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Lively Women

October 3rd, 2007

Another Reason to Stay Fit: Obesity Could Mean Longer, Harder Labor

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reported earlier this year that overweight and obese women have longer labor and delivery times than women with healthy body weight when labor is induced.
The obese women also needed more medication — a dinoprostone vaginal insert — to activate labor, and it took longer for the medicine to […]

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