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The main differences lie in the state of the mother and fetus and the mechanism of delivery: in the event of natural, live childbirth, the mother's contractions thin and widen the cervix to expel the infant from the womb; in a case of coffin birth, built-up gas pressure within the putrefied body of a pregnant woman pushes the dead fetus from ...
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 ...
Lifetime risk of maternal death is a calculated prediction of a woman's risk of death after each consecutive pregnancy. [38] The calculation pertains to women during their reproductive years. [ 38 ] The adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality can be derived using either the maternal mortality ratio (MMR), or the maternal mortality rate (MMRate).
A review of 128 cases by T.S.P. Tien found that the mean age of women with lithopedia was 55 years at the time of diagnosis, with the oldest being 100 years old. The lithopedion was carried for an average of 22 years, and in several cases, the women became pregnant a second time and gave birth to children without incident.
Serious pre-existing disorders which can reduce a woman's physical ability to survive pregnancy include a range of congenital defects (that is, conditions with which the woman herself was born, for example, those of the heart or reproductive organs, some of which are listed above) and diseases acquired at any time during the woman's life.
An Alabama woman was forced to endure nearly 12 hours of excruciating labor alone in a jail cell as staff refused to take her to a hospital, according to a new federal civil rights lawsuit.
Misoprostol can cause unpleasant side effects such as very high body temperatures and shivering. [27] Lower doses of misoprostol appear to be safer and cause less side effects. [27] Giving oxytocin in a solution of saline into the umbilical vein is a method of administering the drug directly to the placental bed and uterus. [28]
Some animals starve to death shortly after birthing their young while others are eaten by their own young -- but these mothers make the ultimate sacrifice. Click through for 10 animal mothers that ...