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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