How Obesity Affects Fertility

Being overweight or obese drastically increases your risk for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, stroke and even some cancers. And if you’re trying to conceive, excess weight can lower your fertility and increase the possibility of pregnancy complications for you and your baby.

So how do you know if you are at risk or already in the danger zone? A standard way to determine if you are overweight or obese is to calculate your body mass index or BMI. BMI is calculated from your weight and height and BMI tables are easily accessible online. According to BMI tables, you are overweight if your BMI is between 25 and 30 and you are obese if your BMI is over 30. While these are standard tables that don’t account for differences in body type, muscle mass or ethnicity, they do provide a general framework for assessing if you are at a healthy weight.

All adults should have an annual physical exam and your healthcare provider can counsel you about your weight during that visit. Your provider can also monitor your blood pressure and periodically screen you for high cholesterol and diabetes.

And if you’re thinking of having a baby, you should focus on achieving a healthy weight before you get pregnant. For some women, excess weight can lead to irregular menstrual cycles, infertility and higher risk of miscarriages. There are also reports that obese women get pregnant less often with fertility treatments than normal weight women. Whether you get pregnant naturally or through fertility treatment, being overweight can raise your risk of pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, hypertension, fetal growth problems and even birth defects.

By...Belinda Yeboah

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