Should I be writing letters to my children?

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I'm 26, BMI of 42. Realistically, should I be writing letters to my young children incase this kills me?

The first link, I think the sample size is too small. The 3.35 is an average of men (5.5) and women (0.5). That’s a big difference. Women could be falsely reassured by that number. In fact on second viewing it looks (for women) like serious complications are more prevalent in the 24-27.9 group than the 28+ group! More studies are definitely needed. Not that we in Europe could draw conclusive parallel conclusions really as this was a study from a hospital based in one city in China.

I haven’t looked at the second link but I agree with your summary. I would trust this conclusion far more, as there have been many peer reviewed studies on this, so far more evidence to base a conclusion than one set of post grads results on a small sample in China.

In the conclusion it states no clear link has been established,

OP don’t panic.

When I found out I was expecting I bought a beautiful notebook for each child. I started writing in it about how much they were wanted, what my pregnancy was like, why we chose their names etc. Now I write in it at birthdays and Xmas with little updates of what they do, say etc.

I plan to give it to them on the 18th Birthday.

Do it as a lovely journal thing. Not because of Corona.