How much risk do we ‘hand over’ to our babies when we have PCOS and get a baby?

This is quite a serious topic and very little is known so far. As you are aware PCOS is associated with obesity and insulin resistance in the non-pregnant state, but little is known about insulin sensitivity in the pregnant state. We were not able to find a lot of publications in the medical world about this, said so, a recent publication of Drs. Finnbogadóttir , Glintborg , Jensen, Kyhl, Nohr and Andersen in the magazine Acta Ob/Gyn Scand catched our attention we would like to share: The study including 2548 live born mother-child pairs residing in Odense municipality, Denmark, during 2010-2013. Of the 2548 women, 241 (9.4%) had PCOS and were included in this screening at birth and after 3 years. Insulin resistance in pregnant women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome, and measures of body composition in offspring at birth

and 3 years of age. This study has displayed that overweight women with PCOS had significantly higher levels of insulin resistance than overweight women without PCOS (p = 0.004). The women’s PCOS did not affect offspring birthweight, however, it was shown an increased BMI at 3 years of age (p = 0.04).

Although insulin resistance was not an independent predictor of offspring birthweight, both, PCOS and women with high maternal BMI, may have and increase risk of childhood obesity at 3 years of age.

Therefore, pedriatic and nutritional care should be implemented from early days to counteract this development for the health of the babies:-)