Risk pregnancies due to inadequate weight

Eat a balanced and healthy diet during pregnancy it is something fundamental for the correct development of it and for the growth of the fetus. Mothers who do not control their diet because they do not receive advice from specialists may become obese or underweight during pregnancy, which in either case has harmful consequences for the health of both the mother and the baby.

Obesity during pregnancy and its consequences

Women who are obese have great risks of having complications During pregnancy. It is very important, in addition to eating a proper diet, find out the body mass index before becoming pregnant to be able to control the weight gain.


The consequences that obesity can cause in the health of the mother are many:

- Spontaneous abortion.

- Birth without life of the baby.

- Hypertension and preeclampsia.

- Gestational diabetes.

- Complications the delivery or need of cesarean section.

Studies have shown that mothers who are obese can transmit to their overweight babies, in addition to other complications such as defects in the brain or spinal cord, being obese in childhood or shoulder dystrophy because of being a very large baby at the time of delivery.

To improve the chances of having a pregnancy and a healthy baby It is good to have a preconception checkup. This medical checkup is done three months before getting pregnant to correct any dysfunction before pregnancy.


Effects of low weight during pregnancy

The control of the nutritional status in pregnancy is a fundamental factor both to avoid overweight and to prevent the pregnancy from developing with low weight of the mother. Among the causes of insufficient weight gain is poverty, teenage pregnancy, restrictive diets or eating disorders.

The negative consequences that a low weight can leave in pregnancy are:

- Preterm births.

- Low weight of the newborn.

- Malformations.

- Problems in the development.

-Learning disorders.

Therefore, specialists recommend that a prenatal check be performed and that the development of pregnancy be monitored. It is estimated that women gain between 13 and 18 threads during pregnancy. Likewise, the feeding plan for pregnant women who may have low weight will have to contain foods that increase energy, based on protein, calcium, iron, zinc and folic acid.


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