How To Plot Your Weight On The Prenatal Weight Gain Chart
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1How to Plot Your Weight on the
Prenatal Weight Gain Chart
1.
chart that you should follow (red, green, blue, or purple.) The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention describes Body Mass Index (BMI) as:
“A number calculated from a person’s weight and height. BMI provides a
reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for
weight categories that may lead to health problems.”
BMI Result
Weight Category
Recommended Weight Gain
Below 18.5
Underweight
28 to 40 Pounds
18.5 - 24.9
Normal
25 to 35 pounds
25.0 - 29.9
Overweight
15 to 25 Pounds
30.0 and Above
Obese
11 to 20 Pounds
2. Find your weight category on the chart above and print out the appropriate chart
for your weight group. Start by entering your weight - just before pregnancy - on
the “zero” pounds line
3. The line across the bottom of the grid is the weeks of pregnancy. The number of
pounds gained is found on each side of the chart.
4. From the pre-pregnancy (zero pounds) line, count the squares above or below to
mark your pounds gained or lost so far. Each square is one pound.
EXAMPLE:
Ellen weighed 130 pounds before pregnancy. By 24 weeks, she weighed
144#. She had gained 14 pounds.
REMEMBER!!!
The colored area represents the recommended weight
gain range. Weight that falls above the entire colored area is too much
weight gain. And, weight that falls below the entire colored area to too
little weight gain.
For tips on how to maintain a healthy weight during pregnancy, visit
or
call the Baby Your Baby hotline at 1-800-826-9662.
Adapted from the National Academy of Sciences. Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines. Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 2009.
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