If you get pregnant before losing weight, try not to worry – most women who are overweight have a straightforward pregnancy and birth, and have healthy babies. However, being overweight does increase the risk of complications for both you and your baby. Good antenatal care can help to minimise these risks.
Abimbola Aina-Mumuney, M.D. is a perinatologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Maternal and Fetal Medicine at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland, and is an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Gynecology/Obstetrics. Her areas of clinical expertise include high-risk pregnancy conditions and prevention of preterm labor.
About video: In this video, Dr. Aina-Mumuney offers advice on pregnancy for women who are overweight, including the risks to the mother and baby and how these risks can be managed.
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