Planned vaginal delivery | Planned caesarean delivery | p-value | |||
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n = 122 | % | n = 82 | % | ||
Vaginal delivery | 74 | 60.7 | 0 | ||
Operative vaginal delivery | 15 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
Emergency caesarean section | 48 | 39.3 | 5 | 6.1 | < 0.001 |
Fetal distress | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | ||
Labor arrest | 23 | 47.9 | 0 | ||
Preeclampsia | 1 | 2.1 | 5 | 6.1 | |
Induction of labor | 104 | 85.2 | NA | ||
Vaginal delivery in induced labor | 61 | 58.7 | NA | ||
Failed induction | 15 | 14.4 | NA | ||
Preterm delivery (≤ 36 + 6 weeks) | 78 | 63.9 | 41 | 50.0 | 0.05 |
Birthweight [mean (SD)] | 3668 | 444 | 3965 | 583 | < 0.001 |
Fetal macrosomiaa | 36 | 29.5 | 46 | 56.1 | < 0.001 |
Birthweight ≥4500 g | 2 | 1.6 | 15 | 18.3 | < 0.001 |
Number of women with composite adverse maternal outcomeb | 32 | 26.2 | 24 | 29.3 | 0.63 |
Number of instances of maternal morbidity | 38 | 31.15 | 25 | 30.5 | 0.66 |
Maternal death | 0 | 0 | |||
Admission to intensive care | 0 | 0 | |||
Uterine rupture | 0 | 0 | |||
Hysterectomy | 0 | 0 | |||
Post-partum hemorrhage ≥1000 ml | 21 | 17.2 | 14 | 17.1 | 0.98 |
Preeclampsia | 8 | 6.6 | 7 | 8.5 | |
Maternal infection | 9 | 7.4 | 4 | 4.9 | 0.47 |
Intrapartum infection | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.10 |
Post-partum infection | 5 | 4.1 | 4 | 4.9 | 0.79 |
Sphincter injury | 1 | 0.8 | NA | ||
Maternal birth experience on visual analog scale (VAS) score < 5 | 15 | 13.2 | 4 | 5.1 | 0.07 |
Number of neonates with composite adverse perinatal outcomec | 36 | 29.5 | 43 | 52.4 | 0.001 |
Number of events of perinatal morbidity | 58 | 47.5 | 50 | 61.0 | < 0.001 |
Stillbirth | 0 | 0 | |||
Neonatal death | 0 | 0 | |||
Shoulder dystocia | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | ||
Birth injury | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
Respiratory distress | 28 | 23.0 | 40 | 48.8 | 0.58 |
Neonatal seizures | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | ||
Umbilical artery blood pH ≤ 7.05 | 5 | 4.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.23 |
Umbilical artery blood BE ≤12 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
5-min Apgar-score 7 or less | 14 | 11.5 | 9 | 11.0 | 0.97 |
Neonatal infection | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Neonatal intensive care unit admission | 63 | 51.6 | 56 | 68.3 | 0.02 |
Respiratory distress | 28 | 23.0 | 40 | 48.8 | < 0.001 |
Hypoglycemia | 12 | 9.8 | 5 | 6.1 | 0.36 |
Prematurity | 21 | 17.2 | 10 | 12.2 | 0.38 |
Asphyxia | 2 | 1.6 | |||
Heart anomaly | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |