Obese? Higher chance of pregnancy.
Boing Boing is covering a story about the effects of obesity on oral contraceptives, the staple of our 21st century sexual revolution. Now it appears that obese women are as much as 70% more likely to become pregnant when taking birth control pills than their regular-sized counterparts. Victoria Holt suggests that higher metabolic rates, increased enzyme concentrations, and the solubility of the hormones in oral contraceptives in fat.
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Hi- I’m Sharon Biddinger, the one the article was written about. Just to clear up this 6 year thorn in my side, I did not attribute my weight gain to “lack of exercise” and “eating whatever I wanted”. I came down with mastitis and that threw me into a hormonal imbalance in which I literally gained 60lbs. in 2 months. The weight has been extremely difficult to loose. I will agree, however, that going into my second pregnancy significantly heavier than my first took a toll on my entire body, health wise and emotionally. I encourage a healthy lifestyle, not for vanity reasons, but to live a fuller, happier life. Struggling with your weight when your pregnant can easily rob you of the little joys of pregnancy in addition to depleting your energy. Make good choices. Get out and exercise. You will feel the difference.
My mother is obese and pregnant but i don't think because of obesity that is why she got pregnant, it's fine to be pregnant even you are obese as long as you maintain all you need to maintain like regular check up to the doctor.
Overweight or obese women are more likely to experience complications within pregnancy, and also that their chance of a successful IVF treatment is lower, and that therefore this precious resource should be withheld from them.
Sharon Biddinger, 24, now pregnant with her second child, was almost 50 pounds heavier going into this pregnancy than she was the first time around. She attributes the weight gain after her first child to a lack of exercise and eating whatever she wanted. The extra weight really took a toll on Sharon emotionally. She would often inspire insensitive comments like, “When are you going to lose that baby weight?” “It was a horrible and depressing time,” she says.
I was reading an article in a local news paper and I was shocked to read that those very fat can suffer from hindrances in pregnancy.