STAY IN SHAPE FOR HEALTHY BABIES
The link between healthy maternal weight and healthy pregnancy is well established, but new research has shown another good reason to keep your BMI at 25 or below when you’re getting ready to have a baby. Swedish researchers have found a link between high BMI and the risk of a child being born with birth defects. The study, published in the British Medical Journal, found that the heavier the mother during early pregnancy, the higher the risk of having a child with birth defects.