Being obese may lengthen your pregnancy
July 1, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Women's Health
According to yet more research, if you are obese during the first trimester of pregnancy or you gain more than the recommended amount of weight during your pregnancy, you run a higher risk of going at least two weeks beyond the “normal” 40-week pregnancy.
You can read more about the study that appeared in the May edition of British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the article, Obese moms-to-be have longer pregnancies.
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