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What Causes Poor Weight Gain And Less Distended Abdomen During Pregnancy?

hey , I am 27 weeks pregnant today with my first ! I am asking about my weight I gained so far 13 Lbs only, and my belly looks like a four months pregnant lady ! I am very worried about my baby , my last ultrasound was on week 23 , the baby was 14 oz . Plz let me know if the baby weight is ok . Thank you
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poor weight gain can be due to inadequate diet or nutrition or can be due to poor growth of baby...
the cause of it must be saught out by doing sonography with doppler...
do regular antenatal check up..
use iron ,calcium and protein powder...
thanks
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What Causes Poor Weight Gain And Less Distended Abdomen During Pregnancy?

welcome poor weight gain can be due to inadequate diet or nutrition or can be due to poor growth of baby... the cause of it must be saught out by doing sonography with doppler... do regular antenatal check up.. use iron ,calcium and protein powder... thanks