Your BMI Calculator -
How Your Weight Can Affect Your
Chances of Conceiving

So you probably know what you weigh, but is it a healthy weight? A BMI Calculator, or Body Mass Index Calculator will soon tell you!

Maintaining a healthy body weight can play a big role in whether you can become pregnant, or not... so using a BMI Calculator might just give you the insight you need to clarify if this is something you can change about yourself to increase your fertility levels.

Basically, if you aren't eating right , or including exercise as part of your weekly routine, it might pay you to re-assess your schedule and eating habits.

Having a healthy body weight means not being too heavy, or too light. By assessing your Body Mass Index, you can find out what your ideal weight should be for your height. It's important you find out what your ideal weight is and try to stay within that normal weight range to give your body the best chance it has to fall pregnant.

Calculate Your BMI Here

Start by using the BMI Calculator below to work out where you stand. You can choose whether you want to measure in pounds (english) or kilos (metric).

Did you know that even carrying as little as an extra 10% of fat on your body can be detrimental to the conception process? It has been shown that being even slightly overweight can also result in miscarriage.

On the otherhand, if you are underweight it can lead to problems like premature labour and anaemia, that's why it doesn't hurt to run your figures through a BMI Calculator every once in a while, just to check in and make sure you are on the right track!

Manually Calculating Your BMI

So how do you work out your weight manually if you don't have access to the Calculator above? It's actually quite easy!

You simply divide your weight (in kilos), by your height squared(in metres. So start by calculating your height in square metres, if your height is 1.68m, you would go: 1.68m x 1.68m = 2.8224
Take the answer and divide it by your weight, let's say your weight is 75 kilos, you would continue working out the formula (in kilos), by going: 75 / 2.8224 = 26.5 - for this weight and height, the result is overweight.

What score did you get? Generally speaking, going by Western culture, below will give you an indicator of where you currently sit:

Discover your results in the table below!

BMI Number

< 18.5
18.5 - 25
25 - 30
Above 30
Above 35
Above 40
Above 50

Your Result

Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obese
Severely obese
Morbidly obese
Super-obese

If you have a high BMI, it isn't just your fertility that can be affected, there are many other problems that can arise like cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and the more obvious problem being obesity.
So if you do have a BMI that needs to be lowered, visit your doctor and see if you can come up with a plan of attack to be in a more healthy weight range.

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Monday, 22 December 2014