Background: Anaemia during pregnancy is a major problem in developing nations like India, where the prevalence of the condition is 87%. The objective is to find association between maternal anaemia and neonatal complications and to find long term morbidity and mortality of babies born to anaemic mothers.

Materials and Methods: This study was performed at the NRI Medical College, Chinnakakani. This is a prospective study which included 100 cases, studied over a period of six months from February 2023 to August 2023. Anemia was identified based on Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The data regarding demographic details, gestational age, obstetric history, Haemoglobin monitoring, medications maternal and fetal outcome were collected in a pre-structured closed ended questionnaire. Data collection was done after ethical permission from institutional ethical committee and informed consent of clients. All subjects were analyzed in full details and hemoglobin estimation done during 1st visit, at 30th week and 36th week of gestation. Blood cultures were done in all the babies admitted to NICU for various reasons. Epi- info7 was used for analysis.

Result: A total of 100 Pregnant women were enrolled for the study and were followed. Some women encountered maternal and fetal morbidity. The most common age group was found to be 21-25 years comprising 40% of study participants, followed by <20 years. Eighty-two percent has period of gestation of <37 weeks. Mostly parity was 1 in 50% of study participants. the most common maternal outcome was preterm labour in 18% of study participants followed by puerperial sepsis in 10% of cases but it was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Among the fetal outcome 20% were having low birth weight who belonged to moderate anemia mothers with 18% showed fetal growth restriction. Eleven percent showed admittance in NICU after birth but it was not significant (p>0.05).

Conclusion: Proper antenatal care is the basic requirement for prevention, early detection and treatment of anaemia.

Keywords: Anemia, Fetal morbidity, Maternal morbidity, Gravida, Prevalence