POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE;
Objectives: To determine the frequency of postpartum haemorrhage in obeseprimigravid women. Study Design: Case series study. Period: Six months was conductedfrom 1st October 2014 to 30 March 2015. Setting: Department of gynecology and obstetricsat Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro. Patients and Methods: All the primigravid obese(≥30kg/m2) ladies 18 to 35 years of age with 37-42 weeks of gestational age were evaluate forthe occurrence of PPH by estimating blood loss of greater than 500 ml of blood following vaginaldelivery or 1000 ml of blood loss following caesarean section. All data was entered and analyzedthrough statistical package SPSS version 17, the chi-square statistical test was applied and thep-value ≤0.05 was considered as statistical significant. Results: Total 203 primigravid obeseladies were studies, the age group was analyzed which shows that in age group between 18-25years were 105(52.00%) women, in age group of 26-30 years were 62(30.69%) women and agegroup of 30 years and above were 35 (17.31%) women. The modes of delivery were evaluatedwhich shows that 66.5% women underwent C-section and 33.4% women had normal vaginaldelivery. The PPH was observed in 34.97% patients (70.4% with C-Section and 29.6 with NVD).Conclusion: Obesity carries a significant increased risk of complications during pregnancyand maternal risks during labour are PPH and more frequent C-section and nulliparous obesewomen have twofold high risk for PPH