Concerning weight gain during pregnancy, maternity nurses should know that:
1. in this case, the woman's height is not a factor in determining her target weight.
2. obese women may have their health concerns, but their risk of giving birth to a child with major congenital defects is the same as that of normal weight women.
3. women with inadequate weight gain have an increased risk of delivering an infant with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).
4. greater than expected weight gain during pregnancy is almost always due primar-ily to overeating.
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1. Incorrect. The primary factor in making a weight gain recommendation is the appro-priateness of the prepregnancy weight for the woman's height.
2. Incorrect. Obese women are twice as likely as normal weight women to give birth to a child with major congenital defects.
3. Correct. IUGR is associated with women with inadequate weight gain.
4. Incorrect. Overeating is only one of several likely causes.
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