Abstract
Routine ultrasound screening was performed on 86, diabetic Saudi pregnant women, ranging from16-43 years old. Descriptive statistics of patient data are presented as mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum for patents age, FL per week, BPD per week, and weight per gram. For patients age, the mean +/- SD was 29.88 +/- 6.45 years, for FL/ W and BPD/W was 30.56 +/- 6.29 and 29.57 +/- 7.62 respectively and for weight was 2.193 +/- 1.053 kg. Frequency distribution for age group and placenta position, for the age group 31-35 was dominant with 26 patients than age group 21-25 and 26-30 years with 18 patients for each while the group 41-45 years was lower frequent with 3 patients. The most common placenta position was fundal anterior and posterior, with 23 patients. Each fundal was less frequent with 10 patients. The amount of amniotic fluid was normal in 78 patients, while 3 patients had oligohydramnios and 6 had polyhydramnios. A correlation was detected between the patient's age group with placenta position. Of twenty-six patients aged 31-35 years, the position of the placenta was fundal in 6 patients, fundal posterior in 6, anterior position in 8, posterior in two, and 4 patients were fundal position. Analysis of variance for weight/gm with FL/W and BPD/W showed there is no significant difference between the baby's weight with measurement for FL/W (p = 0.387) and BPD/W (p = 0.429).