Obese women often gain too many pregnancy pounds

Well why not? They gained too many non-pregnancy pounds first.

"Most obese women gain more weight than is recommended during pregnancy, and may find those pounds tough to shed in the long run, a new study suggests.

In a study of 1,656 obese women who gave birth over five years, researchers found that about three-quarters gained more than 15 pounds during pregnancy -- which at the time was the recommended weight gain for obese women.

Moreover, those extra pounds did not easily disappear after childbirth, according to findings published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

In general, the study found, the more pregnancy pounds a woman gained, the more she retained one year after giving birth.

Compared with women who gained less than 15 pounds, those who put on more than 15 to 25 pounds were twice as likely to remain more than 10 pounds over their pre-pregnancy weight. Those odds were increased eight-fold among women who gained more than 35 pounds during pregnancy.

'We found that nearly three quarters of obese women gain too much weight during pregnancy -- and the more weight they gain, the harder it is to lose,' lead researcher Dr. Kimberly K. Vesco, of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, said in a written statement."

Duh.

They couldn't lose it before they got pregnant.

Then, there is the matter of early child abuse, including embryocide, feticide and infanticide.

"She noted that the excess weight gain is not only a problem for women's future health, but can also boost the risk of pregnancy complications and difficult delivery. Among the possible complications are gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia, a potentially dangerous condition marked by high blood pressure, fluid retention and protein in the urine."

Stop the abuse.

And discourage the fat from getting pregnant until they lose the weight.