The rate of obesity in the United States has shown a steady increase and more than doubled in the last twenty-five years from 15% in 1980 to 32.9% in 2004. Moreover, nearly one third of women of reproductive age are obese and approximately 6% are extremely obese. In addition to the usual health related concerns, obesity significantly increases the rate of complications associated with pregnancy. In particular, several studies have demonstrated an increased incidence of cesarean delivery associated to maternal obesity. Cesarean delivery rates, much like obesity rates, have witnessed a tremendous surge in the last few decades and now account for approximately 30% of all deliveries or nearly 1.2 million procedures. Surgical site infections associated with cesarean delivery include wound infections and endomyometritis (infection in the uterus), with rates ranging from 7% to 20% depending on the demographic and obstetric variables. Despite these alarming trends there is a paucity of data regarding antimicrobial activity of prophylactic antibiotics in tissues and the effects of maternal obesity on these concentrations at the time of cesarean delivery.