RCM urge women to maintain good diet

24 Apr 2008

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has expressed its concern that women will act on the news that dieting around the time of conception may have an affect on the sex of the child.

New research from Exeter and Oxford universities released yesterday (April 23rd) suggested that higher energy intake was linked to the birth of sons.

However, Louise Silverton, deputy general secretary of the RCM, has urged women to ensure they have a good diet before conception and during pregnancy in order to "lay the foundations for a healthier life for the unborn child, and the mother".

"We would be concerned for the health of mothers and babies if women were adapting to a less healthy diet - for example stopping having a breakfast or reducing the range of nutrients they eat - in order to produce a child of a specific sex," she said.

"For midwives, the health and safety of the mother and child is and has to be paramount, not the sex of the baby."

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