Sentences with phrase «reduces postpartum weight»

Breastfeeding reduces postpartum weight retention.

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Effect of Exercise on Maternal Health • Reduced fat deposition • Less weight retention in the postpartum period • Higher energy levels during and after pregnancy • Greater tolerance to the physiological and psychological demands of pregnancy • Fewer physical complaints • Shorter and less complicated labors • Less incidence of surgical intervention in labor • Quicker postpartum recovery

For the mom, breastfeeding reduces the risk of postpartum bleeding and helps women return to their pre-pregnancy weight more quickly.

The studies show that working out while pregnant has many benefits such as controlling weight gain, reduced back pain, easier delivery, and a quick postpartum recovery.

We don't know if pumping breast milk offers moms the same benefits of breastfeeding, such as increased postpartum weight loss, and reduced risk of postpartum depression, multiple reproductive cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.

It can help you lose weight, lower your stress, reduce postpartum bleeding and decrease your risk of some types of cancer and osteoporosis.

Breastfeeding may help you recover from gestational diabetes and reduce risk of developing type 2 diabetes, while also helping with postpartum weight loss.

Additional reasons for deciding not to breastfeed can include concern about the quality and quantity of breast milk, and partner and family support, which are common across developed and developing countries.10, 11 Women who decide not to breastfeed are also more likely to have smoked during their pregnancy, be primiparous mothers (i.e., having their first child), and to have a child born low birth weight or with complex health issues such as cystic fibrosis.9, 12 Prenatal and post-natal stressful experiences may also reduce the duration of breastfeeding.13 Finally, several studies suggest that mother's who return to work within the first 6 months postpartum or anticipate an early return to full - time employment, are less likely to breastfeed.

The studies show that working out while pregnant has many benefits such as controlling weight gain, reduced back pain, easier delivery, and a quick postpartum recovery.

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.

Thus, in the Diabetes Prevention Program, weight loss after GDM reduced future diabetes incidence by 16 % for every kilogram lost.77 The Nurses Health Study found that healthy diet patterns such as a Mediterranean diet, a Dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) pattern diet or an Alternative Healthy Eating diet reduced diabetes incidence by 40 % — 57 % in women who had GDM 14 years before.78 Evidence of the Gestational Diabetes» Effects on Moms study shows that a lifestyle intervention that starts during pregnancy and continues postpartum is feasible and may prevent pregnancy weight retention and help overweight women lose weight.79 80