New article on weight management in pregnancy in Nursing Practice magazine: It highlights some interesting points: UK data suggests that between 40-65% of women gain too much weight in pregnancy. International research suggests that women who gain too much weight in pregnancy irrespective of pre-pregnancy BMI, have an increased risk of pre-eclampsia, caesarean section, and […]
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Shoulder dystocia is a popular reason given for restricting the choices in how and where we give birth as bigger women. But is this fair? The potential consequences aren’t great, and as bigger mums we’re told that we have a 3 or 4 times greater risk. But a look at the evidence, as usual, is
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Interesting news for anyone considering weight loss surgery before trying get pregnant. Even though you’ll have lost the weight, you still won’t escape the ‘high risk’ bracket, and will likely receive much of the same treatment that you would if you were still big. Furthermore it seems that a number of things could go wrong,
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If anything convinces me I’m doing the right thing by spending what ridiculously little spare time I have working on getting this website up and running, this is it: Please please please, can someone help me. I am 10 weeks pregnant and currently have a BMI of 35. Firstly, I have suffered with severe sickness
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