Monday, August 10, 2009

Excessive Weight can affect Your Baby!!

Maintaining proper weight during pregnancy is very necessary to avoid certain complications. A pregnant woman with excessive weight has higher risk of contracting diseases like preclampsia, miscarriage, diabetes and hypertension. Hypertension in pregnant women causes bad penetrability of blood vessels. Furthermore increased blood pressure during delivery can even cause blood stroke. In hypertension, placenta doesn’t get sufficient amount of blood supply and nutrition. Hypertension and preeclampsia often results in cesarean.

There is a higher risk of preclampsia during pregnancy which may interrupt with the functioning of kidneys. As a result albumen goes in urine. Furthermore the supply of nutritive material and oxygen to the fetus get reduced resulting in the birth of a baby with lesser weight. Morever baby may also suffer from neurological disorders, brain defects and convulsive syndromes.

For a pregnant lady, during delivery time there is more chances of severe blood loss, urinary tracts infections and defects of baby shoulder. Thus it’s very essential for a pregnant woman to keep her weight under control.

Generally weight gain during pregnancy can be from 10 to 15 Kgs while normal weight, 7-12kgs for an overweight lady however not more than 6kgs for women with sever obesity.

In order to have a healthy baby, consult your doctor for proper diet and healthy lifestyle so that you can reduce your weight required enough for safe delivery.

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