Obese couples have tougher time having (i.e. making) babies

Reuters ^ | March 8, 2007 | Will Dunham

[Zakeet]

Obese couples have a more difficult time conceiving a baby than couples of normal weight, according to a study published on Tuesday identifying another consequence of putting on too much weight.

Researchers tracked nearly 48,000 Danish couples between 1996 and 2002, including about 7,600 couples with both the man and woman either overweight or obese according to standards set by the World Health Organization.

They measured how long it took couples to conceive a baby once they began unprotected sex in a bid to have a child.

If both the man and woman were obese, their chances of having to wait longer than a year before the woman became pregnant were nearly three times higher than for couples of normal weight, the study found.

If the man and woman were both overweight, their likelihood of waiting longer than a year before pregnancy was 1.4 times higher.

While doctors already knew that extra weight could affect fertility in women and men as individuals, this study looked at what happened to the fertility of couples when both the man and woman were overweight.

[Zakeet]

This article just cries out for pithy comments.

[Sidebar Moderator]

Which is why you should note where I placed it.

[cripplecreek]

LOL that was pithy.

[Sidebar Moderator]

My pleasure.

[Rakkasan1]

yo momma so fat she irons her pants in the driveway

[Robe]

Exhibit A

I rest my case

[MotleyGirl70]

Lol!

Fatties have to bump uglies too but it still makes me *shudder*.

[gov_bean_ counter]

More rolls than a bread truck.

[Responsibility2nd]

Oh great. Maybe she can meet up with this guy

at this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1797593/posts

[SIDENET]

I was just going to say:

PLEASE, NO PICTURES!

LOL.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Crux of the problem... When you think you've found "the spot", how do you really know?

[Rakkasan1]

[Dinsdale]

Crux of the problem... When you think you've found "the spot", how do you really know?

Flip threw the folds until you find one that smells like s@#+, then go back one.

[b4its2late]

This article, well at least the headline, is ripe......

[Cagey]

I imagine it would make the planet Earth shudder.

[patton]

Oh, man. LOLOLOLOL.

[Responsibility2nd]

Maybe you implant a GPS device for future reference?

[HOTTIEBOY]

I'd hit it...

[SampleMan]

After that picture, I won't be able to procreate for weeks either. Gads! Showing that to teenage boys twice a day could prevent a lot of unwed mothers.

Honestly, my wife is going to want to know what's wrong.

[JRios1968]