{"id":204484,"date":"2010-01-20T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T22:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=139658"},"modified":"2010-01-20T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T22:02:08","slug":"get-to-your-ideal-weight-before-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/204484","title":{"rendered":"Get to Your Ideal Weight Before Conception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women planning on getting pregnant may be wise to maintain a healthful weight prior to conception, say authors of a new article published in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/bw\/journal.asp?ref=1751-4851\">Nursing for Women&#8217;s Health<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The authors, Merrie Rebecca Walters, RN and Julie Smith Taylor, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC, reviewed the potential <strong>consequences of maternal obesity<\/strong>. They say that maintaining a healthy weight prior to conception may minimize health risks to both mothers and infants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-139669\" src=\"http:\/\/images3.blisstree.com\/files\/2010\/01\/motherhood-weight.jpg\" alt=\"motherhood-weight\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The authors concluded that obese women are more likely than women with a normal BMI to have an infant with a neural tube defect, heart defects or multiple anomalies. Obese pregnant women are also at higher risk of the following <strong>pregnancy complications<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> gestational diabetes<\/li>\n<li> hypertension<\/li>\n<li> preeclampsia<\/li>\n<li> induction of labor<\/li>\n<li> cesarean delivery<\/li>\n<li> postpartum hemorrhage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The authors note that obesity among pregnant mothers is associated later childhood obesity in their kids. According to the authors, <strong>obesity during pregnancy<\/strong> more than doubles the risk of obesity in kids ages 2-4. That risk may also extend into adolescence and adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>Walters and Taylor emphasize the importance of moms-to-be consulting with their doctors about their <strong>ideal pre-conception weight<\/strong>. They noted that breastfeeding may be an important strategy for potentially breaking the cycle of obesity. The authors note that <strong>women who breastfeed <\/strong>have much higher weight loss than moms who formula feed from one to 12 months after giving birth. They say that breastfeeding may also be beneficial in reducing excessive weight gain in infants, which would also reduce risk of childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Have you considered your weight when planning pregnancy?<\/p>\n<p>(Image via flickr.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/goodcatmum\/2853991011\/\">goodcatmum<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Post from: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\">Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/articles\/get-to-your-ideal-weight-before-conception\/\">Get to Your Ideal Weight Before Conception<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women planning on getting pregnant may be wise to maintain a healthful weight prior to conception, say authors of a new article published in Nursing for Women&#8217;s Health. The authors, Merrie Rebecca Walters, RN and Julie Smith Taylor, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC, reviewed the potential consequences of maternal obesity. They say that maintaining a healthy weight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}