Obesity and danger at birth

Obese women have a higher risk of having complications during childbirth than normal women. This is a study done by the British gynecological medical journal.

 

Obese women are at risk of complications during childbirth (Photo: main.uab) Researchers have observed 8,300 women during their first childbirth, one-third of them classified as obese. In the end, they found that most obese cases had to undergo surgery or life-saving drugs.

 

Experts say this is a very remarkable study and advises women  Being at risk of obesity should lose weight before deciding to become pregnant. People with obesity are those with a BMI (Body Mass Index) higher than 30. To calculate this index, we only need to take the body weight in kilograms.  (kg) divided by the square of the height in meters (m). Over the past 10 years the proportion of obese women during pregnancy has doubled.

 

Complications

According to scientists, women who are obese not only give birth to a difficult baby, but are also more likely to lose blood, urinary tract infection or the shoulder of a child who is stuck in birth.

 

In cases of surgery, the level of danger is also very high, unlike normal cases.

 

Moreover, the majority of children born to these women need special care and care  assist in the process of nourishing or maintaining body temperature.

 

Dr. Talakere Usha Kiran, the leader of the research team, said that scientists are still unable to explain the exact cause of this phenomenon. Mrs.  "We have discovered this danger and our next task is to find a way to limit it," he said.

 

Peter Bowen-Simpkins, a spokesman for the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said: "Women with a BMI over 30 are often at risk of experiencing high complications both during and after birth. When difficult to give birth doctors often use uterine surgery, but in women who are obese it becomes very difficult because the fat layer in the abdomen is too thick . " He advised women to lose weight before deciding to become pregnant because it is the most effective solution anyway.