Pregnancy, or the desire to become pregnant, often inspires women to take better care of themselves – quitting smoking, for example, or eating more nutritiously.
But now many women face an increasingly common problem: obesity, which affects 36 percent of women of childbearing age. In addition to hindering conception, obesity – defined as a body mass index above 30 – is linked to a host of difficulties during pregnancy, labor and delivery.
These range from gestational diabetes, hypertension and pre-eclampsia to miscarriage, premature birth, emergency cesarean delivery and stillbirth.
The infants of obese women are more likely to have congenital defects, and they are at greater risk of dying at or soon after birth. Babies who survive are more likely to develop hypertension and obesity as adults. read more
TOPFIT Daily Activities --- Lower Table Rock Hike
Today I headed out to Lower Table Rock for a more relaxed hike....it was time for a bit of a break. Afterward, I made time for a quick pushup and plank workout.
Buzzards and hawks.....I didn't know I had captured the hawks in the pic until I zoomed in on the pic at home.
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