Healthy pregnancy healthy baby: Module 1

Knowledge check

(NOTE: all questions are mandatory)

1. Compared to a woman who gains the recommended amount of weight, what level of risk for the following complications is a woman who gains excess weight in pregnancy?

a) Overall risk of complications

b) Medical complications of pregnancy such as diabetes or high blood pressure

c) Assisted delivery such as caesarean section

d) A baby large for gestational age

e) A baby who is overweight later in life

f) A baby small for gestational age

2. If a woman has a booking in weight of 64kg, a pre-pregnancy weight of 60kg and a height of 160cm what BMI should her weight gain recommendations be based on:

37.5 kg/m²

23.4 kg/m²

25.0 kg/m²

22.3 kg/m²

3. Match the correct Institute of Medicine gestational weight gain range with the pre-pregnancy BMI (Click the correct weight range to select it)

GWG recommendations

<18.5 kg/m² singleton	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect
<25 kg/m² twins and triplets	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect
25-29.9 kg/m² singleton	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect
>30 kg/m² singleton	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect
18.5-24.9 kg/m² singleton	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect
25-29.9 kg/m² twins and triplets	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect
>30 kg/m² twins and triplets	11.5-16kg Unselect 12.5-18kg Unselect 17-25kg Unselect 5-9kg Unselect 7-11.5kg Unselect 14-23kg Unselect 11-19kg Unselect

4. To what extent do you think the following statements are true?

a) The most variation in weight gain in pregnancy can be attributed to the laying down of protein

b) Fat deposition mostly occurs in maternal adipose tissue and the foetus

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GWG recommendations

Institute of Medicine, gestational weight gain recommendations according to pre-pregnancy BMI and pregnancy type.

If pre-pregnancy BMI was…..	If pregnancy is…..	Gestational weight gain recommendations
<18.5 kg/m²	singleton	12.5 -18 kg
	twin or triplet	No specific recommendation
18.5-24.9 kg/m²	singleton	11.5 – 16 kg
	twin or triplet	17 – 25 kg
25-30 kg/m²	singleton	7 – 11.5 kg
	twin or triplet	14 – 23 kg
30 + kg/m²	singleton	5 – 9 kg
	twin or triplet	11-19 kg