Showing posts with label fetal risks of maternal obesity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fetal risks of maternal obesity. Show all posts

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Nine maternal risks of Obesity and Three fetal risks of maternal obesity

 





Mother

1.   Severe morbidity – surgical or aneshtetic
2.   Cardiac disease
3.   Spontaneous miscarriage
4.   Pre-eclampsia
5.   Gestational diabetes
6.   Thromboembolism
7.   Post caesarean wound infection
8.   Infection from other causes
9.   Post partum haemorrhage
Baby

1.   Stillbirth and neonatal death

2.   Congenital abnormalities (can be missed by scan)

3.   Prematurity