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Of 74 women previously treated for anorexia nervosa or bulimia, 15 had conceived 23
pregnancies when assessed at follow-up. The status of the eating disorder, course
of pregnancy and delivery, infant health, and postpartum adjustment are described.
Women in whom eating disorders were in remission at conception had greater maternal
weight gain and babies with higher birth weights and 5-minute Apgar scores than women
who conceived while they still had symptoms of restricting anorexia nervosa or bulimia.
Women who had symptoms of eating disorders at conception also had continuance or worsening
of these symptoms during pregnancy and the postpartum year. We recommend delay of
pregnancy until the eating disorder is truly in remission.
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 14,
1987
Received in revised form:
May 12,
1987
Received:
November 4,
1986
Footnotes
This work was supported in part by Grant No. 921 from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation to Dr. P. E. Garfcnkel from 1985 to 1987. Presented in part to the Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 1986, and to the American Society for Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual Meeting, Point Clear, Alabama, March 25-29, 1987.
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© 1987 C. V. Mosby Company. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
