[The characteristics of labor in multifetal pregnancy based on our data]. / Kharakteristika na razhdaneto pri mnogoplodna bremennost po nash material.

The pregnancy and delivery in multifetal pregnancy most often are accompanied by complications and by a high degree of risk both for the mother and the foetus. The successful and of the delivery depends on the condition of the mother, the good obstetric status, the gestation age of the foetuses and their presentation. The authors have followed the characteristic of the delivery in multifetal pregnancy over 10-years material in 137 cases of pregnancy. After strict indications, in 26 cases the delivery has been completed though caesarean section. In 111 cases the delivery has been vaginal. A characteristic of the delivery has been made and it has been expressed in diagrams. The authors have been successful in the vaginal deliveries in multifetal pregnancy. They emphasize the active observation of the patient, especially in the first stage, and the monitoring of the foetus.

[A procedure for delivery in multiple pregnancy based on our data]. / Nachin na rodorazreshenie pri mnogoplodna bremennost po nash material.

The multifoetal pregnancy has not lost its significance both in terms of its course and its method of delivery. Its frequency has increased in recent years. The authors have set the goal of observing the method of delivery at multifoetal pregnancy over a period of 10 years. In the Obstetrics Clinic there have been 134 bigemine and 3 trigemine deliveries. In 26 pregnant women 18.98% the delivery has been completed by caesarean section. The vaginal deliveries have been 91 (66.43%). In 7 deliveries a forceps has been applied (5.10%). Extraction has been carried out in 12 deliveries (8.&%). On the basis of the accomplished observations the authors have concluded that the vaginal delivery has priority over the abdominal delivery. The latter has to be strictly indicated.