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The Effect of Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index, Weight Gain during Pregnancy on Birth Outcome

Purpose: This research is to provide baseline data on proper childbirth management based on the birth outcome of BMI before pregnancy and weight gain during pregnancy will influence. Method: The subjects were women who delivered a child and newborns hospitalized in the department of obstetrics in C university general hospital. The following has been obtained: The women’s age, weight before pregnancy, weight gain during pregnancy, childbirth history, types of childbirth, educational standards and job existence and the newborns’ weight in birth, gender, fetal period and hospitalization in an intensive care unit. Result: The higher the index of body mass of pregnancy women are, the more they gained the weight just before the childbirth, the more weight newborns have, and the shorter the child-bearing period is. Related to weight gain during the child-bearing period, it ranked the highest(first) in the group of under weight gain. The birthrate of premature, low birth weight, and small for gestational age(SGA) have been ranked high in the group of under weight gain. And birthrate of large for gestational age(LGA) has been ranked high in the group of over weight gain. Conclusion: The study shows that pre-pregnancy BMI and Weight Gain during Pregnancy affected the newborn birth outcome. Therefore More active prenatal program that improve the nutritional status of maternal and practice is needed for appropriate weight gain. Consequently, this study can contribute to positive newborn birth outcome of maternal and neonatal.