The outcomes of pregnancy
differ significantly between developing and developed countries. The poor use of prenatal and maternal health services can contribute to this
difference. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted
among all the pregnant mothers who attend to routine antenatal clinic for
booking visit in medical officer health (MOH) clinics at Vaharai MOH area for a
period of one year. This study was aimed to identify the live birth
rate and low birth weight incidence in the studied population and compare these
figures with national figure.Results: This study included 695 pregnant mothers. 70.4%
pregnant mothers attend their first antenatal booking visit before 8 weeks of
gestational age. 611 pregnant mothers reached gestational age of more than 28
weeks. 13.7% pregnant mothers had 4 - 6 antenatal visits while 83.6% mothers
had more than 7 visits. Among those who had body mass index (BMI) measurement,
39.6% mothers had normal BMI and 43.6% pregnant mothers had low BMI, 16.8%
mothers had BMI above the normal range. Among those 611 mothers, 56.8% had
adequate weight gain (>7.5 kg) during their antenatal period, 3 of them had
weight reduction and 11 mothers had not gain weight during their antenatal
period. Majority 85.6% were not anaemic and 14.4% were anaemic. Regarding the
current pregnancy outcome, 86.9% had live birth, 12.1% mothers had miscarriage,
0.9% (6) had intra uterine death (IUD) and 0.1% (1) had Hydatidiform mole. This
study further showed that 22% of the pregnant mothers had their new-borns birth
weight less than 2.5 kg at birth irrespective of their gestational age
(low-birth weight babies). Conclusion:
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