Putting on extra pounds between pregnancies significantly increases the risk of stillbirth or infant death, a major study has found. The discovery is said to have "profound" implications for women expecting a second child, according to the Swedish authors. Share Go To Researchers also found that slimming down after a first pregnancy reduces the chances of an overweight mother losing her baby. The study is based on data from more than 450,000 women whose details were recorded on the Swedish Medical Birth Register. Scientists assessed the risk of stillbirth and infant death - death within the first year of life - experienced by women whose weight changed between their first and second...
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