1. INTRODUCTION

2. NUTRITION IN PREGNANCY
Developed by
D. Ann Currie, R.N., M.S.N.
2012

3. NUTRITION IN PREGNANCY
PLAYS SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE OUTCOME OF THE PREGNANCY
FETAL WELL-BEING
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HIGH RISK PREGNANCIES
INTEGRAL PART OF NURSING CARE OF PREPREGNANT AND PREGNANT CLIENTS

4. NURSE’S ROLE PRECONCEPTION EDUCATION ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS
PLANNING NUTRITIONAL CARE
CLIENT EDUCATION
CLIENT ADVOCATE
PROVIDE RESOURCES
REFFERALS

5. FACTORS AFFECTING PRENATAL NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS PRIOR TO PREGNANCY
MATERNAL AGE
MATERNAL PARIETY
SUBSTANCE USE
CLIENT’S EDUCATION
OTHER

6. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AFFECTING NUTRITION
CULTURAL, ETHNICAL,OR RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES
VEGETARIANISM
EATING DISORDERS
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
PICA
SUBSTANCE USE
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
EDUCATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS

7. CONT. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
MATERNAL AGE
DIETARY PATTERNS
DISEASES AND/OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS
OTHER

8. THANK YOU

9. PRECONCEPTION CARE HEALTH PROMOTION
NUTRITION-HEALTHY DIET INCLUCING FOLIC ACID.
ADEQUATE FLUID INTAKE
EXERCISE
REST
AVOIDANCE OF SUBSTANCES ABUSE

10. PLANNING NUTRITIONAL CARE
ASSESSMENT
NSG DIAGNOSIS
PLANNING
INTERVENTIONS
EDUCATION
EVALUATION

11. DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS DURING PREGNANCY
CALORIES
FLUIDS-WATER
PROTEIN
CARBOHYDATES
FAT
VITAMINS-FAT SOLUBLE & WATER SOLUBLE
MINERALS-FE,CALCIUM, ZINC,&OTHERS

12. BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) BMI=WT/HT²……KG/M²
BMI-below 18.5-UNDERWEIGHT-WT GAIN OF KG.(28-40lbs)
BMI NORMAL-WT.GAIN OF KG.(25-35lbs.)
BMI OVERWEGHT-WT GAIN OF KG.(15-25lbs.)
BMI OVER 30-OBESE-WT. GAIN OF KG.

13. MORE ON WT. GAIN IN PREGNANCY
1ST TRIMESTER-WT. GAIN OF KG
THEN:0.4 KG WEEKLY FOR NORMAL BMI,0.3 KG WEEKLY FOR OVERWEIGHT BMI,0.5 KG WEEKLY FOR UNDERWEIGHT BMI CLIENTS
NO INCREASE IN CALORIES IN 1ST TRIMESTER
ADDITIONAL 300 CALORIES/DAY IN 2ND AND 3RD TRIMESTERS

14. MORE ON WEIGHT GAIN
TEENNAGERS SHOULD GAIN HIGHER AMOUNT OF BMI--IE --A TEENAGER WITH BMI OF 22 SHOULD GAIN 16KG. OR 35.2 LBS.

15. QUESTIONS

16. THANK YOU