Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN AND HAEMOGLOBIN LEVEL WITH BIRTH WEIGHT OF NEW BORNS

Meghali Joharapurkar, Rekha Sharma

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Pregnancy is a prominent event in a women’s life, able to transform her life forever. The present study was carried out on 215 pregnant women in the last trimester, selected from Government Hospitals of Nagpur city. The information on socio–demographic characteristics and weight gain was collected through interview cum questionnaire method. Haemoglobin level and birth weight of newborns were noted from hospital records. The results of the study reveal that with an increase in mean weight gain and haemoglobin level of mothers, there is subsequent increase in birth weight of neonates. The neonatal birth weight was found to be positively and significantly correlated with maternal weight gain(r= 0.427, p<0.01) and maternal haemoglobin (r= 0.530, p<0.01).

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Meghali Joharapurkar, Rekha Sharma A CORRELATIVE STUDY OF MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN AND HAEMOGLOBIN LEVEL WITH BIRTH WEIGHT OF NEW BORNS Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015

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