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I’m Dr. Michelle Kominiarek, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Today I’m going to discuss how I counsel about obesity during pregnancy. Is it okay if we talk about your weight today? I’m going to use the words weight and body mass index, also known as BMI. BMI is a measure of your…
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