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Pregnant in a larger body: What’s normal, what to watch for, and how to advocate for yourself

Plus-size pregnancies can carry extra risks – but with good care and support, you can have a healthy pregnancy and baby. Here's how.
Medical Xpress

Pregnancy complications contribute to cardiovascular risk for overweight women, study finds

Complications during pregnancy (or adverse pregnancy outcomes), like gestational diabetes and newly developed high blood pressure, act as nature's stress test and may uncover an individual's risk for ...
Medscape

High Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders Among Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common and serious disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, is associated with excess weight and obesity. Little is known about the ...
EurekAlert!

The greater a woman’s BMI in early pregnancy, the more likely her child is to develop overweight or obesity, Australian study finds

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) highlights the need to support women and their families with overweight or obesity to optimise their health and ...
CNN

Is There a Recommended Diet to Follow During Pregnancy for Overweight Women?

Severely overweight women still need to gain some weight during pregnancy. If they don't, they're at higher risk for a low-birth-weight baby. The optimum amount of weight seems to be between 7 and 11 ...

Obesity killing record numbers of pregnant women

Obesity is contributing to a record proportion of deaths among pregnant women, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.