HOW SAFE IT IS TO LOSE WEIGHT DURING PREGNANCY?

 Weight gain is considered as a part and parcel of pregnancy. But if a woman is overweight, then it can cause many complications in terms of gestational diabetes and pre-eclampia. Therefore, it is important to maintain healthy weight during pregnancy.

SIDE-EFFECTS OF BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE DURING PREGNANCY

  • Risk to fetus is very high and there can be high chances of miscarriage.
  • The child can be born with larger than average size; it can be serious situation for both mother and baby.
  • There are also high chances that baby will develop diabetes or heart diseases in the adult age.
  • The baby may have neural tube defects at the time of birth.
  • Mother with overweight can develop gestational diabetes, which increases the size of baby and make it impossible for vaginal birth or normal delivery.
  • Preeclampsia (reduced blood flow to the baby) is also very common among overweight mothers
  • It becomes really difficult to monitor fetal movement.
  • There is very high risk of UTIs (urinary tract infections) during pregnancy and postpartum period.
  • Blood clotting can complicate baby delivery.
  • Excessive blood loss chances during cesarean delivery
  • Induced labor is required.

You can read about high risk pregnancy and how to manage it here https://www.healinghospital.co.in/7-practical-tips-for-managing-a-high-risk-pregnancy-healing-hospital-chandigarh/

The welcoming news for the newly expecting, overweight mothers is that they can lose weight in the early days of pregnancy.

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