If you begin at a healthy weight, your aim is to gain 1 to 4 pounds (0.5 to 1.8 kilograms) in the initial months of pregnancy. There's no need for extra calories, just a nutritious diet.

Weight gain in pregnancy may be linked to later growth patterns in daughters Date: February 9, 2022 Source: University of Texas at Austin Summary: Rapid weight gain in the first and final months ...

Fetuses of pregnant people who gained excess weight in the first trimester of pregnancy show signs of excess fat distribution in the upper arm and in the abdomen, according to a study by ...

Wagner, K. A., et al. (2025) Relationship between gestational weight gain with fetal body composition and organ volumes in the NICHD Fetal 3D Study: A prospective pregnancy cohort. The American ...

Study: Association of plant-based dietary patterns in first trimester of pregnancy with gestational weight gain: results from a prospective birth cohort Background Gestational weight gain is an ...

Women who gained weight the most slowly during their first trimester (less than a third of a kilogram per week, or just over half a pound) had the lowest risk of gestational diabetes.

Intervening early in pregnancy, in the first trimester, to help obese women limit weight gain has benefits throughout pregnancy and reduces complications, a new study from China indicates.

However, the ideal range for gestational weight gain (GWG) for twin pregnancy decreased with each successively higher BMI category, data in JAMA Network Open showed. The data suggest that the ...