Table III.
— The outcome of labor and neonatal outcomes in the two study groups.
| Items | PDBF (n = 255) | PAW (n = 263) | P-Value | ||
| No. | % | No. | % | ||
| Time of delivery | 0.496 | ||||
| Full term delivery (37-40 weeks) | 185 | 68.5 | 179 | 66.3 | |
| Preterm labor (< 37 weeks) | 42 | 15.6 | 53 | 19.6 | |
| Post date (> 40 weeks) | 28 | 10.4 | 31 | 11.5 | |
| Mode of delivery | 0.001a | ||||
| Vaginal | 137 | 50.7 | 178 | 65.9 | |
| CS | 118 | 43.7 | 85 | 31.5 | |
| Complications of delivery | |||||
| Ante-partum hemorrhage | 11 | 4.1 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.017a |
| Post-partum hemorrhage | 14 | 5.2 | 8 | 3.0 | 0.048a |
| Prolonged labor | 36 | 13.3 | 30 | 11.1 | 0.042a |
| Live birth | 249 | 97.7 | 262 | 99.6 | 0.118 |
| Birth weight | |||||
| Normal ≥ 2500 gm | 210 | 84.3 | 239 | 91.2 | 0.017a |
| < 2500 gm | 39 | 15.7 | 23 | 8.8 | |
| (Mean ± SD) | 2844.8 ± 445.4 | 2897.0 ± 414.1 | 0.171 | ||
| Referred to PCU | 117 | 43.3 | 106 | 39.3 | 0.137 |
PDBF: Pregnancy during breastfeeding.
PAW: Pregnancy after weaning.
PCU: Pediatric.
(a) Statistically significant difference.