Abstract :
Background:According to WHO any pregnancy in which a girl is between 10-19 years of age at the time
of delivery is defined as teenage pregnancy1
.Teenage pregnancy have been associated with adverse
pregnancy outcome specially maternal anemia, hypertensive disorder, placental abnormalities, PPH, UTI,
low birth weight, small for gestational age, pre maturity and a high neonatal and post neonatal
mortality14,15
.Aims and Objectives:To study the prevalence, socio-demographic factors associated with
teenage pregnancies at our institute, and to study the incidence of antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum
complications, perinatal morbidity and mortality of mother and fetus, among teenage patients at our
institute. Also, to study the incidence of MTPs and awareness and prevalence of contraceptive practices
among teenage pregnancies.Material and Methods:This was a retrospective analytical study and the
study was carried out at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of our institute during the period -
February 2021 to February 2023.Result and Conclusion:The study was conducted to evaluate maternal
and fetal outcome associated with teenage pregnancy. Our present study suggested the common
complications associated with teenage pregnancy are anemia, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, higher
incidence of operative delivery, lactation related issues, pyscho-social issues because of age related
immaturity and social taboopre-term labour, low birth weight, still birth. There is substantial increased
maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality associated with teenage pregnancy.
Keywords:Teenage pregnancy, adolescent mothers, adverse pregnancy outcome, anemia, CPD,
contraceptive awareness
Keyword :
Teenage pregnancy, adolescent mothers, adverse pregnancy outcome, anemia, CPD, contraceptive awareness