The role of obesity in the development of labor and postpartum abnormalities

Aim. Comparative assessment of the features of the course of labor and postpartum period in women with obesity of various classes. Methods. During 2014-2016, a cohort retrospective and prospective study included 318 birth records. The main group consisted of 198 case records of women with different severity of obesity (122 with obesity class I, 57 with class II and 19 with class III), and the control group included 120 case records of women without obesity. Results. In women with obesity class II and III (p=0.003 and p