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Changes in the body during pregnancy
By Perry Smith
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changes during pregnancy is a gain in weight. Twenty-four pounds is the average additional weight
that the mother-to-be puts on. Of this amount, only a small fraction, about two pounds, should be
gained in the first three months; about eleven pounds are gained in each of the other three-month
periods.
This gain in weight is accounted for not only by the child you are carrying but by other factors as well.
The average weight of the infant at birth is 7 1/2 pounds; the placenta (the organ which provides
oxygen and food essential for the life of the fetus and for the elimination of its waste products) weighs 1
pound; and the fluid in the sac in which the baby lives is 1 1/2 pounds. At the end of pregnancy the
uterus weighs about 2 1/2 pounds and the breasts 3 pounds.
Most expectant mothers are afraid that childbearing will leave them with an ungainly figure and that
they will develop a stomach that will stick out even after the birth of the baby, but there is no reason
why they should have this fear. The extreme prominence of the lower abdomen is most often caused
by weakness of the abdominal muscles, a weakness that happily can be substantially overcome by
proper exercise. An additional benefit, in the eyes of some physicians, is that by strengthening the
muscles of the abdomen and increasing their elasticity one makes the actual birth