Table 3 Women reporting sometimes/usually/always being provided with advice from health care professionals, (2010) and, Doctors and Midwives (2016) relating to supporting recommended pregnancy weight gain at 16 and 36Â weeks gestation [percentage (count)]
Domain | Supportive advice item | 16 weeks HCP sometimes/usually/always Pre (n = 575) % (n) | 16 weeks Midwives sometimes/usually/always Post (n = 274) % (n) | 16 weeks Doctor sometimes/usually/always Post (n = 274) % (n) | 36 weeks HCP sometimes/usually/always Pre (n = 492) % (n) | 36 weeks Midwives sometimes/usually/always Post (n = 240) % (n) | 36 weeks Doctors sometimes/usually/always Post (n = 240) % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The health care professionals who have cared for me since I became pregnant … | |||||||
Recommended pregnancy weight gain | encourage me to weigh myself regularly | 25 (141) | 54 (147)** | 27 (73) | 11 (53) | 51 (130)** | 28 (68)** |
check how much weight I have gained | 59 (338) | 84 (230)** | 57 (158) | 35 (174) | 88 (223)** | 66 (158)** | |
offer advice about how much weight I should gain in my pregnancy | 39 (222) | 74 (202)** | 43 (119) | 26 (128) | 69 (174)** | 47 (112)** | |
offer me advice about how to gain the right amount of weight in my pregnancy | 29 (164) | 53 (144)** | 30 (82) | 17 (81) | 49 (125)** | 31 (74)** | |
Healthy eating | ask me about the foods I eat | 43 (247) | 46 (128) | 48 (135) | 39 (191) | 47 (119)* | 43 (106) |
encourage me to eat healthy foods | 64 (373) | 65 (181) | 66 (186) | 58 (287) | 63 (160) | 61 (148) | |
give advice about the amount of food to eat | 29 (169) | 36 (102)* | 32 (91) | 21 (104) | 33 (83)** | 27 (65) | |
give advice about how to plan and prepare healthy food | 16 (95) | 30 (84)** | 22 (61) | 13 (65) | 17 (42) | 14 (33) | |
Physical activity | ask me about the physical activity I do | 39 (226) | 39 (108) | 48 (136)* | 42 (206) | 49 (124) | 45 (109) |
encourage me to be physically active | 47 (273) | 51 (141) | 57 (159)* | 50 (243) | 59 (151)* | 54 (131) | |
offer advice about how to include physical activity in my day | 23 (135) | 31 (85)* | 29 (80) | 21 (101) | 31 (80) * | 22 (53) | |