Obesity is partly responsible for the stagnant death rate of pregnant women in the UK, the study claims.

According to one study, increased levels of obesity may have led to mortality rates among pregnant women who are stuck.

Women’s later family formation and increased cesarean use may have led to a plateau in maternal mortality for the first time in decades.

The risk of dying during childbirth or pregnancy in the UK is extremely low: around 9.7 per 100,000 pregnancies.

But after a steady decline due to advances in medicine since the 1930s, the rate stabilized around 2010. Scholars believe the barn is a sign of the “increasingly complex” pregnancies facing doctors in Britain.

Obesity rates have increased in recent years, with up to a quarter of women being medically overweight and much more overweight.

The average age of mothers has also increased in recent years from about 32 to about 34 during the same period.

Being an older mother increases the risk of stillbirth, hypertension, and preeclampsia. Being overweight leads to similar complications.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh analyzed data from more than 750,000 births over 14 years in Scotland.

Women who were older or obese or had a cesarean section had a higher risk of dying in childbirth.

These women were up to 52% more likely to have serious maternal morbidity, including life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, heart attack, and eclampsia, and the onset of seizures in expectant mothers.

Lead author of the study, Dr Nazir Lone, an intensive care specialist at the University of Edinburgh, said that increasing factors that put women at risk for serious maternal morbidity will increase the emergency demands of maternity and care teams.

“The increasing prevalence of these factors among UK mothers could delay the historic decline in maternal mortality and increase the need for healthcare during pregnancy and childbirth,” she said.

The researchers found that mothers aged 40 and older were 44% more likely to have an event than pregnant women in their mid and late 20s.

Mothers who would be in their 30s were also at risk, with a 22% higher risk of an emergency than younger mothers.

Extremely obese pregnant women classified as having a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher had a 32% higher risk of medical emergencies than those of a healthy weight.

Women who were simply obese (BMI 30 to 40) had a smaller, but still significant, 13% higher risk than lean women.

Giving a previous cesarean section was associated with a 52% higher chance of serious maternal morbidity than those who did not.

A cesarean section carries the risk of infection, blood clots, bleeding, and damage to nearby organs such as the bladder and kidneys.

Previous research has shown that older mothers over the age of 35 are more likely to have serious complications related to a cesarean section.

One of the biggest risk factors was having multiple births, such as twins or triplets, and these women were 2.4 times more likely to experience an emergency.

Pregnant women with a pre-existing health condition such as heart disease were at higher risk and were four times more likely to have serious maternal morbidity.

But Dr. Lone and colleagues were most concerned about preventable risks, such as increasing obesity.

In their study, published in the journal Anesthesia, the authors note that the percentage of obese pregnant women has increased from 20% a decade ago to 26% in 2021.

Dr. Lone said the researchers hope their research can be used to better identify women at risk of serious maternal morbidity.

In addition to the medical emergency, they said this is critical as pregnant women are at greater risk of stillbirth and death.

English women have had children for many years until old age.

This is attributed to women who want to focus on their careers and couples who want to postpone having children until they can afford to buy a house at skyrocketing property prices.