Korean J Obstet Gynecol.  2005 Sep;48(9):2073-2079.

A Clinical Study of Pregnancy and Delivery in The Early Thirties

• Choi WI
• Lee H
• Yang KW
• Choi SE
• Kang HJ
• Kim JW
• Sung SJ

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To access the pregnancy and delivery in the early thirties.
METHODS
From January 1994 to December 2003, we statistically compared and investigated the 21,744 deliveries in Sung Ae Hospital, considering pregnant women aged 30-34 as study groups, and pregnant women aged 35 or older (elderly gravidas) as control groups.
RESULTS
The rate of Cesarean section, preterm delivery, gestational diabetes, pregnancy-induced hypertension, placenta previa, placenta abruptio, low birth weight was low statistically in the study groups. But, the percentage of the pregnant complication in the early thirties were increased than of in pregnant women younger than 30.
CONCLUSION
Pregnant women in the early thirties were safer from the maternal complication, and neonatal complication than women aged 35 or older (elderly gravidas), but were exposed to these illnesses more than women aged younger than 30. Therefore, to improve the pregnant outcome of women in the early thirties, it is needed to concern their pregnancy and delivery and to take care of before and after childbirth thorougly.

Keyword

Pregnant outcome; In the early thirties; Elderly gravidas

MeSH Terms

Cesarean Section
Diabetes, Gestational
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Parturition
Placenta
Placenta Previa
Pregnancy*
Pregnant Women