| Not many people are aware that being obese and | | | | by being overweight or obese. |
| overweight actually decreases a woman's chance of | | | | Complications Of Pregnancy During Obesity |
| getting pregnant. According to a study conducted by | | | | As obesity becomes common among Americans, the |
| Amsterdam's Academic Medical Center, women who | | | | number of pregnancies among obese women will also |
| have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 and above are | | | | rise. Overweight women who are pregnant face |
| less likely to bear children than those whose BMI are | | | | potential risks during gestation and other |
| 21-29, which is considered the normal BMI levels. In | | | | complications during delivery. |
| short, the higher your BMI is, the more difficult it will | | | | Obesity will definitely cause damages during |
| be for you to get pregnant. | | | | pregnancy and even during conception. Worse, the |
| More precisely, the statistics show that individuals | | | | impacts of this kind of pregnancy will affect your |
| who have a BMI of over 40 have 43% lesser chance | | | | child even when they are older. Babies born to obese |
| of bearing a child than women who have normal | | | | moms have twice the risk of having congenital heart |
| body mass. Moreover, women who have a BMI | | | | problems and obesity as well. A condition known as |
| between 35 and 40 are also 26% less likely to get | | | | omphalocele is also prevalent, this is a condition |
| pregnant using natural methods. | | | | where the organs like the intestines are sticking out |
| Underlying Reasons | | | | of the child's navel. |
| If you and your partner have been trying to | | | | Diabetes and hypertension are also foremost among |
| conceive for several years without any success, you | | | | the health hazards that an obese pregnant woman |
| may want to have your BMI analyzed and your | | | | can experience. Plus, there is a high possibility of |
| weight checked. The main reason behind this | | | | delivery through cesarean section as well as |
| phenomenon is the hormonal imbalance found in | | | | increased likelihood of infection. |
| women who are overweight or obese. The link is | | | | Attaining Healthy Weight Before Pregnancy |
| found in Leptin, which is a hormone that controls | | | | The health of your new born child will greatly depend |
| appetite and the use of energy. This hormone is | | | | on your well-being. And the best expression of love |
| deficient in people who have high body mass index. | | | | that you can present to your new baby is having a |
| Unfortunately, according to some studies, it plays a | | | | healthy body yourself. In other words, before you |
| very important role in increasing women's fertility. | | | | embark into the most important experience of your |
| Excess body fat can also affect ovulation, which is | | | | life as a woman, you need to be in tiptop shape. |
| crucial in getting pregnant; in fact, it is one of the | | | | Attaining healthy weight prior to pregnancy can be a |
| first stages in child-bearing. If your ovaries are not | | | | little bit tricky because whatever happens to your |
| releasing egg cells because of abnormalities caused | | | | body will definitely affect your baby. In short, weight |
| by your widening girth, then it would really be quite | | | | loss methods in this stage should not be all about |
| difficult, if not impossible to conceive the natural way. | | | | exercise and reducing the food that you eat. In fact, |
| Lastly, the human body has a tendency for | | | | there are some types of food that you need to eat |
| self-preservation. Thus, if you are still on the heavy | | | | in abundance; for instance, you need to beef up |
| side, your body will naturally keep you from getting | | | | Omega 3 levels in your body without having to |
| pregnant in order to protect you, as well as your | | | | increase too much calories in your body. |
| baby, from complications and dangers brought about | | | | |