Introduction
Maternal anemia is a common problem in pregnancy in developing countries like India. According to WHO, anemia is defined as the hemoglobin level of < 11 gm/dl. Anemia due to iron deficiency has serious health and functional problem and most of its nutritional components are controllable with a very high benefits/cost ratio. It is estimated that 1200 million people are anemic globally. Maternal anemia is considered as a risk factor for poor pregnancy outcome and threatens the life of mother and fetus. However, the extent to which the maternal hemoglobin concentration effect the fetal weight and fetal outcome uncertain. Some studies have show a strong association between hemoglobin before delivery and adverse outcome, while other studies have not found a significant association. Thus, the aim of his studies was to evaluate the antenatal maternal hemoglobin and find its impact on maternal and perinatal outcome