Risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in young adolescent parturients in an inner-city hospital

Labor and delivery outcomes among young adolescents

“…Our data regarding the increased risk of preterm delivery, low and very low birthweight, and SGA infants born to 11-to 14-year-olds are consistent with multiple other studies, [2][3][4][5][6]8,9 and contribute information regarding a large sample of adolescents aged 11-14 years to the existing literature. Inadequate prenatal care has been hypothesized as a risk factor for these findings, supported by data of Debiec et al 21 that preterm delivery is increased in teens with inadequate visits.…”

“…The occurrence of preterm delivery, 2-5 low birthweight, 2,4-6 hypertension, 7 preeclampsia and eclampsia, 5,8 anemia, 7,9 and neonatal death 10 are all higher among teens compared to 20-to 29-year-olds, with increased risk of low birthweight and preterm delivery in the youngest adolescent age groups. 4,5,8 Although data regarding pregnancy among adolescents <15 years of age are limited, this population has been shown to be less likely to have adequate prenatal care and more likely to have increased risks of intrauterine growth restriction, preterm delivery, stillbirth, and infant death. 11 It has been hypothesized that adolescents <15 years of age may have an increased risk of cesarean and operative vaginal delivery compared to adult women, possibly due to cephalopelvic disproportion resulting from underdeveloped bone structures.…”

Pregnancies in Young Adolescent Mothers: A Population-Based Study on 37 Million Births

“…Orvos et al 17 showed that although 65% of adolescent pregnant patients had adequate antenatal care, 18% delivered before 37 weeks, and 16% showed signs of intrauterine growth restriction. In a similar study, Eure et al 18 showed that young adolescents were significantly more likely to have preeclampsia, eclampsia, preterm delivery, low-birthweight delivery, and very-low-birth-weight delivery. The adverse outcomes have not been limited to prematurity and neonatal events.…”

Family Size, Birth Order, and Parental Age Among Male Paraphilics and Sex Offenders

“…Studies of teen mothers have offered disputed findings (cf. Berenson, Wiemann, & McCombs, 1997), but also indicated that their pregnancies may carry increased risk of complications, low birth weight, premature births, and congenital abnormalities (Eure, Lindsay, & Graves, 2002;Fraser, Brockert, & Ward, 1995;Gortzak-Usan, Hallak, Shoham-Vardi, Press, & Katz, 2000), especially with multiparous teens (Smith, 2005). Thus, the findings of this study suggest a more complex relationship of maternal age and PSO than suggested by Slater (1958Slater ( , 1962 for older maternal age and homosexuality.…”