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Complications of childbirth

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Name(s):

Complications of labour in childbirth

Complications of the puerperium

Difficulties in giving birth

Hard labor during birthing

Nature

Complications of childbirth may include prolonged labour, breech delivery, cord prolapse, aspiration, and birth injuries, premature labour and multiple pregnancies.

Labour becomes even more difficult if the mother's pelvic organs, bones, or tissues are malformed, if the foetus is malpositioned, or if the mother lacks sufficient force to help expedite the foetus through the birth canal.

Broader

Pregnancy disorders

Medical complications

Negative effects of maternity

Aggravates

Fistulas

Asphyxia

Anoxemia ^{[in 1 loop]}

Still-birth

Birth trauma

Head injuries ^{[in 8 loops]}

Infant mortality

Maternal mortality

Perinatal mortality

Career interruption due to pregnancy

Excessive medical intervention in childbirth ^{[in 1 loop]}

Pattern of exhausted Fluid of Large Intestine in the body

Aggravated by

Malposition of uterus

Malformation of cervix

Foetal erythroblastosis

Unsupervised home births

Female genital mutilation

Social isolation of women at home

Defective oxygen supply to the foetus

Precipitate or ill-judged forceps delivery

Medical experimentation on pregnant women and foetuses

Congenital anomalies of the ovary, fallopian tube and uterus

Reduced by

Childlessness

Birth prevention

Strategy(ies)

Campaigning against childhood genital mutilation

Bearing children

Value(s)

Complexity

Difficulty

Reference(s)

Mauricev, Francis and Chamberlain, Hugh: The Diseases of Women with Child and in Childbed

Type

(D) Detailed problems

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