OBJECTIVE: To describe the most common obstetric complications encountered during periods of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, in pregnancies with fetuses that presented anomalies incompatible with life. METHODS: This is a descriptive study, which assessed 78 medical charts of patients in the Prenatal Fetal Medicine Division of the Federal University of São Paulo; the women gave birth at the same institution, between 2000 and 2006. RESULTS: The major obstetric complications identified were: variation in the volume of amniotic fluid (68%), miscarriage, pre-term labor and prolonged pregnancy were present in 6.4%, 55.1% and 3.8% of pregnancies, respectively; intra-uterine fetal death, 17.9%, abruptio placenta occurred in 6.4% and hysterectomy in 2.6%. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that fetus with severe anomalies presented an increase of the risk for pregnancies, which demonstrates the need for expert evaluation in each case.
Pregnancy complications; Pregnancy, high-risk; Congenital abnormalities; Genetic counseling
