Why is it that when babies are born they only weigh like 7 lbs yet the mom weighs 30 lbs more?
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i weighed 125 before i got pregnant. by the end of my pregnancy i was 155 or 160. my baby was 6 lbs 13 ozs. the after birth almost weighed as much as her. as soon as she came out, my stomach was flat again & within a month i weighed less than before i got pregnant.
The placenta, the waters etc all add to the weight
beacuse all the added bits make mums weigh more i suppose don't really know
You have to take into account the weight of not only the baby but of the placenta, the amniotic fluid, your increased bust etc...
Most of that weight is from all the fluid in the amniotic sac. Once the baby is born, most mother's lose almost ten pounds after the fluid is gone.
The womb grows to support the baby. A woman will gain more fat to cover the baby if food should be difficult to find. Milk is produced. There's a lot of extra stuff going on outside the baby, inside the momma.
water weight, fluid weight, milk in your breasts. any one pounds put on by love (birth weight). and the baby. check this site out, very useful.
amniotic fluid and the placenta and extra blood and mom hold more fluid there are lots of reasons and 25 to 30lbs is pretty normal
As a father of 2, you really need to see what else comes out of there. the water would weigh a considerable amount as does the placenta.. do they teach nothing in schools these days!
add placenta which can be another baby's weight, plus all the masses of liquid that surrounds the baby and that Mom retains and you are getting closer.
Anyway, I thought mom's these says slipped out of hospital in size 00 French Connection jeans having had sunroof deliveries on their tiny babies?
Some mom's put on extra weight to accommodate for the water, and am-ionic fluids that their baby lives in for nine months. The extra weight also allows more room for your body to stretch and make room for your little bundle of joy. Not all woman gain weight throughout their pregnancy however. So I could be wrong in my reasoning for the extra mommy weight.
There are a lot of things that factor in: the placenta, extra blood needed, breasts grow larger for breast feeding, there is amniotic fluid that the baby needs for protection, the womb, you retain more water while pregnant, and then there is the normal weight gain due to the exuberant amount of food pregnant women need to give the proper nutrition to the baby.
The extra weight is made up of:
baby
placenta
amniotic fluid
increased uterus size
increased blood supply
increased breast size
some additional fat storage.
It all adds up !
The baby is about 7-8lbs you are quite right and the placenta weighs in at approximately the same and then there's the waters, oh and of course don't forget your bodily changes. Boobs grow with the milk and mum's always put on some weight/fat, to produce the milk in the first place. If you do it right you can actually lose weight. After six months of breastfeeding and eating properly (it is a rubbish when people say to you, Oh yes you can eat what you like can't you? No you can't!) you can lose weight and be lighter than before you were pregnant! My friend did it and lost 5lbs. I didn't and put on nearly two stone! Beware!!
7.5 - 8.5 lbs Baby
2 lbs Amniotic Fluid
1.5 - 2 lbs Placenta
1.5 - 2 lbs Breast Tissue
3 lbs Blood Volume
2 - 2.5 lbs Uterine Muscle
4 lbs Water
8 lbs Maternal Stores
cos there's all sorts of other bits such as the placenta and waters, also your boobs get bigger and you may also put on a little extra fat to help support your baby while its growing inside you. additionally, the concept of 'eating for two' is a myth, you dont need to eat twice as much when youre pregnant, just a little extra. often pregnant women crave high calorie foods, so youre more likely to put extra weight on when pregnant, which wont all dissapear imediately after the baby is born.
There is the weight of the fluid in the sack, which the baby is in, then the is the weight of the after birth, if you have never seen one they are quite large and you have the weight of that. Plus you put weight due to the hormonal changes in your body.
Chocolate and chips together, I jest. The placenta can be bigger than the baby plus all the protection the baby needs, when my wifes waters broke it was like a wet day in the rainforests.
I think you'll find it's because you combine the weight of the baby with the weight of the mother who is still eating for two remember! Also the baby is swimming around in a load of water to protect it so that makes you heavier, and I don't really think all babies are born that weight.
Depite gaining 17lb when I was pregnant, I was told that because of the weight of the placenta, amniotic fluid, increased blood supply, breast enlargement etc. once my system had settled down I would probably discover I had lost weight during pregnancy!
I did.
You have to take into account not only the weight of the baby but the extra bits.. IE.. placenta, the amniotic fluid etc
I have 3 children all weighed over 7lbs at birth, i put on between 2/3 stone during pregnancy and was glad to get rid of the access weight!!
1st baby.. .8lb 12oz
2nd baby.. 8lb 9oz
3rd baby.. .8lb 11oz
Some mums just eat for two or three !! that's about 30 or 40 lbs extra!!
well in my case it was all that carrot cake i ate on a daily basis to satisfy my craving - making excuses for myself now aren't i
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