Boston—Rates of severe maternal and neonatal morbidity were similar among superobese women undergoing primary cesarean delivery versus a trial of labor, most often ending in vaginal delivery. Researchers say a prospective clinical trial is needed to determine whether one method of birth is superior to the other in mothers who are superobese.
According to Alexander Butwick, MBBS, FRCA, MS, among women who are superobese, rates of cesarean delivery are particularly high (≥50%), but little