THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREGNANT WOMEN WITH OBESE AND NON OBESE TOWARDS LENGHT OF LABOR TIME IN SADEWA MOTHER AND CHILDREN HOSPITAL, YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
Prolonged labor is one of several complications of childbirth. Incidence of prolonged labor according to a study of 2.8% - 4.9%.
Prolonged labor can cause complications both for the mother and child to be born and may increase maternal mortality and child (Mochtar, 1998).
In pregnant women with overweight and obesity, time the active phase of the first stage of labor longer than pregnant women with normal weight (Vahratian et al., 2004).