Obesity during pregnancy: literature review

Introduction: Maternal obesity is a serious problem in obstetric-gynecological practice in the world. Pathophysiological changes create conditions for obstetric and perinatal complications, the most important complications of which is gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, pathological course of labor, increased operative delivery, fetal distress. The aim of the study is to find out the depth of the problem "Obesity and Pregnancy" by analyzing the range of obstetric, perinatal complications based on the processing of scientific relevant literature data.

Materials and methods: An analysis of international and national scientific literature on the problem of pregnancy has been made. Methods used: bibliographic, scientific research, synthetic, analytical and generalizing.

Review and conclusions: Taking into account the high risk of maternal and perinatal complications associated with obesity, it is necessary to develop therapeutic and diagnostic measures and implement dynamic monitoring of pregnant women to minimize these risks.