Pregnancy Safer After Weight-Loss Surgery

Weight-loss surgery before pregnancy can help both mother and baby, a study finds. Researchers used data from 75 studies about bariatric surgery. This form of surgery makes the stomach smaller. It can help obese people lose weight. In the studies, women who got pregnant after surgery had fewer problems. For example, none developed diabetes while they were pregnant. The rate was 22% for obese women. Women who had bariatric surgery also were less likely to have very large or very small babies. HealthDay News wrote about the study November 18. It appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association.