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I am 32 and overweight, but definitely working it off as much as possible. I want to start trying to conceive in Feb. but I will still have a long way to go with my weight. I am wondering if it will be okay to get pregnant then because I don’t want to be pregnant at too old of an age. I am already concerned that 32 is a little old…. even though I realize women are giving birth at much older ages now.

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Here’s some really great info for you. Kudos to you for trying so hard to lose all the weight, the closer you are to your goal weight, the better for you and baby!!

During pregnancy overweight women are subject to risk of miscarriage, preeclampsia, diabetes and hypertension to a greater degree. While heightened sugar content in blood a baby, as a rule, turns to be too big, what fraught with Cesarean section, as during delivery big fetus can cause additional problems for a woman: breakages, bleeding.

You should not think that it is good to give birth to a big baby. You can receive “empty” calories from sugar and receive less important proteins, amino acids and fats. Moreover, big babies are often born prematurely. Doctors note that during recent time there’s just an epidemic of giving birth to big babies, increasing statistics of Cesarean sections beyond the clouds.

Hypertension and preeclampsia often lead to Cesarean section. Heightened blood pressure causes bad penetrability of blood vessels. Sudden increase of blood pressure during delivery can lead to blood-stroke, and baby may receive not enough quantity of blood. Placenta is supplied with blood not enough, fetus does not receive enough nutrition, moreover, you need to remember, that overweight women’s Cesarean section itself is accompanied by certain difficulties because of excesses of abdominal fat.

Overweight women have heightened risk of preeclampsia – toxicosis on late terms of pregnancy. Work of kidneys breaks, hence goes albumen in urine, edemas. Supply of nutritive materials through placenta to baby reduces. Fetus has pre-natal lack of oxygen. In such cases babies with too small weight are born. They may suffer from diseases, connected with defect of brain nutrition: neurologic diseases, convulsive syndromes.

During delivery most typical complications for overweight women are: heightened blood loss, infections of urinary tracts and defect of baby’s shoulders during vaginal delivery. Such babies need help in neonatology department much more often, as a result of problems with nutrition and unstable body temperature.

If you are overweight and are going to have a baby, then future pregnancy – is the best cause to start changing your habits, leading to adiposity: move more and eat right way. Many women succeed in this, as interests of baby health prevail over weak will. Moreover, if overweight women switch to a strict dietary nutrition during pregnancy (but not to starvation), then after delivery they will be able to lose much weight. Risk of complications will be reduced to minimum, if you grow thin in time. Continue reading What are the risks of being very overweight and pregnant? →