Impact of nulliparous women's pre-pregnancy weight and risk of laceration at birth

Abstract

Introduction: Pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity lead to an increment of maternal and perinatal complications. The impact of a woman body mass index (BMI) on the risk of genital tract trauma is less clear. Maternal obesity is associated with fetal macrosomia which can be associated with an increased rate of genital tract trauma. According to that, obese nulliparous women can possibly have a higher risk to have a genital tract trauma.