Abstract
Objectives: The high incidence of teenage pregnancy, inspite of increased literacy and legal bindings, and the variable opinion in terms of its complication has made worthwhile to carry out a study on the topic so as to throw a light on measures to minimize the complications.
Materials and methods: In this prospective study, 150 cases each of teenage pregnancy (Study group) and pregnancy between the age 20-25 years (Control group) during the past two years were choosen. The pregnancy related promblems like anaemia, pregnancy induced hypertension, abnormal presentation, preterm labour, antepartum haemorrhage, intrumental delivery, perinatal outcome, etc were evaluated.
Results: The incidence of teenage delivery was 6.47%. The incidence of anaemia, PIH, preterm labour, antepartum bleeding, were significantly more in the study group (P

Key words: Pregnancy, Teenage, Complications.