Pregnancy outcome in women with inflammatory bowel disease according to the activity of the disease and the drug treatment

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD-Crohn's disease [CD]; ulcerative colitis [UC]) affect young adults in their reproductive ages. According to literature data, women with IBD, even with inactive disease and low risk medications are at increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcome compared to women without IBD. Aims: The aim of our study was to assess whether disease activity and medical treatment of IBD during the pregnancy affect the outcomes and complications of pregnancy in women with CD and UC. Patients and methods: 64 pregnancies in women with IBD (20 CD; average age at delivery: 27.5 [20–40] yea…