The rate of weight gain during pregnancy is expected to be:
a. greatest in the first trimester.
b. greatest in the second trimester.
c. greatest in the third trimester.
d. about the same in each trimester.
B
The rate of weight gain is slow during the first trimester, rapid during the second trimester, and less rapid during the third trimester. Maternal tissue growth accounts for most of the weight gained in the first and second trimesters, whereas fetal growth accounts for weight gained during the third trimester.
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What will be an ideal response?