If You are Overweight and Pregnant

Quantity of pregnancies, passing on the backgroundare born. They may suffer from diseases, connected
of overweight doubled for last 10 years. Overweightwith defect of brain nutrition: neurological diseases,
complicates it and threatens future baby health.convulsive syndromes.
Overweight may cause defects of hormonalDuring delivery most typical complications for
exchange and regulation of ovaries function, whatoverweight women are: heightened blood loss,
leads to sterility, premature miscarriages. Afterinfections of urinary tracts and defect of baby's
becoming pregnant, overweight women jeopardizeshoulders during vaginal delivery. Such babies need
themselves and their babies, so it is especiallyhelp in neonatology department much more often, as
important for them to plan pregnancy.a result of problems with nutrition and unstable body
You should not think that term "adiposity" is used intemperature.
special cases and does not concern you. According toTime of renovation
medical practice, it is applicable for 2 women of 10,If you are overweight and are going to have a baby,
whose index of body weight is more than 30, andthen future pregnancy - is the best cause to start
term "overweight" is applicable even to more women.changing your habits, leading to adiposity: move more
Index of body weight is calculated the following way:and eat right way. Many women succeed in this, as
body weight is divided on squared height in metersinterests of baby health prevail over weak will.
(for example: 1,70 m).Moreover, if overweight women switch to a strict
Index less than 18,5 - insufficient weight,dietary nutrition during pregnancy (but not to
- from 18,5 to 25 - normal weight,starvation), then after delivery they will be able to
- from 25 to 30 - overweight,lose much weight. Risk of complications will be
- more than 30 - adiposity.reduced to minimum, if you grow thin in time.
Which risk you runStart from diet: you need to struggle with
Which danger brings overweight for pregnancy andoverweight with help of diets and restrictions even
childbirth? Everything depends on general state ofwhen overweight is not caused by overeating or
health and reasons of overweight. Firstly, in increasedunbalanced nutrition.
load on backbone and internals. On late terms ofEat more vegetables, fruits, whole-cereal products,
pregnancy danger of gestational toxicosis increases.lean meat, non-fat milk produce.
Sometimes fatty layer does not allow hearing heartRefuse from sweet drinks and fried dishes.
beat, but cardiotocography and echographia help toEat small portions several times per day.
solve the problem.Forget about eating for two. You don't need
During pregnancy overweight women are subject toadditional calories in the first trimester of pregnancy
risk of miscarriage, preeclampsia, diabetes andand about 300 additional calories per day in the
hypertension to a greater degree. While heightenedsecond and third trimesters (300 calories - mean, for
sugar content in blood a baby, as a rule, turns to beexample, a small jar of yogurt and banana).
too big, what fraught with Cesarean section, asMove more: firstly, start walking quite quickly
during delivery big fetus can cause additional problemsregularly. 20-30 minutes walking a day are completely
for a woman: breakages, bleeding.safe for pregnancy. You need also to do special
You should not think that it is good to give birth to aphysical exercises for pregnant.
big baby. You can receive "empty" calories fromOn average, general weight gain during pregnancy
sugar and receive less important proteins, amino acidscan be from 10 to 15 kg while normal weight, 7-12 kg
and fats. Moreover, big babies are often bornwhile overweight and no more than 6 kg while
prematurely. Doctors note that during recent timeadiposity.
there's just an epidemic of giving birth to big babies,Overweight is not an obstacle for happy maternity.
increasing statistics of Cesarean sections beyond theYou should not also overstate danger and
clouds.overshadow your pregnancy with constant worrying.
Hypertension and preclampsia often lead to CesareanBut to avoid problems, you need to pass through
section. Heightened blood pressure causes badcheckup to discover hormonal or other defects, and
penetrability of blood vessels. Sudden increase ofin case of necessity pass treatment course. Incorrect
blood pressure during delivery can lead towomen's adipose metabolism often provokes certain
blood-stroke, and baby may receive not enoughdiseases - defect of endocrine organs' functions,
quantity of blood. Placenta is supplied with blood notdiseases of cardiovascular and central nervous
enough, fetus does not receive enough nutrition,systems. You should pass checkup before becoming
moreover, you need to remember, that overweightpregnant. The you will have enough time to lose
women's Cesarean section itself is accompanied byweight, after passing treatment.
certain difficulties because of excesses of abdominalUnfortunately, among doctors there's a tendency to
fat.frighten young fatties with impossibility to become
Overweight women have heightened risk ofpregnant and give birth to a healthy baby. If you are
preclampsia - toxicosis on late terms of pregnancy.not shy to talk to a doctor about your overweight
Work of kidneys breaks, hence goes albumen inand control your blood pressure and sugar content
urine, edemas. Supply of nutritive materials throughwith him, you can reduce medical risk to minimum.
placenta to baby reduces. Fetus has pre-natal lack ofAnd the main is to find a good doctor, who will treat
oxygen. In such cases babies with too small weightyour situation kindly and with understanding.