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1. Eat Nutritious Foods. A healthy eating plan is the cornerstone of any weight loss journey. Eating nutritious foods can also help you avoid postpartum weight gain. Opt for whole foods full of ...
Women who had a healthy body weight pre-pregnancy and put on more than 10 pounds (which is recommended and healthy, BTW) might work toward their pre-pregnancy weight over a 12-month period after ...
Among the details most sites suggested I include was my baby's weight. While I’m well aware, having been born over three months early and hovering just under two pounds (880 grams), that weight ...
A systematic review update in 2022 demonstrated that pregnant women are at increased risk of severe COVID-19. It also found that risk factors for severe COVID-19 in pregnant people included high body mass index, being of an older age, being of non-white ethnic origin, having pre-existing comorbidities, having pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes.
High-mortality events in general have been shown to result in a reduction in conception, as seen in birth rates nine months later. Lyman Stone in March 2020 suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic would cause a severe reduction in birth rate due to the disease's low case fatality rate, citing occasions on which high death rates motivate an increase in birth rate to replenish populations. [3]
The motivation to lose more weight came after I lost the first 10. I went from saying, “I can’t lose weight,” to “Oh my gosh, I just lost 10 pounds–I’m going to go for 10 more!”
A report in The Lancet indicated that the COVID-19 would indirectly result in elevated maternal deaths and infant mortality, due to disrupted access to healthcare and food. According to the report, "Our least severe scenario ... over 6 months would result in 253,500 additional child deaths and 12,200 additional maternal deaths."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), losing about one to two pounds per week will lead to long-term weight loss, which is much more sustainable than rapid weight loss.