Antenatal care is one of the very important things that reflect the health consciousness of women in terms of the biochemical, physiological, and biological changes for the purpose of maintaining the healthy situation of both the mother and fetus. The present study was conducted in the Antenatal Care of Al-Sharqia Center during 2017-2018. This study included 1000 cases of pregnant women in different trimesters and postnatal. The study reveals that only 50 out of the total cases have the normal value of hemoglobin, the rest were anemic. more than 76% of anemic pregnant women were multigravida whereas more than 22% were prim gravida 50.94% of anemic pregnant women were in the 1st trimester, 43.16% in the 2nd trimester, and 5.9% in the 3rd trimester. Nearly 21% of them were hypertensive, while 7.2% had high fasting blood sugar level, and 2.6% showed symptoms of toxemia. On examining the Rh factor, it was found that 89.8% were (Rh +ve) while 10.2% were (Rh -ve). Out of the 151 cases of abortion, 60.2% were anemic, 21.19% were hypertensive, 7.26% Rh-ve, and the remaining ratio is for undiagnosed cases. 39 cases have still birth history, 66.66% were anemic, 15.38% Rh-ve, 5.1% were hypertensive. 26 cases of death of new born during the 1st week of life, 53.81% were anemic, 15.38% were hypertensive, and 15.38% Rh-ve. Finally, 52.Cases of prematurity were recorded including 53.82% were anemic, 17.3% were hypertensive and 17.3% Rh- ve. Thus, the conclusions of this study can be used to evaluate the health condition of both the mother and fetus in all trimesters of pregnancy periodically
Volume 11 | Issue 6
Pages: 262-267