[Pregnancy in teenagers (author's transl)]

In this study pregnancy, delivery and the newborn infant of 151 juvenile primiparas and 1034 adolescent primiparas were analyzed and were compared with a group of 3563 primiparas 21, 23 and 25 years of age. Regarding the obstetric history and the intrapartum period there was no increase incidence of complications among the young patients, however we found among the older women an increase in the incidence of operative deliveries. In the postpartum period it was noted that the young primiparas had a higher incidence of postpartum bleeding caused by atonia of the uterus and also an increased incidence of placental complications with a high rate of manual placental extraction and curettages. A positive correlation was found between premature birth and perinatal mortality and the younger the age of the mother. The newborn of the young mothers was also lighter and shorter at birth and had a higher incidence of malformations. This study has shown, that juvenile expectant mothers are a risk group for obstetricians and pediatricians.