PREdelivery Placental Biomarkers- Pregnancy and Delivery Outcome

The PREPPeD Study: "PREdelivery Placental Biomarkers- Pregnancy and Delivery Outcome"

The PREPPeD study proposes that predelivery placenta-derived maternal circulating biomarkers reflect placental health, capacity and ageing, and can help predict onset and complications of delivery both in complicated pregnancies as well as in clinically uncomplicated term/post-term pregnancies.

The main aim of the PREPPeD study is to explore whether placental health, evaluated by maternal blood biomarkers in late pregnancy, correlates with delivery outcomes in both healthy and complicated pregnancies.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All pregnant women scheduled to deliver at the Department of Obstetrics at OUH who qualify for the study groups as specified in the "Groups and Intervention" section.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who do not understand Norwegian or English
• Communicable disease
• Younger than 18 years of age
• Legally incompetent
• Fetal malformations