Bad outcomes for low BMI/underweight moms?

[deb]

no worries teddi. thanks for adding it in though.

[AndreaMMS]

Andrea- did you know that since the baby was less than 5 lbs 8 oz- your baby was technically "low birth weight". Just by 1 ounce, but I thought I'd mention that (as she was probably coded that way somewhere in her med records).

Thanks guys for the feedback so far!

Huh. No one told me that she was technically low birth weight, nor did the doctors seem very concerned about her (very high apgar scores). But it was really obvious that she was a tiny little niblet- when I compared her in the hospital nursery next to other newborns....jeez, it looked like some of those other babies could have eaten her! I've since met people with babies born weeks early who weighed more than Naomi did at birth.

I guess the most shocking thing was that numerous ultrasounds had estimated her birthweight as 6 1/2 pounds! Not quite!

Honestly, though, we're not sure that her small size was due to the HG or genetics- my husband and I aren't tall (I'm 5'5" and he's 5'9") and both my Mom and Uncle were born full term under 6 pounds (my Grandmother had normal pregnancies- no HG).

[RebeccaM]

With pregnancy #1 my lowest BMI was 18.47. I was pretty dehydrated and malnourished, but I never really realized it til the end. Just did Zofran and some IV's the whole time. Looking back, I needed so much more treatment than that.

Baby was 5 lbs. 13 oz. at 41 weeks. She was a tiny little thing, but technically not low birth weight and she was perfectly healthy. I think her small size was more genetic.

[tlm5999]

Pg #1 started at BMI 23 and got down to 18.5
Complications twice weekly IVs Preterm labor at 32wks bedrest Early delivery at 36wk
Baby complications low birth weight 5lbs5oz apnea first night after that was fine.

Pg#2 started BMI 21.5 got down to 18
Complications IVs again Preterm labor again at 29wks but didn't deliver till 38wk that whole time was on bedrest
Baby complication only jaundice

Gained wieght for pre pg
Pg #3 started BMI 23 only got down to 22
m/c at 8wks

Pg #4 started BMI 23 and so far only down to 22
lost a twin at 6wks, other one doing fine
bad HG hasn't hit yet

[teddi]

bump...


anymore low BMI mommies?

[4rivers]

My lowest BMI was 15.66. ( 97 pounds at 5'6".)

My prepregnancy BMI was 18. Currently the kiddo is two weeks behind...

I've been on Zofran pump and continuous IV fluids since week 10.

Now I've gained some weight and my current BMI is 18 again at 31 weeks.

Just want the kiddo to be okay. (Don't we all!)

[teddi]

Tasneem,

please update the poll after you delivery.

A BMI of 15 Yikes! Scary. Glad to hear you are going the positive direction.

[Starfoot]

Lowest BMI was 16.60. Right now I'm 36 weeks and around 24.43.

So far there have been no adverse affects. The baby is measuring about two weeks too small but we think that's normal for him because DH was tiny too. He appears healthy otherwise.

And as for me, except for my PACKING ON THE POUNDS once HG tapered down, despite that I'm not even eating like crazy... Well, no other health effects really.

I'll update again at the end of the pg just to confirm that there were no other problems that cropped up.

[*my3sons*]

Sorry to reply so late.

My lowest BMI (that I can remember) was 15.35 during pg. My BMI upon my discharge post-partum was 16.76.

IUGR was written on my sons post-delivery papers.
It was an induced labor due to early maturation of the placenta, lack of fetal growth, and reduced fetal activity.

I developed a large blood clot (diagnosed DVT) which required hospitalization early on during the worst of my dehydration. I was only re-hydrated a few times and was given phenergan sporadically to ease the nausea and vomiting.

I selected bad outcomes for mom and baby because of his IUGR and my clot which required further medication post-partum. Hope that's what you meant.

Amy