I noticed a tendency that more and more heavier babies are coming into the world / Article / LSM.lv

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In the program “Family Studio” the topic suggested by the listener – “What is the normal birth weight of a child, or is it true that older children are born in recent years and why? How does a child’s weight affect the course of childbirth and later the child’s development?”

Daira Brench, a pediatrician at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital, admits that a large newborn is said to weigh more than four kilograms.

Anna Miskova, the head of the Maternity Center of the Riga Maternity Hospital, points out that the normal weight of a newborn is from two and a half to four kilograms.

Anna Miskova explains that the birth weight of a child is influenced by genetics, if the mother and dad also had a high birth weight, their child may also have a higher weight; sex, boys are usually larger; also during pregnancy, the longer the pregnancy, the greater the child’s weight.

Daira Brenc admits that no research has been done on this, but

In everyday contact with newborns, there are trends that show that “more important” babies are coming into the world.

Adding that older children are slower and lose more weight in the first days after birth. The baby’s weight will level off in about a year and a half after birth.

The weight of the baby can be determined during pregnancy. When determining the weight of the fruit, the error is up to a kilogram.

The higher the mother’s body mass index, the larger the error, explains Anna Miskova.

She agrees that the birth weight of a child is related to the mother’s health condition during pregnancy, lifestyle, eating habits, which can significantly affect the child’s weight at birth.

Since October 1, 1977, midwife Aija Mikova has been recording how heavy and long each baby she has been born is born, what kind of childbirth has been and often the child’s development afterwards.

Her experience does not show that now heavier children are born than 10-20 years ago.

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