Studies of women with severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy confirm that the babies do well despite maternal weight loss. Although this seems paradoxical, in sheep farming it is common practice for ewes to be put on rich pasture before they are mated and then on poor pasture for a period in early pregnancy. Experimental studies in farm animals suggest that the scientific basis of this practice may lie partly in stimulation of placental growth by undernutrition in early pregnancy. Similar effects may occur in humans. As long as you are eating a well balanced diet and getting all of food groups in appropriate quantities, you and your baby should be fine.
Weight gain is only a small indication of nutrition.
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