A retrospective study of pregnancy in bulimia nervosa

• Published in: The International journal of eating disorders Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 209 - 214
• Main Authors: Mitchell, J.E, Seim, H.C, Glotter, D, Soll, E.A, Pyle, R.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.1991; Wiley
• Subjects: ABORTO; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; AVORTEMENT; BEBES; Biological and medical sciences; COMPLICACIONES DEL EMBARAZO; COMPLICATION DE LA GESTATION; COMPORTAMIENTO; COMPORTEMENT; Eating behavior disorders; ENFANT EN BAS AGE; FEMME; GAIN DE POIDS; GANANCIA DE PESO; GESTACION; GESTATION; Medical sciences; MINNESOTA; MORTALIDAD; MORTALITE; MUJERES; PARTO; PARTURITION; PESO AL NACIMIENTO; POIDS A LA NAISSANCE; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; TRASTORNOS DIGESTIVOS; TROUBLE DIGESTIF; Human; Bulimia; Pregnancy; Statistical analysis; Body weight; Young adult; Risk factor; Complication; Woman; Abortion; Alimentary behavior disturbance; Comparative study
• ISSN: 0276-3478; 1098-108X
• DOI: 10.1002/1098-108X(199103)10:2<209::AID-EAT2260100210>3.0.CO;2-S

Bulimia nervosa is a common medical problem among young women of childbearing potential. Although many bulimic women improve their eating while pregnant, some do not and continue to binge eat, vomit, and/or use laxatives. This study is a retrospective comparison of the outcome of 38 pregnancies in 20 actively bulimic women and 50 pregnancies in 31 control women. The results indicate that the risk of fetal loss, primarily through miscarriages, was approximately twice as high in first bulimic pregnancies. However, this difference was not statistically significant