الفهرس 
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Abstract
The study showed the following: we mentioned some of them:
1- Most of the cases were from rural areas, illiterate, in the age group 20-29 years, with only 23% of them above the age of 35 years. Most of the did not receive antenatal care.
2- Thirty percent of cases were primigravidae, and 27% were grandmultigravidas.
3- About 50% of cases nursed their last live birth for a period of 9-20 months, and breast feeding resulted in effective spacing of pregnancy only when practiced for one year or more.
4- The commonest antepartum complications were as follows:
a- Antepartum haemorrhage in 5.77% of cases.
b- Hypertensive disorders in 8.87% of the cases, the commonest type was pre-eclampsia.
c- Rheumatic heart disease in 1.4% of the cases.
d- Diabetes mellitus in 0.53% of the cases.
e- Contracted pelvis in 3.2% of the cases.
f- I.U.F.D. in 0.75% of the cases.
All the antepartum complications were more common in parous when except for the hypertensive disorders, which were more common in primigravidas.
5- Most of the cases delivered after the thirty seventh week of pregnancy, 13% only delivered before this.
6- Malpresentations and/ or malpositions were diagnosed in 36% of the subjects:
a- Breech presentation in 8% of cases.
b- Occipitoposterior position in 22.3%.
c- Face & brow presentation in 2.3%.
d- Transverse lie in 2% of cases.
e- Complex presentations in 1.4%.