All India Congress of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 04–08 Jan 2009 · Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Material & Method : A retrospective study was carried out in (he department of Ob/Gyn C'SMMU, I.ucknow and all the case records of grandmultlpara admitted from Jan to Dec 2006 were reviewed. The data was compared with successive women with parity <4. Result : There were a total of 431.5 deliveries in the time period and 92 women with parity > 4 were admitted during the study. 74% of the grand imiltipara women were of rural origin as compared to 46% of controls. There was no difference in relation to the religion. The incidence of anemia, placenta previa, rupture uterus was significantly increased in grandmultipara as compared to women with low parity (p<0.05).