The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that 47% of women who get pregnant gain too much weight. However, experts believe that the current celebrity-obsessed culture where stars walk on the beach in their bikinis just 2 weeks after birth, those who restrict themselves, over weigh and over exercise are something that is very difficult to explain.
In a 2012 survey of SELF magazine and CafeMom.com, it was discovered that a total of 48% of women admitted that they cut calories, restrict themselves from eating everything in the entire food group, and over exercise.
There are thousands of women who are very conscious about the weight they are gaining during their pregnancy, thebump.com reported. "It's important to keep track of your weight gain," says nutritionist Frances Largeman-Roth, RD, author of Feed the Belly: A Pregnant Mom's Healthy Eating Guide. "But it shouldn't be what you think about every waking moment. It's also important to be happy and enjoy your pregnancy."
During pregnancy, there are a lot of changes in the woman's body that can trigger conditions such as bone and muscle loss, deficiencies in vitamins and minerals, and anemia to name a few. When women don't eat the right food, and mix it with exercising too much, there might be a chance for the baby to develop intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). According to Fox News, it is a condition where the body doesn't grow well and usually has a low birth weight. IUGR is usually brought about by placental problems, or other complications that may result to having a caesarean delivery, explained Dr. Daniel Roshan, an OB-GYN and director of ROSH Maternal-Fetal Medicine in New York City.
There was also a study in the United Kingdom stating that those women who restrict calories during pregnancy may end up having an obese baby later on in life. Another scary study published in the American Journal of Public Health stated that babies born to women who did not gain the recommended weight during pregnancy may die after their first year of life compared to those who are born to those who gained more.
