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BMI
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fertil
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Women who are overweight or obese
have less chance of getting pregnant .
Check Your
BMI
Today
FERTILITY TIPS
If you are Obese or Over
weight then Your baby
is at Risk
WE CARE FOR YOUR BABY
FEMELIFE
Reduce your weight before
pregnancy
to
Healthy Range of BMI
Risks of High BMI
"Don't Try To be Very Thin"
Check your BMI
BMI- Should be between 18.5 - 24.9
"Being underweight
is just as bad for fertility as being
overweight."
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The risk of pre-eclampsia doubles in
overweight women and triples in obese
women.
Overweight women have twice the risk
of pregnancy-related diabetes and
obese women eight times the risk,
compared with women of healthy
weight.
A woman who is obese is more than
twice as likely to have a miscarriage as
a woman of healthy weight.
There is twice the risk that her baby
will not survive.
Infants born to obese women are more
likely to be large for their age, need
neonatal intensive care or have a
congenital abnormality.