Obesity, Pregnancy Complications, and Birth Outcomes

Nicole E. Marshall; Catherine Y. Spong

doi:10.1055/s-0032-1328874

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, Table of Contents

Semin Reprod Med 2012; 30(06): 465-471
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1328874

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Obesity, Pregnancy Complications, and Birth Outcomes

Nicole E. Marshall

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

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Catherine Y. Spong

²Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, Eunice Kennedy-Shriver NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

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Abstract

Obesity is an increasingly common complication of pregnancy with over half of all women in the United States starting pregnancy overweight or obese. Obese women face unique physiological changes during pregnancy, and these women and their neonates are at increased risk for perinatal morbidity and mortality. In this review, we discuss physiological alterations in obese pregnant women and examine obesity-related antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications along with management options.

Keywords

obesity - pregnancy - complications - perinatal - morbidity - mortality

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