万花筒 2011-02-24&02-25 肥胖影响生育！

 Karin Rodriguez never really worried about her weight until doctors told her it could interfere¹ with the one thing she'd always wanted to become a mother.

 

And you need to lose weight. There is no other option, you know. This is what you have to do to have a family you want.

 

Doctors told Rodriguez that she might never be able to have a baby if she didn't lose some weight. She and her husband were having fertility issues. 

 

Doctors at a clinic concluded that her only option to get pregnant was in vitro fertilization, but they also were afraid she was too heavy to undergo anesthesia.They were also worried that her weight could complicated her pregnancy², risking her life and her unborn babies.

 

It can affect the entire system, not only from ovulation of the egg, but also to the implantation process, there is also some data coming out even suggesting that may affect the quality or even the development of the embryo³.

 

Endocrinologist Dr. Steven Greenhouse says that obesity⁴ can impact a woman's hormones⁵ and other substances in the blood.And that can affect everything from eggs to embryos⁶ and can even cause miscarriage⁷.Newer studies are also showing an increase in birth defects among obese⁸ mothers.

 

There's a higher incidence of spinal⁹ cord abnormalities, something called neural¹⁰ tube defect, and also something called a cleft¹¹ palate or cleft lip is also increased.

 

Now Rodriguez says for the first time in her life she took dieting seriously. She says she change the way she ate, making more healthy choices, avoiding fried and fast foods, and she also started exercising.

 

The weight just fell off. I know the size I hadn’t been since high school.

 

Karin Rodriguez lost 33 pounds, even more weight than the doctor required. She underwent IVF and it was successful, and now, she is the mother of twins, Maryella and Benjamin..

 

If she hadn't lost the weight, then she would have required more medications. It would have made the procedure more dangerous. It could have affected¹² not only her health, but the babies.

 

There it is, I just want to pull my hair but at the same time when those came up to you, say Mama, or you know, they are learning to say yes or no, everyday it's just melt your heart,the hardest moment, they are worth it.

1 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

2 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

3 embryo   

n.胚胎，萌芽的事物

参考例句：

• They are engaging in an embryo research.他们正在进行一项胚胎研究。
• The project was barely in embryo.该计划只是个雏形。

4 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

5 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

6 embryos   

n.晶胚；胚，胚胎( embryo的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
• Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句

7 miscarriage   

n.失败，未达到预期的结果；流产

参考例句：

• The miscarriage of our plans was a great blow.计划的失败给我们以巨大的打击。
• Women who smoke are more to have a miscarriage.女性吸烟者更容易流产。

8 obese   

adj.过度肥胖的，肥大的

参考例句：

• The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
• Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。

9 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

10 neural   

adj.神经的，神经系统的

参考例句：

• The neural network can preferably solve the non- linear problem.利用神经网络建模可以较好地解决非线性问题。
• The information transmission in neural system depends on neurotransmitters.信息传递的神经途径有赖于神经递质。

11 cleft   

n.裂缝；adj.裂开的

参考例句：

• I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。
• He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间，他与他的哥哥分离。

12 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。