The risk of infant death is increased due to obesity in pregnancy.  Over the years at Slender For Life™ I have assisted moms-to-be with weight loss, even while they are pregnant. With a written referral from the medical doctor, expectant mom’s can safely and healthfully lose weight. Hypnosis for weight loss is good for both the mom and for the baby. Healthcare reform must begin with each of us being responsible for our own health and the health of our families.

Infant Death Risk Due To Obesity In Pregnancy

Obesity in Pregnancy May Raise Infant Death Risk

WebMD Health News April 7, 2011 – It is increasingly clear that obese women have an increased risk for poorer pregnancy outcomes, even if they don’t develop the complications most commonly associated with obesity.

Babies born to obese moms appear to have an increased risk of dying before birth, at delivery, and during their first year of life, according to a new study.

Maternal obesity during early pregnancy was found to double a baby’s risk for death before delivery and up to one year after birth in a new study from Newcastle University in the U.K.

Nearly half of childbearing-age women in the U.S. are overweight or obese, and maternal obesity is known to increase the risk for gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, surgical delivery, and other complications of pregnancy.

The researchers concluded that 16 deaths could be expected for every 1,000 babies born to obese women — eight more than would be expected among normal-weight women during early pregnancy.

Prevention efforts should focus on getting women to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight before they get pregnant.

The study appears in the April issue of the journal Human Reproduction.
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If you are overweight and are pregnant or are overweight and want to become pregnant, weight loss hypnosis can safely help you and help your baby. Don’t wait to lose weight until after your baby is born – talk to your medical doctor and begin your weight loss journey now. Your baby deserves a healthy mom.

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Weight loss self-hypnosis really can help obese women from gaining too many pregnancy pounds. Slender For Life™ clients learn how to hypnotize themselves with self-hypnosis. The great news is that not only can they more easily manage their weight with hypnotherapy through pregnancy, they can apply the hypnosis tools for stress reduction and the delivery of their baby. Hypnosis for weight loss can be applied to most any area of life. Contact Seattle hypnosis and find out how you can learn hypnosis for your health and wellness no matter where you live.

On Monday,  October26, 2009, Reuters Health posted the following article: – Obese Women Often Gain Too Many Pregnancy Pounds. Most obese women gain more weight than is recommended during pregnancy, and may find those pounds tough to shed in the long run, a new study suggests.

In a study of 1,656 obese women who gave birth over five years, researchers found that about three-quarters gained more than 15 pounds during pregnancy — which at the time was the recommended weight gain for obese women.

Moreover, those extra pounds did not easily disappear after childbirth, according to findings published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

In general, the study found, the more pregnancy pounds a woman gained, the more she retained one year after giving birth.

Compared with women who gained less than 15 pounds, those who put on more than 15 to 25 pounds were twice as likely to remain more than 10 pounds over their pre-pregnancy weight. Those odds were increased eight-fold among women who gained more than 35 pounds during pregnancy.

“We found that nearly three quarters of obese women gain too much weight during pregnancy — and the more weight they gain, the harder it is to lose,” lead researcher Dr. Kimberly K. Vesco, of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, said in a written statement.

She noted that the excess weight gain is not only a problem for women’s future health, but can also boost the risk of pregnancy complications and difficult delivery. Among the possible complications are gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia, a potentially dangerous condition marked by high blood pressure, fluid retention and protein in the urine.

Because of the risks, experts recommend that obese women gain less than what is recommended for normal-weight women during pregnancy. At the time of this study, the Institute of Medicine, an advisory body to the federal government, suggested that obese pregnant women gain about 15 pounds.

Recently, though, the IOM set an upper limit for weight gain, and now suggests that obese pregnant women put on a minimum of 11 pounds and no more than 20. Read Obese Women often Gain Too Many Pregnancy Pounds in its entirety.

It is interesting to me that back in 1999, Dr. John McDougall, M.D., wrote about this in his book, The McDougall Program For Woman.  Dr. McDougall also wrote that “A study published in the Southern Medical Journal found mothers living on a purely plant-based diet (vegan) were essentially free from preeclampsia. The best way to reduce calories is to eat vegetables. The reason, simply, is that vegetables are low in calories, yet they fill you up and they are extremely high in nutrients. You can achieve your optimal weight and never have to go hungry on a plant-based diet.”

And, on October 30, 2009, the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM) issued the following breaking news bulletin: More Vegetables for Mom Decreases Risk of Diabetes for Baby

In a new study published in Pediatric Diabetes, researchers found that women who consumed the least amount of vegetables during pregnancy were more likely to have babies who developed type 1 diabetes.

Compared with women who ate vegetables daily, those consuming vegetables only three to five times per week had a 71 percent increased risk of having a child with diabetes.

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Don’t wait, learn hypnosis and use the power of weight loss self-hypnosis for all areas of your life. children and adults can learn how to hypnotize with self-hypnosis.

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Here is what Reuters had to say on October 19, 2009, about relaxation and pregnancy. “Old-fashioned, common-sense advice to just relax may actually work to help some women get pregnant, doctors reported on Monday.

