Comparison Of Mean Newborn Weight In Lateral And Fundal Located Placenta In Pregnant Women

Abstract

Objective: To compare mean newborn weights between pregnancies with lateral and fundal placental locations to determine if placental position affects birth weight.

Methodology: A descriptive analysis is conducted on 120 pregnant women from May, 2020 to November, 2020 utilizing convenient sampling technique. Pregnant females with lateral or fundal placenta position at FGPC hospital Islamabad were taken up for the research. A t test of mean newborn weights between the two groups with level of significance ? 0.05 was used.

Results: The results of this study were that we checked if newborn weight varies with the placental location: lateral compared to fundal. There were 120 singleton pregnancy cases in the research. Results showed a significant difference in the average newborn weight between side (2.57 + 0.33 SD) and fundal placental (2.36 + 0.34 SD) location (p-value = 0.001), where central placental location was associated with lower birth weights. Lower birth weight was correlated with central placentation; further research to verify these findings and suggest appropriate fetal monitoring strategies is needed. These results could help to inform guidelines of gynecologists and healthcare practitioners for these pregnancies in order to reduce neonatal morbidity. The results demonstrated not only large mean newborn weight variability between pregnancies with lateral and fundal placenta site, but also provided evidence for possible placental position - newborn weight association.

Conclusion: This study demonstrated that placental location might be an important factor in fetal growth and birth outcome. These results call for additional study in the field to identify the underlying mechanisms and their potential therapeutic ramifications.