Nunp 6551 Week 9 Discussion Maintaining Healthy Eating And Weight Gain During Pregnancy

This study source was downloaded by 100000859819779 from CourseHero.com on 01-15-2023 10:29:47 GMT -06:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/67964214/NUNP-6551-Week-9-Discussion-Main-Post/ 1NUNP 6551 Week 9 Discussion Main PostMaintaining Healthy Eating and Weight Gain During PregnancyPregnancy is a time of excitement and nervousness for a woman. It is important that the woman maintains a well-balanced diet and for the health of herself and her fetus. According to Ho, Flynn, and Pasupathy (2016), in order to maintain the health of the fetus and mother a womans nutrition during pregnancy requires both quality and quantity of food intake. Nutrition during pregnancy should also include adequate healthy weight gain. The provider during the first prenatal visit will establish the appropriate weight gain during pregnancy based on the womans body mass index (BMI). (Tang et al., 2020).Recognizing Nonadherence of Healthy Eating During PregnancyThe way to recognize nonadherence of healthy eating during pregnancy is monitoring thewomans weight gain during pregnancy. The provider will obtain and track the weight gain while discussing eating habits at each prenatal visit. The recommended weight gain during pregnancy for a woman with a normal BMI of 18.5-24.9 should be between 24 to 34 pounds (Vanstone et al., 2017). The provider should also be monitoring if a pregnant woman