Assessment of the birth status of children born by elective caesarean section before and after 39 weeks of gestation following in vitro fertilization

Abstract

The collected material presents 512 mothers with children whose pregnancies were ended by caesarean section at the Department of Obstetrics, Women's Diseases and Oncological Gynecology Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Warsaw in the years 2004-2016. The study group consisted of 362 mothers in pregnancies following in vitro fertilization and 150 mothers in spontaneous pregnancy, without the use of assisted reproductive technology. For the purposes of the project, only single pregnancies ending within weeks 37 to 41 of pregnancy were selected.Planned delivery by elective cesarean section (ECS) currently takes place after the 39 th week of pregnancy, in line with current common recommendations. This is related to studies finding an overall better birth condition of newborns in the general population, and especially regard-