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What Does Unintentional Weight Loss After Delivery Indicate?
Question: My wife delivered a baby girl 11 months back.
She was 56 kgs when she conceived and went on till 67 kg at the time of c section delivery.
My daughter was on exclusive breast feeding for 6 months and now on other foods along with breast feeding.
This question is about my wife's weight loss. She is at present 47 kg and her BMI is 19 with height around 158 cm. We did a health check up around 3 months back to check the thyroid level and it was under normal range and other general blood reports were also normal. She is healthy otherwise with no other specific complaints.
Do I need to be worried about this weigt loss?
She was 56 kgs when she conceived and went on till 67 kg at the time of c section delivery.
My daughter was on exclusive breast feeding for 6 months and now on other foods along with breast feeding.
This question is about my wife's weight loss. She is at present 47 kg and her BMI is 19 with height around 158 cm. We did a health check up around 3 months back to check the thyroid level and it was under normal range and other general blood reports were also normal. She is healthy otherwise with no other specific complaints.
Do I need to be worried about this weigt loss?
Brief Answer:
She needs to be atleast 58 kilos
Detailed Answer:
Hi...she needs to be atleast 58kgs. As you say she's otherwise active and healthy you need not worry about it.
But I suggest you make her eat well and if she's still not putting on weight, in a month, then, she will require further investigations.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
She needs to be atleast 58 kilos
Detailed Answer:
Hi...she needs to be atleast 58kgs. As you say she's otherwise active and healthy you need not worry about it.
But I suggest you make her eat well and if she's still not putting on weight, in a month, then, she will require further investigations.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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