Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies

   As reported in the New York Times:




Weight Loss Surgery Helps Obese Women Have Healthier Babies

By RONI CARYN RABIN Published: November 19, 2008

Women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies and healthier babies than do obese women who become pregnant, researchers reported on Wednesday.

The review of 75 studies found that pregnant women who lose weight after bariatric surgery may have lower rates of complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia and do almost as well as non-obese women. Their babies are also healthier and may be less likely to be born prematurely or to be very small, the authors found.




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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/health/research/20bariatri c.html?_r=1

 I can understand this..... WLS makes ****** easier and healthier too.........