How does pregnancy affect a bulimic woman?

How does pregnancy affect a bulimic woman?

Barton Blinder, MD (Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry) gives expert video advice on: What are the most dangerous physical problems associated with bulimia?; How does self-induced vomiting affect the digestive system?; What happens to a bulimic's teeth and mouth from self-induced vomiting? and more...

We find most women with bulimia are very contentious during the pregnancy. Actually the first trimester can be difficult as it often is in pregnancy with nausea and vomiting, and odd food choices and so on. The second or third trimester actually bulimic symptoms will go down, they decline, and occasionally we'll find the patient that gains an excessive amount of weight during pregnancy. But mentally there is less disturbance during the pregnancy. After the birth of the child, however, the eating disorder symptoms often resume and then they can affect breastfeeding and affect other things.