If either you or your partner was a 'big' baby, you have an increased likelihood of giving birth to a large baby yourself, a new study by researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, shows.
Reviewed by Megan Craig, M.Sc.Sep 4 2023 If either you or your partner was a "big" baby, you have an increased likelihood of giving birth to a large baby yourself, a new study by researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, shows. This could potentially improve prenatal care and interventions by identifying pregnancies at higher risk of obstetric complications during labour and delivery.
Macrosomia, the scientific word for a "big" baby, was defined as a newborn weighing 4500 grams or more, and was more common among the offspring generation, with 4.0% compared to 3.2% among the parent generation. The researchers also explored whether maternal BMI at the beginning of pregnancy contributed to the risk of birthing a macrosomic baby. The proportion of macrosomic newborns varied substantially by maternal BMI. Among the group where both parents had been born macrosomic, the proportion of babies also being macrosomic ranged from 17% when born to women who were normal weight before pregnancy , to 31% among women who was obese .
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