Birth can change so many things about your body, including your new «normal»
postpartum weight status.
Not exact matches
Mean and standard errors of monthly
weight gain after adjusting for maternal age; race / ethnicity; education; household income; marital
status; parity;
postpartum Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program participation; prepregnancy body mass index (calculated as
weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); infant sex; gestational age; birth
weight; age at solid food introduction; and sweet drinks consumption.
ANMS, Austin New Mothers Study; GWG, gestational
weight gain; IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study; NMIHS, National Maternal and Infant Health Survey; NR, not reported; PIN, Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study; PNSS, Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System; pp,
postpartum; PPWR,
postpartum weight retention; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; SES, socioeconomic
status; WIC, Women, Infants and Children Food and Nutrition Services.
The higher risk for maternal
postpartum depression is also associated with reduced parenting skills, which may have negative consequences for the development of the child.28 — 30 Parents of obese children may lack effective parenting skills providing both a consistent structured frame and emotional support.31 In women with GDM, psychosocial vulnerability including low levels of social and family networks is associated with more adverse neonatal outcomes, especially increased birth
weight.32 Thus, there is a tight interaction between maternal lifestyle,
weight status, mental health, social support as well as between maternal and child's overall health.
Subgroup analyses will be performed according to
weight status, mental health
status (EPDS score < 10 vs ≥ 10), prediabetes
status at the initial
postpartum evaluation (6 — 8 weeks
postpartum) as well as sex (for the children).