The Relationship between Nutritional Status (Body Mass Index) of Three Pregnant Women with Estimated Fetal Weight

Sumarni Sumarni (Akademi Kebidanan Lapatau Bone)
Nour Sriyanah (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Makassar)
Andi Ria Metasari (Akademi Kebidanan Lapatau Bone)
Susilawati Susilawati (Akademi Kebidanan Lapatau Bone)
Ermawati Ermawati (Akademi Kebidanan Lapatau Bone)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Nursing and Health Sciences
Vol 3 No 2 (2022): July-December 2022

Many third trimester pregnant women experience problems related to nutritional status that affect the growth and development of their fetus. This study aims to determine the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Estimated Fetal Weight (TBJ). This research method uses an analytical survey method.Populationi in this study were third trimester pregnant women.Amount Samples were 72 third trimester pregnant women selected by accidental sampling who met the inclusion criteria. Using the Chi-Square test, the results obtained were p=0.004 (p<0.05). This shows that there is a significant relationship between body mass index and estimated fetal weight at UPT Puskesmas Watampone. The final conclusion of the researchers is that mothers pay more attention to fulfilling nutrition during pregnancy to prevent births with abnormal baby weights.