Summary:
Objective: When obesity need to be addressed, during pre
pregnancy obesity is common and it adversely affects the
maternal and perinatal outcomes. Maternal obesity has
major impact on health service, specially on in relation to the
level of care required, the cost and resources implications,
complications and risk to the mothers and infant.
Methods and Materials: It was the prospective study 500
pregnant women ( 250 were obese and 250 were normal),
The period of 3 years from January 2004 to December
2008. All the events during antenatal, during delivery and
postnatal were recorded, and compare the outcomes.