Gestational weight gain adequacy and intrapartum oxytocin and cesarean section use: Observational population-based study in France.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research on maternal prepregnancy weight suggests adiposity is associated with dysfunctional labor, but knowledge about how gestational weight gain (GWG) affects labor is sparse. Our objective was to evaluate associations between GWG adequacy and intrapartum obstetric interventions (oxytocin administration; cesarean section) necessitated by labor dysfunction.

Material and methods

Using national, population-based French National Perinatal Survey 2016 data, we included term cephalic singleton pregnancies involving trial of labor (n = 9724). For the intrapartum oxytocin administration analysis, we included only women with spontaneous labor (n = 7352). GWG was calculated as the difference between end of pregnancy and prepregnancy weight (both self-reported) and cate

SUBMITTER: Amyx M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature