The impact of excessive gestational weight gain timing on neonatal outcomes in women with class III obesity.
Heather A RosettAnne M SiegelAnn TuckerLuke A GattaCourtney MitchellHaywood L BrownEmily ReiffSarah Dotters-KatzPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2020)
Though adverse neonatal outcomes were common in this population, timing of gestational weight gain was not correlated. Increased rates of LGA and higher median birth weight in the SWG group suggests excessive GWG continuing in the third trimester of pregnancy may be of import for neonatal size.