Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and excess pregnancy weight gains with adverse pregnancy outcomes and length of hospital stay

• Main Authors: Alati Rosa (Author), Najman Jake M (Author), Williams Gail M (Author), O'Callaghan Michael J (Author), Callaway Leonie K (Author), Mamun Abdullah A (Author), Clavarino Alexandra (Author), Lawlor Debbie A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is relatively less known whether pre-pregnancy obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are associated with caesarean delivery, pregnancy complications, preterm birth, birth and placenta weights and increased length of pos...