New Guidelines for Pregnancy Weight Gain

Having a daughter who is in the last few days of her pregnancy, I was alert to the new guidelines issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) yesterday on how much weight to gain during pregnancy.

To start, the IOM is saying that the changes in the guidelines are due, in part, to the fact that more women are overweight or obese prior to getting pregnant and many are waiting until later to have children, which puts the mother and child at a greater risk when the mother gains too much. The IOM recommends Read more