@article{article_636511, title={Relationship between gestational weight gain and amount of postpartum bleeding}, journal={Journal of Contemporary Medicine}, volume={10}, pages={365–369}, year={2020}, DOI={10.16899/jcm.636511}, author={Kınay, Tuğba and Özelçi, Runa and Dilbaz, Berna and Kahyaoğlu, İnci and Moraloğlu Tekin, Özlem}, keywords={Postpartum hemorrhage,gestational weight gain,body mass index,nulliparity,episiotomy}, abstract={<p>Abstract </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Background/Aims: </span> </span> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">To evaluate the effect of gestational weight gain on the amount of postpartum bleeding. </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Methods:  </span> </span> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">An observational study reviewed medical records of with low-risk singleton pregnancies who delivered vaginally at 37 weeks of gestation or beyond between May 1 and November 1, 2018 at a tertiary referral center. Demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained from the medical records. The relationship between the increased rate in BMI during pregnancy and amount of blood loss in the postpartum first hour was evaluated.  </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Results: </span> </span> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">A total of 411 women was included in the study. In the study population, the mean blood loss was 57.3±43.9 ml in the 3 </span> <sup style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">rd </sup> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">stage of labor and 113.2±76.9 ml in the postpartum first hour. No correlation was found between the increase in BMI during pregnancy and blood loss during the 3 </span> <sup style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">rd </sup> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">stage of labor (r=0.006) and postpartum first hour (r=0.037). Nulliparity, history of postpartum hemorrhage in previous pregnancy, premature rupture of membranes, and episiotomy were found to be risk factors for increased postpartum blood loss during the 1 </span> <sup style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">st </sup> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> hour (p< 0.05).  </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Conclusions:  </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;" xml:lang="en-us">Increase in BMI was not related with the amount of postpartum bleeding in women with low-risk pregnancy who had a vaginal delivery.  </span> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <br /> </span> </span> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <br /> </span> </span> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <br /> </span> </span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:700;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:12.6px;text-align:justify;"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:32px;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <br /> </span> </span> <br /> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Rabia YILMAZ}