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Re: could you have a miscarriage if u starve yourself

From: amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 20:58:15 -0600 (CST)


I thought I beat my eating disorder, I lost my baby today, I wonder if this disoder has somethingto do with this? I have a 4 year old, I'm upset and confused, any suggestions? I do intend to try again...... >
>My recommendation would be for her to get herself to her health care
>provider and also counseling. The baby will take what it needs from the
>mother, but if her nutritional status is poor, the baby might not develop
>correctly. Sometimes a pregnancy is a turn around time for women who are
>anorexic, but frequently women continue to be anorexic, but don't tell
>anyone. They just don't gain weight, as they don't eat, and they do starve
>both themselves and their baby.
>Things from preterm labor/delivery and poor mental development, for
>starters, can affect a baby for its entire life. It's not so much that
>she'll have a miscarriage, but rather has to do with the baby's development.
>
>--
>Pat Sonnenstuhl, ARNP, CNM
>
>"To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could
>anything be more fun."- Katherine Graham
>

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net Behalf
>Of Mimi
>Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 1:34 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH
>Subject: could you have a miscarrige if u starve yourself
>
>i have a friend who's about 3 weeks preganant, but she has an eating
>disorder called anorexia..i"m not sure but doesn't starving yourself
>eventually kill your baby?
>plz i need an answer asap...there's still a chance of saving her baby.
>





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