Table 1. Patient demographic and delivery details according to change in growth centile.
Maintained Growth | Moderate decline | Severe decline | |
---|---|---|---|
(<20% fall in centile between 28 weeks and birth; n = 30) | (20–30% fall in centile between 28 weeks and birth; n = 8) | (>30% fall in centile between 28 weeks and birth; n = 10) | |
Maternal age | 29.6 (4.4) | 34 (4.3) | 32.4 (4.6) |
BMI | 23.9 (3.8) | 23.9 (2.4) | 23.8 (3.9) |
Nulliparous | 18 (60%) | 4 (50%) | 8 (80%) |
Ethnicity | |||
Caucasian | 18 (60%) | 4 (50%) | 5 (50%) |
Asian | 10 (33%) | 1 (13%) | 3 (30%) |
Other | 2 (7%) | 3 (37%) | 2 (20%) |
Obstetric Complications | |||
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: n = 3 (6.3%) | 2 (7%) | 1 (13%) | 0 |
Gestational Diabetes: n = 4 (8%) | 2 (7%) | 1 (13%) | 1 (10%) |
Birthing Data | |||
Induction of labour (IOL): n = 19 (39%) | 11 (37%) | 3 (37%) | 5 (50%) |
Indication for IOL: (1) PPROM | 1 | 1 | 3 |
(1)Hypertension in Pregnancy | 2 | 0 | 0 |
(2)Gestational Diabetes | 2 | 1 | 1 |
(3)Maternal Disease | 0 | 1 | 1 |
(4)Fetal Compromise/ FGR | 3 | 0 | 0 |
(5)Spurious labour/other | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Elective Caesarean Section (CS); n = 5 (10.5%) | 5 (17%) | 0 | 0 |
Emergency CS (fetal compromise or dystocia; n = 5 (10.5%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (25%) | 2 (20%) |
Operative vaginal delivery (fetal compromise/ dystocia:n = 10 (21%) | 4 (13%) | 3 (38%) | 3 (30%) |
Data presented as mean (SD), or number (%).