Relationship between mothers’ weight gain during pregnancy, neonatal birth ‎weight and cesarean cases in villages and cities

Abstract

Introduction: The goal of prenatal care is maintenance of mother health and delivery of a ‎healthy neonate. Weight gain is the most obvious physical change during pregnancy and ‎controlling mother weight plays an important role in safe process of pregnancy.‎ Objective: The aim of this study was to survey the relationship between mother weight gain ‎during pregnancy and neonate weight and type of delivery in urban and rural population.‎ Methods: This descriptive study was done on ‎‏400‏‎ medical charts chosen from Health centers ‎of Rasht city and Sangar village. Data needed in this study was mother weight gain during ‎pregnancy type of delivery and weight of neonate.‎ Results: Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between mother and ‎neonate weight but there was no statistical difference between mothers weight gain and ‎type of delivery.‎ Conclusion: Weight gain during pregnancy was the same among women from urban and rural ‎areas and was significantly correlated with birth weight.‎

Keywords

• Low birth weight
• weight gain
• weight on birth
• pregnancy