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• Your doctor may offer you an additional ultrasound scan at around 18-20 weeks to check for fetal abnormality.

• You may also be checked for pregnancy-induced diabetes. This requires a test in which you take a glucose drink after an overnight fast. Your blood sugar is checked before and after the glucose drink.

• You are also checked regularly for the complications that are more common in overweight mothers, such as pre-eclampsia. Sometimes you will require treatment to prevent a thrombosis from occurring – your doctor will advise you about this.

• Your weight is checked at regular intervals throughout the pregnancy.