Cut Your Weight Before Conception
When you go to speak with a
fertility treatment doctor about your options for getting pregnant, you are going to get a whole lot of information. You are also going to get a lot of advice. Although most of this is going to be about the types of treatment options that you have for trying to conceive, some of it is also going to be about your health. That's because what is good for your health is good for the health of any babies that you might eventually carry in your body.
Likewise, what's bad for you is bad for your baby. That's why pregnant women stop smoking and drinking, of course. And it's also why women should be a healthy weight when they get pregnant. A
new study confirms this latter fact by showing that women who are overweight or obese at the time of conception are significantly more likely to have obese children than their normal-weight counterparts.
There is a lot to think about when you start going to a fertility treatment doctor. You're going to be making decisions about medications and health care providers and all sorts of other things. But you shouldn't be so focused on the conception that you forget about the importance of the pregnancy itself. Keep yourself healthy - and fit - in order to have the best luck with your treatments.
Question of the Day: Of how much importance is your weight in comparison with other fertility concerns?photo link
Posted by Kathryn on 1/8/2008 7:56:19 AM
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