The relationship between anaemia in pregnancy and the rates of low birth weight and pre-term delivery was examined for women presenting in labour at Iyienu Hospital, Ogidi. Anambra State. Upon admission at the labour ward, the subjects were screened for anaemia by estimating their packed cell volume (PCV). All women whose PCVs levels were 30% and below were classified as anaemic while those above this level were classified as non anaemic. Four hundred and twenty women were studied. Nine percent of them were anaemic. The fetal weights were measured at delivery with the use of a standard scale. All babies who weighed less than 2.5 kg at term were classified as low birth weight. Out of the 420 babies delivered, 1.9% had low birth-weight. Similarly, all pregnancies below 37 completed weeks of gestation were regarded as pre-term. Altogether, there were 3.6% pre-term deliveries. When the outcome of pregnancy in the anaemic group was compared with their non-anaemic counterparts, the results of the study showed that there was no significant difference between the mean birth-weight (3.3 kg) and the mean gestational age (39.7 weeks) of anaemic subjects when compared with their non-anaemic counterparts, 3.4 kg and 39.8 weeks respectively. The author concludes by recommending among other things that further studies on the effects of chronic anaemia be done so as to ascertain its effects. Predelivery studies may not be adequate to assess the effect of chronic anaemia on pregnancy. Medical personnel should screen and treat patients for anaemia during first trimester, since anaemia if detected in first trimester may adversely affect fetal outcome rather than in the third trimester during which this study was conducted