[Pregnancy and parturition in multiparae (retrospective study in 203 patients) (author's transl)]

It is a well-known fact that pregnancy and parturition, as well as the post-partum period and puerperium, present special problems in multiparae. Hence, we compared 203 of our multiparae with the total group of 3251 parturients in respect of these parameters in a retrospective study. The results were as follows: Pregnancy of multiparae is characterized by an increased incidence of monosymptomatic or polysymptomatic EPH gestosis and by diabetes mellitus. In multiparae it was considerably less often necessary to induce labour than with the other parturients. There was in increased incidence of premature rupture, meconium-stained fluid, funicular complications, vagino-operative birth and delivery in sectio. Reduced desire to nurse the baby was significant sign in multiparae. There was also a significant increase in stillbirths and in the delivery of children with a birth weight of more than 4000 g. There was no increased incidence of monstrosities.