthiest babies possible as the effects would be long lasting for them.