Client History: Female pregnan
Client History: Female pregnant with her second child.
Height: 62 ½”
Prepregnancy weight: 127 lbs
Client History: Female pregnant with her second child.
Height: 62 ½”
Prepregnancy weight: 127 lbs
At 8 weeks pregnant weighed 131 lbs – Weight gain/loss?__4_____
At 12 weeks pregnant weighed 130 lbs – Weightgain/loss?___3____
At 22 weeks pregnant weighed 141 lbs – Weightgain/loss?___14____
At 26 weeks pregnant weighed 146 lbs – Weightgain/loss?___19___
At 30 weeks pregnant weighed 153 lbs – Weightgain/loss?___26____
Questions to answer:
- What weight range was this client in prior to pregnancy? (Underweight, normal weight, overweight) Explain your answer.
- What is this client’s total weight gain goalfor pregnancy? How much should she gain?
- When during this pregnancy did she gain an inappropriate amountof weight? What could have been a reason for this? (Look at thetiming of the weight measurements.)
- What would you tell her about the amount of weight she gainedat her last appointment?
- Would you recommend that she breastfeed her newborn? Why or whynot? Be specific. – List 5 reasons
Answer:
1. WEIGHT OF THE PATIENT PRIOR TO PREGNANCY = 127LB;HEIGHT=6FEET 2.5 INCHES WHICH CORRESPONDS TO A BMI OF 16.1.
THE PATIENT SEEMS TO BE UNDERWEIGHT PRIOR TO PREGNANCY AS THENORMAL BMI SHOULD BE 18.5 TO 24.9.
2.CLIENT’S TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN GOAL FOR PREGNANCYSHOULD BE BETWEEN 28 lbs TO 40 lbs. BUT SHE GAINED WEIGHT OF 26 lbsWHICH IS LESSER TO THE NORMAL WEIGHT GAIN THAT SHOULD BEACHIEVED.
3.SHE GAINED AN INAPPROPRIATE GAIN OF WEIGHT DURING THE FIRSTTRIMESTER OF HER PREGNANCY , SHE LACKS PRECONCEPTIONAL CARE WHICHMAY BE THE REASON FOR LESS WEIGHT GAIN .BUT STILL SHE HAS ACHEIVEDGAINING 1 TO 4.5lbs DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER WHICH HAS LATERIMPROVED THERAFTER IN THE COURSE OF HER PREGNANCY .
4.THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THAT SHE HAS GAINED IN HER LASTAPPOINTMENT IS CONSIDERED TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR HER BMI AND STATESTHAT SHE IS IN GOOD PROGRESS OF PREGNANCY IN RELATION TO HER WEIGHTGAIN AND GROWTH OF THE BABY.
5. YES , BREASTFEEDING PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE HEALTH OF BOTHTHE MOTHER AND THE BABY.
- EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING FOR 6 MONTHS IS ESSENTIAL .
- IT INCREASES BABY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM AND IS DEVOID OF ANYALLERGIES.
- IT PROTECTS AGAINST MANY INFECTIONS AND DISEASES.
- IT IMPROVES THE INTELLIGENCE AND BRAIN FUNCTIONS OF THEBABY.
- IT CREATES AN EMOTIONAL BONDING BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND THEBABY.
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