![]() ![]() But shockingly, this is something that is all too common. You’d think they’d be sensitive when dealing with a population so susceptible to the harms of diet mentality. So you would think that it would be a top priority for OBs to avoid making their pregnant patients feel bad about their weight gain. If you subscribe to an intuitive eating food philosophy, then you know that dieting and obsessing about weight frequently leads to disordered eating behaviors, and in extreme cases, eating disorders. Meanwhile, women with a history of eating disorders have higher rates of miscarriage, small for gestational age babies, low birth weight babies, babies with microcephaly, intrauterine growth restriction, and premature labor. ![]() Studies suggest that as many as 75% of American women have disordered eating behaviors or report symptoms of eating disorders. The thing is, pregnancy is not the time to make a woman feel bad about her weight. WEIGHT GAIN DURING PREGNANCY AND EATING DISORDERS In some cases, this hypervigilance is merely disheartening to a woman trying to embrace her changing body, in other cases, it could lead to a full-fledged spiral with harmful outcomes for both her and her unborn baby. On the other hand, I believe obstetricians have become overly cautious about what is often normal, healthy growth. On the one hand, we want to protect babies from the detrimental effects of disorders associated with excessive weight gain such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Weight gain during pregnancy - it’s a sensitive subject. Here’s why I think doctors need to be more considerate when addressing weight gain during pregnancy. When I was 20 weeks pregnant, a doctor told me I should “slow down” my weight gain. ![]()
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