Pregnancy, fertility, and obese women

With the number of obese people is growing annually, obesity is fast becoming one of the greatest challenges for health in the United Kingdom. Excessive weight gain and obesity is commonly associated with a number of serious health risks, complications such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. For women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, these health problems are even more pronounced. In addition, there is growing evidence that too much importance is attached to infertility and pregnancy health complications.

Being overweight can have a serious impact on a woman's fertility. High serum cholesterol levels can affect the production of estrogen in the body that can interfere with ovaries natural ovulation cycle and lead to infertility. Obesity or persistent weight is also an important cause of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which also can prevent ovulation and cause infertility. Common symptoms are intermittent or rarely ' menstrual cycles.

Obesity is also linked to an increased risk of miscarriage and congenital malformations to the growing fetus during pregnancy. And the latest confidential study maternal deaths (published every three years in the United Kingdom) reported that a shocking 50% of women who died during pregnancy or immediately afterwards, was found to be overweight. Studies have also shown that overweight or obese women are less likely to respond to fertility treatment is due to excessive weight interfere with absorption of fertility enhancing drugs.

As a result of these findings, midwives and physicians now place a strong emphasis on optimizing women's health before and during pregnancy. Many IVF clinics have started to refuse to treat overweight patients unless they reduce their body mass index (BMI). Anyone with a BMI over 25 is overweight and anyone with a score of 30 is classed as clinically obese.

Calculate your BMI just multiplying your height (in metres) and then divide your weight (in kg) with this number. For example, a woman who is 1.68 m tall and weighs 64 kg has a BMI of 22.7:

64/(1.68 x 1.68) = 22 (7)

A BMI of between 19 and 25 is considered healthy. Someone with a BMI of 25 or over, that their weight, especially if they are thinking of becoming pregnant.

Getting fit and healthy in preparation for pregnancy will not only maximize your chances of conception, it will also help you physically meet maternity and birth and then get back to normal following the birth. To customize and healthy gives your child the best start in life.

Finding the right weight management solution will require a constant change in your lifestyle, including control of diet, regular exercise and sensible.

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Confirmation: Mr Daniel P Hay, Associate Professor of obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nottingham to provide clinical study data.

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