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• They Say: Obesity During Pregnancy Raises Risk of Birth Defects

  A new study looking at data from dozens of earlier research efforts has concluded that women who are obese cduring pregnancy are more likely to give birth to children with birth defects, in particular spina bifida and other neural tube defects. Other problems, such as hydrocephaly, cleft palate, and some heart and limb anomalies, are also found at higher rates when children are born to mothers who were obese during pregnancy. Read More... Posted Feb 13 2009, 03:01 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, research study, obesity, overweight, weight loss, weight, bariatric surgery, spina bifida, researchers, neural tube defects, obese mothers, hydrocephalus

• They Say: Healthier Pregnancies, Babies After Gastric Bypass

  It used to be that pregnancy was a time of blessed reprieve for overweight women. Once the belly grew out past the "is she or isn't she" point, they could bask in the public affirmation of their size instead of worrying about being judged for it. Ladies, those days are gone. Overweight and pregnant, it seems, isn't cute when it means an increased risk of not only gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia but also prematurity, low birth weight, and other neonate ills. So for women of childbearing age who are significantly overweight or obese, a new report suggests, undergoing weight-loss surgery before becoming pregnant might be the smartest thing you can do. Read More... Posted Nov 20 2008, 01:30 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, obesity, overweight, bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, obese, weight-loss surgery

• Applying Rules of Adoption to Biological Parents

  Kelly wrote a while back about the story of Gary Stocklaufer, the man considered by a judge to be too obese to be a parent and denied adopting the baby girl he and his wife had been fostering and were set to adopt. Remember him? Well, he went ahead and had bariatric surgery (donated by a hospital) in order to complete the adoption. While I'm stunned at the level of sacrifice this man endured (that surgery can be life-threatening and he'll likely have various issues to contend with the rest of his life), it also strikes me that any one of us would have done the same thing or something similar. Seriously, wouldn't you? You know you would. Denied being the mom or dad of your child, biological or adopted, most of us would likely do anything to maintain the connection. We're genetically wired for that sort of thing and that's how kids survive to grow up and continue the species.   Read More... Posted Aug 28 2007, 12:06 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: baby, adoption, forster child, adoptive family, bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, Gary Stocklaufer