Rise of the sumo baby Jun 10, 2008
5oz, but the rise in babies with macrosomia (excessive birth weight) is more pronounced. According to figures from the Office of National Statistics, the number of babies more than 9lb 15oz increased by 20% in the decade up to 2003. (guardian.co.uk)
Obesity During Pregnancy Carries Bigger Price Tag Apr 4, 2008
Complications such as preeclampsia, diabetes, deep vein thrombosis, macrosomia (excessive newborn birth weight), abnormal labor and the need for a Caesarean delivery are the usual reasons for an increased level of care and longer hospital stays, Frieder said. "This is all just a small example of the massive problem that obesity costs our society, both to individual health as well as the economic cost to our institutions," Frieder said. (MEDLINEplus)
Fetus at Risk at Lower Levels of Maternal Blood Glucose Than Thought Jun 23, 2007
Since the fetus is getting more energy than it needs, the extra energy is stored as fat, which can lead to macrosomia -- a large baby. Babies with macrosomia face health problems of their own, including damage to their shoulders during birth. (PR Newswire)
Joy Overshadowed May 18, 2007
" An autopsy would be the only way to know whether that was the cause of death. Even in a hospital setting, "the body can't clot, and you can't stop the bleeding," she says. Clay, who remains at St. Joseph's Hospital, is a large, healthy baby, at 9 pounds, 3 ounces. Macrosomia, or heavy birth weight, is hard to detect before birth and doesn't necessarily require special treatment, according to medical journals. A recent study reported that excessive bleeding occurred in mothers with babies... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Mild gestational diabetes in pregnancy and the adipoinsular axis in babies born to mothers in the ACHOIS randomised controlled trial Apr 13, 2007
Treatment of mild GDM is known to reduce adverse perinatal outcomes such as macrosomia and associated birth injuries, such as shoulder dystocia, bone fractures and nerve palsies. This study aimed to compare the plasma glucose concentrations and serum insulin, leptin and adiponectin in cord blood of babies of women (a) without gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), (b) with mild GDM under routine care, or (c) mild GDM with treatment. (BioMed Central)
Mutation Associated With An Increase In Birthweight And Macrosomia Apr 5, 2007
Macrosomia and hypoglycemia due to heterozygous HNF4A mutations (Credit: Image courtesy of Public Library of Science, Medicine) ... Macrosomia (birthweight more than 4000g) is associated with complications for both mothers and babies; one cause of macrosomia is diabetes in the mother ... Nonetheless, the authors conclude that "in addition to maternal factors, paternal factors (including history of diabetes) should be considered when assessing macrosomia risk." A related perspective by Benjamin... (Science Daily)
Poor Control of Gestational Diabetes Harms Fetus Mar 15, 2007
These include delivering an abnormally large infant, a condition called "macrosomia" and delivering an infant with "hypoglycemia" or low blood sugar ... The researchers defined adverse outcome as a composite variable including macrosomia, large-for-gestational age, hypoglycemia, jaundice and stillbirth ... In terms of individual conditions, uncontrolled blood sugar levels were significantly associated with macrosomia, large-for-gestational age, and infant low blood sugar, but not with jaundice... (MEDLINEplus)
Ethnicity Affects Gestational Diabetes Outcome Sep 15, 2006
Infants born to Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders had higher rates of infants with macrosomia -- abnormally large bodies -- compared with other ethnic groups ... Macrosomia of the fetus was detected more than four times as often in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders than in Caucasians ... A higher rate of fetal macrosomia was also seen in Filipino women, who had nearly three times the risk compared with that seen in Caucasian women. (MEDLINEplus)
Women with Diabetes Still Having Too Big Babies Jun 8, 2006
He explained that there's a connection between a mother's blood glucose levels and the birthweight of her baby, but exactly what leads to macrosomia, as abnormally large size is termed, in individual pregnancies is not well understood. Lindsay and his colleagues examined changes in perinatal mortality and the birthweight of babies born between 1960 and 1999at one hospital to mothers with long-standing type 1 diabetes. (MEDLINEplus)
Obesity During Pregnancy: Can It Harm Baby? Feb 8, 2006
Common complications to the baby include various types of birth defects, macrosomia large body size , and shoulder dystocia, a potential life-threatening complication during labor in which the baby's shoulder cannot pass easily through the birth canal, the committee said in statement published in the journal, Birth Defects Research. Most importantly, the risk of fetal neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, is doubled in obese women when compared to normal weight women. (ABC News - Health)
''Fidgety" Babies of Diabetic Moms Don't Get Large Jan 7, 2006
While babies of diabetic women are prone to become overly big, a condition called macrosomia, it has been unclear why a substantial proportion do not develop this problem. The "fidgety fetus hypothesis" has been proposed as an explanation, suggesting that increased fetal activity can counteract the macrosomia-promoting effects of the mother''s high glucose levels ... Macrosomia is typically defined as a birth weight heavier than the 90th percentile for gestational age. (MEDLINEplus)
