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Pregnancy complications that can arise in overweight mothers

• miscarriage

• increased risk of abnormalities in the baby, including neural tube defects like spina bifida and heart abnormalities

• high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia

• thrombosis

• pregnancy-associated diabetes

• slow progress in labour

• increased likelihood of Caesarean delivery

• urinary tract infections

• a large-for-dates baby

• difficulty with delivery because the shoulders are too big