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Emergency childbirth is the precipitous birth of an infant in an unexpected setting. In planned childbirth, mothers choose the location and obstetric team ahead of time. Options range from delivering at home, at a hospital, a medical facility or a birthing center. Sometimes, birth can occur on the way to these facilities, without a healthcare team.
Long-term complications for the mother include obstetrical fistula. [2] Obstructed labour is said to result in prolonged labour, when the active phase of labour is longer than 12 hours. [2] The main causes of obstructed labour include a large or abnormally positioned baby, a small pelvis, and problems with the birth canal. [2]
Amniotic fluid embolism is suspected when a woman giving birth experiences very sudden insufficient oxygen to body tissues, low blood pressure, and profuse bleeding due to defects in blood coagulation. The signs and symptoms of amniotic fluid embolism can vary from one individual to another but involve systemic involvement of multiple organ ...
The infant may be seriously affected and have a variety of birth defects. Complications in the mother and fetus can include pre-eclampsia, anemia, miscarriage, low birth weight, still birth, congestive heart failure, impaired neurointellectual development, and if severe, congenital iodine deficiency syndrome.
Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects (also known as "CHILD syndrome") is a genetic disorder with onset at birth seen almost exclusively in females. [ 1 ] : 485 The disorder is related to CPDX2, and also has skin and skeletal abnormalities, distinguished by a sharp midline demarcation of the ichthyosis with ...
Scheana Shay just gave birth, and she’s already opening up about the details of her labor, including a serious medical condition. Pregnant Scheana Shay Shows Bare Baby Bump Before Going Into ...
A mom from Texas has shared how she forgot that she gave birth to her triplets after she was declared “clinically dead” for 45 minutes following her cesarean section.
A social media star with cerebral palsy refuses to let online backlash stand in the way of exploring the joys of motherhood. Born with cerebral palsy, the hopeful mother has defied the odds over ...