| Your spouse will have put on weight gain | | | | |
| during the pregnancy. While this is normal, | | | | - Staying away from any 'fad' diets likely to |
| many women worry about this increase in their | | | | harm herself and, if she is breastfeeding, |
| weight following delivery. | | | | the baby |
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| These are important things your spouse needs | | | | - Combining a healthy diet plan with a |
| to know if she is trying to lose weight: | | | | sensible exercise routine |
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| - Weight gain may be normal: It is important | | | | - Aiming for a reasonable loss that she can |
| for your spouse to determine whether the | | | | maintain, rather than a drastic loss that is |
| weight she has gained is within normal | | | | short-lived |
| limits. Pregnancy weight gain of anywhere | | | | |
| between 15 to 30 pounds is absolutely normal | | | | - Consulting a dietician if her own efforts |
| and she need not worry about it. However, if | | | | do not show results |
| she weighs over 30 pounds more than before | | | | |
| she became pregnant, she may need to consider | | | | Returning to normal |
| losing some of it. | | | | |
| | | | During pregnancy, your spouse's body went |
| - Weight loss needs to be gradual: There is | | | | through tremendous changes. Now that she has |
| no truth in the popular belief that | | | | given birth, she will experience more changes |
| successful weight loss program has to be | | | | as her body returns to its normal state. |
| speedy. Actually post-pregnancy weight gain | | | | |
| may take up to years to reverse and is | | | | These are some of the changes that the new |
| dependent on many factors. | | | | mom is likely to experience: |
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| - 'Quick fix' methods do not work: Doctors do | | | | - Increase in temperature up to 100.4 F for |
| not generally recommend any quick techniques | | | | about 24 hours after delivery |
| or drastic diets to lose weight following | | | | |
| pregnancy. | | | | - Weight loss of about10 to 12 lbs. |
| | | | immediately after the birth, followed by |
| Your spouse can effectively lose weight by: | | | | another five pounds soon after. |