Comments on: They Say: Obese Women Should Put On Zero Kg in Pregnancy http://www.babble.com.au/2009/05/21/they-say-obese-women-should-zero-kg-in-pregnancy/ The magazine for a new generation of parents Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:25:12 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Helene Byrne, BeFit-Mom http://www.babble.com.au/2009/05/21/they-say-obese-women-should-zero-kg-in-pregnancy/comment-page-1/#comment-4508 Helene Byrne, BeFit-Mom Fri, 22 May 2009 17:20:38 +0000 http://www.babble.com.au/?p=15828#comment-4508 Rather than focusing on what pregnant women shouldn't do or eat, a healthier approach is to focus on what should be done: eat the healthiest daily diet, in the amount that corresponds to the individual's metabolism, and perform moderate level, low impact exercise on most days of the week. That's how to optimize maternal and fetal health. Rather than focusing on what pregnant women shouldn’t do or eat, a healthier approach is to focus on what should be done: eat the healthiest daily diet, in the amount that corresponds to the individual’s metabolism, and perform moderate level, low impact exercise on most days of the week. That’s how to optimize maternal and fetal health.

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I’m due today with my 4th baby and have gained well over 20kg with each pregnancy…. and yet lost that in the 6 weeks post birth… I consider that my ‘normal’. For me to gain no weight in pregnancy, I would consider that risky… as is pushing the ‘antifat woman agenda’.

For reading on scare providing to fat women see here: http://wellroundedmama.blogspot.com/2009/05/care-providers-vs-scare-providers.html

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