Author :
Punya BS, Sailakshmi MPA
Volume :
4
Issue :
2
Abstract :
Aim: To compare the maternal and fetal outcome between term and post dated pregnancies.
Methodology: Keeping in mind that the post dated pregnancy causes lot of threats to the mother and the fetus, in our hospital, labor is induced at 40 completed weeks i.e. at 40 0 weeks. In this study we tried to find out the prevalence of Post dated pregnancy (pregnancies beyond 40 weeks), it’s maternal and fetal outcome and compare the same with term pregnancy (37-40 weeks).
Results: In the present study, total of 2174 cases were studied out of which 486 cases were post dated pregnancies. The incidence of post dated pregnancy was 17.36%. PRIMIs were more prone for post dated pregnancies according to our study. The ‘P’ value was statistically significant (p