According to the latest clinical statistics, more than 200 more \”overweight\” newborns were born at Harbin Red Cross Central Hospital this year than last year. Experts warn that this is a misunderstanding. It’s not that the bigger the baby, the better. Extra large babies are prone to many health risks.
Wei Honglin, deputy director of the third department of obstetrics and gynecology at Harbin Red Cross Central Hospital, said that a normal newborn weighs about 6 to 8 kilograms, and a baby weighing more than 8 kilograms is considered a \”giant fetus.\” Giant fetuses were relatively rare in the past, but have become common in recent years. Among the nearly 20 newborns born in the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital, one may have a macrosomia. This year, I treated a pregnant woman in her 40s. Because she is an advanced maternal age, her family is afraid that the fetus will be undernourished, so they often eat sea cucumbers as a supplement. When giving birth, the pregnant woman weighed more than 50 kilograms more than before pregnancy, and the baby weighed 11 kilograms at birth.
\”The bigger the newborn, the better.\” Wei Honglin said that it is very difficult for pregnant women with macrosomia to give birth, which is very likely to cause dystocia, so a caesarean section is necessary. Even a caesarean section can easily cause surgical complications such as postpartum hemorrhage for pregnant women, contusion of fetal nerve tissue, body fractures, etc., and even endanger the life of pregnant women. The risk of macrosomia infants suffering from diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity and other diseases after birth is also much higher than that of children of the same age.
Wei Honglin said that in addition to the genetic and pathological reasons for tall parents, the main cause of these giant babies is related to diet. It is recommended that \”expectant mothers\” eat scientifically. During pregnancy, their weight increased by an average of 1 pound per week, and their birth weight was higher than their pre-pregnancy weight. Within 40 kilograms, if the weight gain exceeds 2 kilograms per week, pregnant women may develop latent edema and gestational hypertension. If these are excluded, the fetus may be overweight and you should go to the hospital in time.