Table 2 Obstetrics related characteristics of mothers who gave birth at UoGCSH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 455)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
ANC follow up status | Yes | 413 | 90.8% |
No | 42 | 9.2% | |
Number of ANC visits(n = 413) | 1 times | 25 | 6.1% |
2–3 times | 236 | 57.1% | |
≥ 4 times | 152 | 36.8% | |
Time of 1st ANC Visit(n = 413) | First trimester | 295 | 71.4% |
Second trimester | 92 | 22.3% | |
Third trimester | 26 | 6.3% | |
Maternal gravidity | Prim gravida | 87 | 19.1% |
Multigravida | 368 | 80.9% | |
Modern contraceptive use prior to current Pregnancy | Yes | 299 | 65.7% |
No | 156 | 34.3% | |
Types of contraceptive used(n = 299) | Pills | 148 | 49.5% |
Injectable | 98 | 32.8% | |
Implanon | 36 | 12% | |
IUCD | 17 | 5.7% | |
Dietary counseling during pregnancy | Yes | 313 | 68.8% |
No | 142 | 31.2% | |
Mode of delivery | SVD | 292 | 64.2% |
CS | 128 | 28.1% | |
Instrumental delivery | 35 | 7.7% | |
sex of the current baby | Male | 133 | 29.2% |
Female | 322 | 70.8% | |
Labor duration | ≤ 9.4 h | 323 | 71% |
> 9.4 h | 132 | 29% | |
Labor status | Spontaneous | 357 | 78.5% |
Induced | 98 | 21.5% | |
Birth space in years | < 3 | 108 | 23.7% |
3–4 | 262 | 57.6% | |
5+ | 85 | 18.7% | |
history of perinatal death | Yes | 103 | 22.6% |
No | 352 | 77.4% | |
Congenital malformation | Yes | 18 | 4% |
No | 437 | 96% | |
PROM in this pregnancy | Yes | 43 | 9.5% |
No | 412 | 90.5% | |
APH in this pregnancy | Yes | 84 | 18.5% |
No | 371 | 81.5% | |
Pregnancy status | Planed and wanted | 298 | 65.5% |
Unplanned but wanted | 126 | 27.7% | |
Unplanned and unwanted | 31 | 6.8% | |
Gestational age of the current pregnancy | Preterm pregnancy | 132 | 29% |
Term pregnancy | 323 | 71% |