Estimating Fetal Weight Increases Risk for Cesarean

Think twice about doing ultrasounds to estimate fetal weight before birth. In this very large, multi-center study, just the act of estimatin...

Exercise Lowers the Risk for Gestational Diabetes in Women of Size

Image Credit: Stocky Bodies Image Library Here is the abstract for a prospective randomized controlled study that found that regular exercis...

Most Babies Suspected to be Large Actually Aren't

So many mothers get the "big baby" fear card handed to them during pregnancy. This often leads to pressure for interventions such ...

Estimating Fetal Weight Increases Cesarean Risk

Image from Wikimedia One intervention often seen in pregnancies these days is estimation of fetal weight. But does this improve outcomes? Bi...

Common Sense Prenatal Weight Gain Recommendations for "Obese" Women

The 2009 IOM Guidelines for Prenatal Weight Gain Coming up with official prenatal weight gain guidelines is difficult. There's always a ...

Metformin Does NOT Lower Birthweight Among Non-Diabetic Obese Mothers

Although most higher-BMI women have average-sized babies, larger women have a higher percentage of big babies. This is one of the biggest re...