TABLE 2.

The prevalence of self‐reported pregnancy‐related physical symptoms, classified by later pregnancy and birth complications in the same pregnancy among the pregnant women in first trimester

	Pregnancy complication (n = 1413)				Birth complications (n = 1348)
	NO		YES		NO		YES		All
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Pregnancy symptoms
Nausea	1073	88.4	170	85.4	1032	88.7	162	87.6	1243	88.0
Vomiting	488	40.2	77	38.7	464	39.9	85	46.0	565	40.0
Back pain	454	37.4	78	39.2	425	36.5	81	43.8	532	37.7
Pelvic girdle pain	388	32.0	84	42.2	381	32.8	70	37.8	472	33.4
Pelvic cavity pain	665	54.8	129	64.8	643	55.3	109	58.9	794	56.2
Vaginal bleeding	201	16.6	46	23.1	188	16.2	36	19.5	247	17.2
Itching of vulva	226	18.6	35	17.6	215	18.5	38	20.5	261	18.5
Pregnancy itching	209	17.2	26	13.1	199	17.1	30	16.2	235	16.6
Leg cramp	123	10.1	17	8.5	116	6.0	18	9.7	140	9.911
Uterine contractions	57	4.7	7	3.5	55	4.3	8	4.32	64	4.5
Varicose veins	34	2.8	5	2.5					39	2.8

Note: Due to low numbers, varicose veins could not be reported as birth complications.