Alice Domar, who runs a fertility center in Boston and also works at Harvard Medical School, found that women who took part in a stress management program while having a second round of assisted fertility treatment had a 160 percent greater pregnancy rate than women getting IVF alone.

This study shows that stress management may improve pregnancy rates, minimizing the stress of fertility management itself, improving the success rates of IVF procedures, and ultimately, helping to alleviate the emotional burden for women who are facing challenges trying to conceive.

It’s clear based on this carefully designed study, that a holistic approach to infertility care leads to better outcomes for patients, said Dr. R. Dale McClure, president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.” Read Want to get pregnant? Just relax in it’s entirety.

Hypnotherapy and stress management go hand in hand. Relaxing with hypnosis is really quite easy to do, especially when you use the Light Switch self-hypnosis technique. So learn how to hypnotize (which is easy to do) and put self-hypnosis to work for you. I use hypnosis frequently throughout each day to manage how I respond to stress. If you haven’t received your copy of Orange Blossom, get it now. It’s my free hypnosis MP3.

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Weight loss, hypnosis and pregnancy? You bet! With your doctor’s supervision, you can lose weight while you are pregnant. Women come to the Seattle weight loss and Bainbridge Island weight loss offices of  Slender For Life™ to become pregnant or to lose weight during pregnancy. Hypnosis weight control really can work and its a great way to improve health and reduce medical costs. Read about Hypnosis In One Minute and find out how you can put self-hypnosis to help you in preparation for pregnancy, during pregnancy and after birth.

David Morgan wrote on October 1, 2009 in Reuters that  “Women who are overweight or obese when they get pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with congenital heart defects, according to a U.S. government study released on Thursday.

The study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, concluded that women who were overweight or obese at the time they became pregnant were 18 percent more likely to give birth to babies with heart defects, while severely obese women had a 30 percent increased risk.

Congenital heart defects are the most common types of birth defect, and among all birth defects, they are a leading cause of illness, death and medical expenditures.

The CDC, the U.S. government’s disease watchdog, recommends that overweight women work with their doctors to achieve a healthy weight before pregnancy.” Read the full article:  Overweight Mothers Linked To Infant Heart Defects.

Weight loss hypnosis can be an important component for becoming pregnant and for having a healthy baby.

My book, Becoming Slender For Life and its hypnosis CD set show you how you can put hypnosis weight control to work for you and your family. Read about Hypnosis In One Minute and put self-hypnosis to work for you.

Do your part to bring down medical costs and lose weight with hypnotherapy. If you live close to my Seattle weight loss or Bainbridge Island weight loss offices I’d love to talk with you in person. If you live too far a way, I can create a hypnosis for weight loss program just for you.

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Studies repeatedly show that weight loss hypnosis is powerful and effective and using the same tools women can alter eating habits for a healthier pregnancy. Using the same hypnosis for weight loss tools, pregnant women can take control of what they are eating and how much they are eating to support a healthy pregnancy.

According to the Autumn 2008 issue of PCRM‘s Good Medicine, a new study shows that some of its benefits may be unexpected. According to the study, fiber consumption during the first three months of pregnancy can reduce the risk of developing preeclampsia, a condition with potentially lethal complications. Fiber, or plant roughage, is found in vegetables, fruits, beans and grains. Preeclampsia is characterized by high blood pressure and protein in urine and develops during and immediately after pregnancy and can affect both women and their infants.

Not only can you lose weight with hypnosis, you can use self-hypnosis to manage healthy eating behavior and maintain your healthy weight. To understand hypnotherapy and to learn how to hypnotize yourself read Moore On Hypnosis and watch Light Switch Self-Hypnosis.

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Overweight Moms Miscarriage More Often

Overweight and thinking about becoming pregnant? Pregnancy loss is  67% higher for overweight women. To lower your risk of miscarriage later, lower your weight now. New research suggests entering pregnancy with extra pounds increases your chances of miscarriage by 67%. Add this to a long list of reproductive risks posed by excess weight, including infertility, gestational diabetes, pre-eclampsia, contraceptive failure, congenital malformations, and increased odds that offspring will become obese.

British researchers found  that a 5′4″ woman weighing 145 lbs. (prior to pregnancy) would be two-thirds more likely to miscarry than a woman who weighed 15 lbs. less.

Beyond maintaining a healthy weight, there are other dietary measures women can take to protect their unborn children. Fruit and vegetable consumption can lower a woman’s chances of giving birth to a child with leukemia. Adequate copper intake — from sources such as shiitake mushrooms, cashews and soybeans — lower the risk of premature births. Folate-rich foods — like beans, spinach, broccoli, and Romaine lettuce — can help prevent neural tube defects, as do sources of betaine (beets, spinach) and choline (broccoli, Navy beans). According to exciting research from the University of North Carolina, choline-rich foods may even help boost your baby’s brainpower.

Do you want to lose weight? My book, Becoming Slender For Life and it’s Becoming Slender For Life hypnosis audio reinforcement system teach the Light Switch Self Hypnosis and shows you how easy self hypnosis is. At Slender For Life™ we use the Light Switch Self Hypnosis technique as an easy way for you to use hypnotherapy to change your eating behaviors for your unborn child.

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