FAT jabs could harm mum and baby if taken too close to pregnancy, a study suggests.
Women who used the GLP-1 injections, such as Wegovy or Mounjaro, but stopped just before pregnancy or in the first trimester were at higher risk of complications.
Research by the Mass General Brigham Hospital in the USA found they were 34 per cent more likely to deliver the baby prematurely than a woman of the same weight who had never used weight loss jabs.
Mums were also at a 30 per cent higher risk of gestational diabetes and 29 per cent more likely to have problematic blood pressure.
And they gained more weight while pregnant – 7lbs more, on average.
Doctors in the UK are not allowed to prescribe weight loss jabs to pregnant women, and women are advised to take the Pill if they are using them.
