Association between Fetal Gender and the Labor Curve at Term Pregnancy

Authors

  • Rubina Tamrakar Gurung Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Gandaki Medical College & TeachingHospital, Pokhara
  • P Sharma Department of Radiology, Gandaki Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Pokhara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jgmcn.v10i1.17902

Keywords:

Fetal gender, First stage of labor, Labor Curve

Abstract

Introduction: Animal and pathologic models have provided evidence for a fetal influence on the labor process; however, the potential impact of fetal gender on the labor curve has gone largely unstudied.

Objectives: To determine the association between fetal gender and first stage labor curve at term.

Methods: This was a retrospective study. There were 330 patients en­rolled in this study, who gave birth from January 2011 to December 2012 by reviewing the charts. A total of 500 charts were reviewed.

Results: There were three hundred thirty (330) patients, out of which a total of 179 (54.2%) patients gave birth to males and 151 (45.8%) gave birth to females. Women who had a male fetus had a longer first stage of labor than women who carried a female fetus. The difference in the birth weight of the infants is statistically significant, male newborns were heavier at birth than female newborns.

Conclusions: Term labor in the first stage was found to be slower in women who carried a male fetus compared with those with female fe­tus which is not statistically significant.

Journal of Gandaki Medical College  

Vol. 10, No. 1, 2017, page: 1-4

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P Sharma, Department of Radiology, Gandaki Medical College & Teaching Hospital, Pokhara

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Published

2017-08-01

How to Cite

Gurung, R. T., & Sharma, P. (2017). Association between Fetal Gender and the Labor Curve at Term Pregnancy. Journal of Gandaki Medical College-Nepal, 10(1), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3126/jgmcn.v10i1.17902

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