Aims: To know the incidence, indication and maternal and perinatal outcome of primary caesarean section in multigravida. To know the incidence and indications of primary caesarean section in multigravida. Materials and Methods: It is a prospective study of over 196 cases of caesarean section done for the first time in multigravida for a period of 2 years . For all the cases, blood was sent for ...

Eighteen hundred two pregnant women consisting of 750 primigravida and 1,052 multigravida were screened for hypertension between July 2000 to June 2002. Hypertension was noted in 97 (5.38%) patients. Twenty five patients were lost to follow up and only 72 patients were included in the final study. The age of the patients ranged between 19 to 32 (mean +/- SD = 24.75 +/- 3.36) years. The majority...

Conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy is an extremely rare occurrence. We present here, a 27-year-old multigravida with gestational diabetes and a conjoined twins in a triplet pregnancy.

Background: Polyhydramnios is an important obstetric complication. This study was conducted to determine its frequency, common causes and the perinatal outcome. Material & Methods: It was a cross-sectional study conducted in Gynae B Unit, Women and Children Hospital Abbottabad, conducted from January to December 2001. History, clinical examination and relevant investigations were carried out. R...

The efficacy and safety of oral versus vaginal misoprostol for elective induction of labor in post date multigravida with an unfavourable cervix was compared over a period of one year in the Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Eightyeight multigravida post date women were divided into two groups and given 50 mg misoprostol orally and 50 mg intravaginally, respectively. The inductio...

Background: Anxiety is a mixture of several feelings dominated by fear. Pregnancy one the elements that contribute to womens anxiety. during pregnancy affects physical and psychological changes. This research aims compare anxiety levels primigravidas, multigravidas, grande multigravidas third trimester at Kamal Health Center - Bangkalan. Method: study quantitative observational with cross-secti...

objective: to find out the quality of anc in the upazila health complexes (phc centres) of bangladesh. materials and methods: this cross sectional study was done in purposively selected three upazilas among the clients receiving antenatal care (anc). data were collected with questionnaire cum checklist in the context of two aspects of quality issues, namely assessment of physical arrangements f...