Table 7.

Perceptions on levels of motivation for weight management during pregnancy.

Perception	Sub-themes
Not motivated for weight management during pregnancy	Not motivated, due to/because: Concerns on the baby’s health over the mother’s own health, without realizing the association between the mother’s health and baby’s health Sense of safety when antenatal scans showed that the baby was normal Sense of safety when the mother did not develop gestational diabetes Weight management during pregnancy was deemed unnecessary, as maternal overweight and obesity was thought to have no negative impacts Pregnancy is perceived as the time for indulgence and luxury, and that the pregnancy masks the mother’s overweight status and reduces her guilt from overeating
Motivated for weight management during pregnancy	Motivated, due to/because: (6) Health benefits to the mother and child (7) Aesthetic reasons to the mother