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Abstract
This study indicated higher maternal and perinatal risks among obese pregnant women. Pre gestational obesity is associated with serious short- and long-term complications on mother and child including pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), wound sepsis, postpartum hemorrhage and birth defects of neonates. It is concluded that obesity brings many health hazards on obese pregnant women and their infants as obese women more exposed to cesarean section delivery, preterm labor, macrosomic baby and congenital anomalies. Maternal obesity is associated with a more than doubled risk of stillbirth and perinatal death. Antenatal visits of obese mothers showed significant increase in weight, BMI and blood glucose levels. The risk of preeclampsia doubled with each 5-7Kg/m2 increase in prepregnancy BMI. This relation was found in women without any medical disorders(134). Obesity increased the risk of VTE by 4.4 times when compared to nonobese women, moderately obese women had double the risk of antepartum VTE and severely obese women had four times the risk of antepartum VTE. Body mass index (BMI) of overweight and obese women is a risk factor for breast milk secretion.