55 pregnant women with anemia and their children participated in the study. 20 pregnant women without anemia took part in the study as a control group.The structure of morbidity and severity of anemia of pregnant women and its consequences for fetal development and early adaptation of a newborn were investigated.The morbidity structure, the severity of anemia and the influence of mothers’ anemia to the fetuses and newborns were revealed.Iron deficiency anemia of pregnant women aggravates the course of the gestational process, causes a number of complications in childbirth and the postpartum period, affects the development of fetal and newborn pathology.It is shown that iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women is a polyethological disease with a complex pathogenesis, accompanied byiron-and folate-deficient conditions and an imbalance of the most important trace elements.
