Relationship between mothers’ weight gain during pregnancy, neonatal birth ‎weight and cesarean cases in villages and cities

The goal of prenatal care is maintenance of mother’s health and delivery of a ‎healthy neonate. Weight gain is the most obvious physical change during pregnancy and ‎controlling mother’s weight plays an important role in safe process of pregnancy.‎

The aim of this study was to survey the relationship between mother’s weight gain ‎during pregnancy and neonate’s weight and type of delivery in urban and rural population.‎

This descriptive study was done on ‎‏400‏‎ medical charts chosen from Health centers ‎of Rasht city and Sangar village. Data needed in this study was mother’s weight gain during ‎pregnancy type of delivery and weight of neonate.‎

Findings showed that there is a significant relationship between mother’s and ‎neonate’s weight but there was no statistical difference between mothers’ weight gain and ‎type of delivery.‎

Weight gain during pregnancy was the same among women from urban and rural ‎areas and was significantly correlated with birth weight.‎