Research Article Fetoplacental Weight Relationship in Normal Pregnancy and Pregnancy Complicated by Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Abruption of Placenta among Mothers Who Gave Birth in Southern Ethiopia, 2018 Tsegaye Mehare 1 and Daniel Kebede 2 1 Department of Human Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia 2 Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia Correspondence should be addressed to Tsegaye Mehare; tseyeshe96@gmail.com Received 12 April 2019; Accepted 26 December 2019; Published 27 January 2020 Academic Editor: Curt W. Burger Copyright © 2020 Tsegaye Mehare and Daniel Kebede. is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Introduction. Placenta is a complex multifunctional organ that maintains pregnancy and promotes normal fetal development. e fetal outcome is adversely influenced by pathological changes in the placenta because it is a mirror that reflects the intrauterine status of the fetus. Placental abnormalities are considered a leading cause of maternal and prenatal mortality. is study aimed to assess the fetoplacental weight relationship in pregnancy-induced hypertension and abruption placenta and compare with the normal one. Objective. is study designed to assess fetoplacental weight relationships in normal pregnancy and pregnancy complicated by pregnancy-induced hypertension and abruption of placenta among mothers who gave birth in Dilla niversity Referral Hospital, southern Ethiopia, 2018. MaterialsandMethods. Institution-based comparative cross-sectional study was used on 50 placentas from mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension, 50 placentas from mothers with abruption of placenta, and 50 placentas from mothers with normal pregnancy (control) with an age range of 19–34 years. e weight of the placenta and newborn were taken and the fetoplacental ratio was calculated. Results. Placental index as well as the weight of the newborn shows statistically significant (p < 0.001) difference in pregnancy-induced hypertension and abruption placenta group compared with the normal group. e mean of the fetoplacental ratio in the normal group was 5.52 ± 0.07, in pregnancy-induced hypertension was5.15 ± 0.11, whereas the abruption placenta was 4.99 ± 0.82. Conclusion. Both PIH and abruption placenta were associated with remarkable changes in the placenta index such as small placental weight and diameter and results in different kinds of congenital anomalies and low birth weight of the baby. Hence, fetoplacental ratio was altered. e lowest fetoplacental ratio was 4.99 for abruption placenta, and the highest was for a normal group of the placenta which was 5.52. erefore, an examination of the placenta before and after birth guarantees for feto-maternal health. 1. Introduction e placenta is a complex multifunctional organ that maintains pregnancy and promotes normal fetal develop- ment [1]. e fetal outcome is adversely influenced by pathological changes observed in placenta because it is a mirror that reflects the intrauterine status of the fetus [2]. Placental anomalies are the leading cause of maternal and prenatal mortality and important factors affecting fetal growth. Several studies have been conducted in developed countries which have suggested that placental indices have a significant role in fetal growth in terms of weight and congenital anomalies [3, 4]. Hence, a thorough examination of the placenta in the uterus and during parturition morphometrically provides much insight into the prenatal health of the baby and the mother [5–7]. But currently, very little is known about the incidence of fetal deaths resulting from placenta Hindawi Obstetrics and Gynecology International Volume 2020, Article ID 6839416, 6 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6839416