Poor neonatal care...
Poor neonatal care...
premature birth , fetal alcohol syndrome , low birth weight , and STD transmission .
Mothers do gain weight when they are pregnant.
this is due to the weight distribution and positioning of the child in the mothers belly. more weight equals more stress on the body which causes painful backaches.
It is important for the mother to be a healthy weight for the baby to be healthy. Underweight mothers have a higher rate of miscarriage and smaller babies. Overweight mothers have a higher rate of gestational diabetes. Diabetes can leave too much sugar in the blood stream leading to large babies. This can lead to problems with the birth and more chance of Caesarian. Overweight mothers also have a higher rate of complications during surgery. It is harder to get an epidural into an overweight mother and a caesarian is more difficult because of the bigger layer of fat between the skin and the uterus.
A healthy mother will usually produce a healthy baby of good birthweight, even mothers who have very poor food can produce good size babies, and it is rather the mothers nutrition duirng her own childhood which is as important.
Many babies born to teenagers are more likely to be born prematurely, have low birth weight, and face health and developmental challenges. Teenage mothers may also struggle financially and emotionally to provide adequate care and support for their newborns.
Exposure to carbon monoxide can reduce the oxygen supply to the developing fetus, affecting its growth and development. This can lead to low birth weight in babies born to mothers who have been exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide.
There are many different classes designed for new born babies and mothers to help promote exercise. These are normally called mommy and me classes, and are offered by local gyms.
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She lost too many weight and her weight isn't the normal weight to have a child.
While you're pregnant - EVERYTHING you take into your body is passed on to the foetus via the umbilical cord. If you smoke - then so does your unborn baby ! Babies born of smoking mothers are often smaller than 'normal', under-weight or have other health defects.