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My Wife Is 34 Year Old And She Is Pregnant
Question: My wife is 34 year old and she is pregnant and in her 28th week. This is a normal delivery and she has PCOD. There are few issues we are facing. Please provide point by point answer as it will be helpful in understanding the complete picture
1) Last Scan report done on 7th May,2020 ( 28th week 0 day) , it showed us that the baby weighs 1 kg and Mother has gained approx 5 kg ( from 54kg before pregnancy to 59.2 in 28th week and her height is 5 ft) till now from pregnancy. No other complications seen .My current doctor says baby is mildly underweight and ideally , should have been around 1.1 kg. She has told us to improve diet but my question is how much exactly we are underweight ? Internet shows us that baby is severely underweight but doctor says something else. Can you explain it in detail ?
2) She told healthy baby is loosely coupled with underweight. Internet again disagrees on this? Is baby below 2.5 kg at birth will be a risk?
3) She also think glyciphage medicine stoppage and increasing nutrition like threptin biscuit, GRD powder will help in baby weight increasing ? Do you agree with this ? Do we need to add something else?
1) Last Scan report done on 7th May,2020 ( 28th week 0 day) , it showed us that the baby weighs 1 kg and Mother has gained approx 5 kg ( from 54kg before pregnancy to 59.2 in 28th week and her height is 5 ft) till now from pregnancy. No other complications seen .My current doctor says baby is mildly underweight and ideally , should have been around 1.1 kg. She has told us to improve diet but my question is how much exactly we are underweight ? Internet shows us that baby is severely underweight but doctor says something else. Can you explain it in detail ?
2) She told healthy baby is loosely coupled with underweight. Internet again disagrees on this? Is baby below 2.5 kg at birth will be a risk?
3) She also think glyciphage medicine stoppage and increasing nutrition like threptin biscuit, GRD powder will help in baby weight increasing ? Do you agree with this ? Do we need to add something else?
Brief Answer:
Your answers are as follows
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
Thanks for trusting us about your health care.
I have gone through your history and understand your concerns.
As your wife is having low weight of baby,she has to increase extra protein diet.
Baby weight should be around 900-1800 at 28 weeks.
So your baby weight is not very low.so no need to worry about it.
She wants to say that healthy baby does not only related with weight because low weight does not mean unhealthy baby( if not much difference as in your case)
Yes if baby weight is less than 2.5 kg ,it is a problem but not much.
If she is not diabetic she should stop glycephage and she has to take high protein diet for the same.
Hope found useful, feel free to ask more information.
Good luck
Regards
Your answers are as follows
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
Thanks for trusting us about your health care.
I have gone through your history and understand your concerns.
As your wife is having low weight of baby,she has to increase extra protein diet.
Baby weight should be around 900-1800 at 28 weeks.
So your baby weight is not very low.so no need to worry about it.
She wants to say that healthy baby does not only related with weight because low weight does not mean unhealthy baby( if not much difference as in your case)
Yes if baby weight is less than 2.5 kg ,it is a problem but not much.
If she is not diabetic she should stop glycephage and she has to take high protein diet for the same.
Hope found useful, feel free to ask more information.
Good luck
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
1) Her weight has increased from 54 kg to 59 kg in 28 weeks. Is this data of any concern?
2) Can you suggest us some protein rich food for a vegetarian pregnant lady? Any readily available over the counter protein food from medical stores?
2) Can you suggest us some protein rich food for a vegetarian pregnant lady? Any readily available over the counter protein food from medical stores?
Brief Answer:
No need to worry about it.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
You should not worry much about it because she has to gain 10kg weight during pregnancy.
But excessive weight gain may need diabetic status and thyroid profile.
She can take daal and milk products for protein,groundout.
She can take protinex powder twice daily with milk.
Hope found useful
Good luck
Regards
No need to worry about it.
Detailed Answer:
Hello dear,
You should not worry much about it because she has to gain 10kg weight during pregnancy.
But excessive weight gain may need diabetic status and thyroid profile.
She can take daal and milk products for protein,groundout.
She can take protinex powder twice daily with milk.
Hope found useful
Good luck
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana
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