The More Overweight Pregnant Women on Top 200 Kg

With higher levels of obesity around the world, doctors in Australia began to worry that overweight pregnant women, where their weight can exceed 200 kg.According to The West Australian newspaper reports, the doctors and midwives at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth (Western Australia) said the growing number of young pregnant women, but their BMI exceeds 40, and even 50.
Body Mass Index (BMI) is an index to measure whether a person is overweight by comparing height to weight. The ideal BMI is between 18.5 and 25. According to the doctors, BMI is too high to make the hospital more difficult to provide the necessary care, and also makes these women may suffer from complications such as miscarriage and high blood pressure.According to the hospital, one third of women who gave birth there had a BMI over 30. According to the Director of Nursing Margaret Davis, they will measure the BMI of the women who get pregnant when they were first reported."These women are obese even before pregnancy, in fact many of them already had a BMI above 35." Margaret Davis said, as reported by Reuters correspondents in Australia, L. Literature Wijaya."Now we are seeing more women who have a BMI banyai very high, above 40, and even in the top 50." "They weigh between 150 to 200 kg, and even some women over 200 pounds." Davis added.According to Davis, this trend does not seem to occur in Western Australia alone, but occurs also in other places. In addition to health problems for women and the baby they are overweight, according to Davis, the hospital facility should also be adjusted accordingly, such as beds. "Some hospitals in a small town does not have a bed.At King Edward Memorial we have some beds that could be used for those with severe to 240 pounds. "Said Davis.Also mentioned, care for obese patients is also difficult for example in the provision of anesthesia and painkillers when obstructed labor (epidural). "The baby they also tend to be smaller so hard to monitor. Bigger the woman, the more difficult to monitor the baby before and during labor." said Davis.The trend was also higher miscarriage and difficult to check the fetus in the womb because of maternal obesity, says Davis.


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