Gaining Weight During Pregnancy Linked To Big Babies

Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new study, women who gain a great deal of weight during pregnancy are more likely to have a big baby over 9 pounds.

Researchers were led by Teresa Hillier of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, and looked at pregnancy weight and how it impacted the weight of the baby.

The study was done with 41,540 women who gave birth to babies in Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.

They all gave birth from 1995 through 2003, and their medical records were looked at to compare weights and such.

They found that women who gained more than 40 pounds during pregnancy doubled their risk of having a baby that was 9 pounds or more.

This increased the health risks for both the mother and the baby due to the weight gain.

It is believed that this is the first study to link excessive weight gain during pregnancy to bigger babies overall.

The study shows that women need to make sure they do the right thing in following recommendations about diet and such.