An obstetric labor complication is a difficulty or abnormality that arises during the process of labor or delivery. The Trust for America's Health reports...

termed obstetric labor complications, and problems that occur primarily after childbirth are termed puerperal disorders. While some complications improve...

result in maternal exhaustion, fetal distress, and other complications including obstetric fistula. Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions)...

later on. Some, due to obstetric fistulae and other complications from childbirth, do not survive. Physical consequences of obstetric fistulae lead to severe...

The obstetrical dilemma is a hypothesis to explain why humans often require assistance from other humans during childbirth to avoid complications, whereas...

categories: direct obstetric deaths and indirect obstetric deaths. Direct obstetric deaths are causes of death due to complications of pregnancy, birth...

standard modified criteria have been lowered to 135 since the late 1980s. Obstetric ultrasonography is routinely used for dating the gestational age of a...

Obstetrical bleeding is bleeding in pregnancy that occurs before, during, or after childbirth. Bleeding before childbirth is that which occurs after 24...

Obstetrical forceps are a medical instrument used in childbirth. Their use can serve as an alternative to the ventouse (vacuum extraction) method. Forceps...

rupture, or having post-partum bleeding. Long-term complications for the mother include obstetrical fistula. Obstructed labour is said to result in prolonged...