To Study The Effect of Gestational Weight Gain on Labour and Fetal Outcome
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: High prevalence of low birth weight, high morbidity and mortality in children and poor maternal nutrition of mother continues to be major concerns in India. Research was planed to study the effect of gestational weight gain on labour and fetal outcome. Materials and Methods: The research design was non-experimental descriptive design and was conducted from Dec 2014 to Jan 2015 in Maternity Ward of Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot. 100 pregnant women were selected. The demographic data was collected by interviews. The labour and fetal outcome was assessed by attending the labour. Results: The result revealed that most of the study subjects had low gestational weight gain. The gestational weight gain is significantly associated with mode of delivery, duration of labour, birth weight of newborn and gestational age, BMI of women at the time of booking. The low weight gain study subjects had higher incidence of prolonged labour and other modes of delivery caesarean section and instrumental delivery as compared to normal gestational weight gain. The lower weight gain as well as normal weight gain subjects had similar gestational age, Apgar score, fetal complications and labour complications. Conclusion: Gestational weight gain is significantly associated with labour and fetal outcome.
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Harpreet Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Bhupinder Kaur
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