Bariatric surgery can lead to premature birth
Babies born of women who have undergone bariatric (weight-loss) surgery are more likely to be premature and to be small for gestational age, according to a large registry study carried out at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and published online in the BMJ. The researchers believe that these pregnancies should be considered risk pregnancies and that prenatal care should monitor them extra carefully.The number of bariatric operations has increased dramatically in recent years. Most of these operations are performed on women, and as a result the number of babies born to women with a history of