Obesity and maternal - fetal Outcomes

In women Obesity has a significant impact on every aspect of female reproductive life both in terms of infertility and early pregnancy complications. It is linked to a number of adverse obstetric outcomes as well as increased maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. These complications include miscarriage, congenital abnormalities, pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, iatrogenic preterm delivery, post-dates pregangy with increased rates of induction of labour, caesarian section and complications during and following operative procedures,, post-partum haemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, infection, venous thromboembolism and increased hospital day. It is important to consider obese pregnant women as a high risk group with a linear increase in risk of complications associated with their degree of obesity. Obesity, which is more common in females than in ma les, has been seen as a problem of predominantly middle-aged and older people. The most commonly used measurement for defining of obesity is BMI (body mass index ) which refers an individualʼs weight in kilograms divided by the square of his or her height in meters.