COMPARISON OF OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATIONS IN MULTIPARA AND GRAND MULTIPARA

Abstract

Pakistan is a low resource, developing country. (1) The incidence of grand multiparity is very high due to various reasons like lack of education, poor knowledge, and availability of family planning methods, various social and cultural reasons. Grand multiparity is mostly associated with increasing maternal age, which is an independent risk factor for various antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications. (2)