NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who are overweight or obese in the first trimester of pregnancy and those who have a greater change in body weight during pregnancy are more apt to have lengthier pregnancies and more complications, according to results of a new study.
Dr. Fiona C. Denison, of the University of Edinburgh, UK, and colleagues analyzed data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register on women who gave birth between 1998 and 2002.
Out of 143,519 pregnancies, 6.8 percent were delivered "postdate" -- defined as longer than 42 weeks. A normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.
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Looks like they could do with a Babymoon too. Interesting article, i didn't realise that was the case.
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