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ebapps/discussionboard/do/conference?toggle_mode=read&action=list_forums&course_id=_1064 DESCRIPTION TOTA 14: Chapter 11 23 Read the following scenario and answer the questions below: ER is a 36 year old female who is trying to become pregnant with her first child. She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 185 pounds. She has had difficulty getting pregnant, and her doctor has recommended that losing weight could help increase her fertility. She has read on the multiple Internet sites that eating a low carbohydrate diet helps with weight loss, and she has been avoiding added sugars, all products made with grains, and fruits. In the morning she normally drinks a 32 ounce tumbler of coffee at her desk, for lunch she often will go to a deli near her office. She is avoiding breads with her new diet, so she normally chooses items from the "Low Carb" menu items at the deli which include lettuce wraps with deli meats or salads with deli meats on top. For dinner. she usually cooks "low carb" meals at home. 1) Name two factors that we know about ER from the information provided in this scenario that increases risk for maternal and fetal complications if she were to become pregnant now. 2) With her "low carb diet, avoiding which foods is putting her baby at increased risk for neural tube defects if she were to become pregnant now? Why? 3) If she were to become pregnant, which foods in her current normal daily diet would she need to avoid and/or reduce and why? De DaW9

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1. Her age and weight are two factor that may increase risk for maternal and fetal complications. There are more risk of chronosomal abnormalities if conceiving in older age. weight can have an effect on your hormones and can prevent your ovaries from releasing an egg (ovulation).so being overweight may reduce one’s chamce pf getting pregnant.

2. Deficiency of folate intake increases the risk of neural tube defect .being on low carb diet, she is avoiding all foods containing grains and fruits. This change increases the risk as

Common food sources of folate include:

• legumes such as cooked dried beans, peas, lentils and edamame (green soybeans);
• dark green vegetables such as asparagus, avocado, spinach, broccoli, romaine lettuce, beets, Brussels sprouts, green peas, gai-lan, and bok choy;
• oranges and orange juice; and
• wheat germ, sunflower seeds, yeast extract like marmite, and peanuts.

3. her daily intake of 32 ounce coffee is not good as caffeine intake make it difficult to concieve and if conceived then there are chances of miscarriage.