Abstract
Objective: To identify the prevalence of obstetric complications. Methods: the study was retrospective, cross-sectional descriptive and quantitative analysis. Women over 18 years old, who had pregnancy and childbirth in the last 6 months and who were registered and monitored by the Family Health Strategy of a municipality in the North of Minas Gerais, participated in the research. For data collection, Google Form was used with the elaboration of a questionnaire developed by the researchers themselves. Results: Regarding the main complications, it was found that 27.3% of the participants had urinary tract infections during pregnancy and 27.3% had gestational diabetes. About the hypertensive disease of pregnancy 22.7% had, and toxoplasmosis had only 4.5%. Regarding infectious diseases, three participants stated that they had candidiasis during pregnancy (13.6%). None of the participants never had syphilis and placenta previa. Among other complications, the short cervix prevailed (4.5%). Conclusion: It was considered a significant number of women who had some type of complication during pregnancy, being a risk factor for predisposing to other complications. In this research, it was found that the complications that most affected the participants were urinary tract infections, gestational diabetes mellitus and hypertensive disorders.