Weight gain during pregnancy is: March 2012
Ans: B i.e. 12 Kg Weight gain during pregnancy: Reproductive weight gain: 6 Kg (fetus: 3.3 Kg, placenta: 0.6 Kg, liquor: 0.8 Kg, uterus: 0.9 Kg, breasts: 0.4 Kg & accumulation of fat & protein: 3.5 Kg) and Net maternal weight gain: 6 Kg (increase in blood volume: 1.3 Kg & increase in extracellular fluid: 1.2 Kg).
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