Comparative study of difference in anatomy & histopathology of placenta & umbilical cord in natural pregnancy vs. IVF pregnancy & it's impact on fetal & maternal outcome.

Aim And Objectives: Comparison of naturally conceived pregnancy with IVFET pregnancy for feto-maternal outcome and morphology and histopathology of placenta & umbilical cord.

Methods: 100 pregnant women were divided into 2 subsets of spontaneous pregnancy group (n = 50) and the IVFET pregnancy group (n = 50).The two groups were compared for Maternal age, parity, maternal weight gain, prepregnancy maternal BMI, gestational age, birth weight of baby, placental weight, placenta and umbilical cord cross sections, insertion site of the umbilical cord, and length of the umbilical cord.