What Are Some Reasons A Woman Would Die During Childbirth?

Question

I am trying to become healthier because I want to start my family in a couple of years with god's blessing and need to know. please be as precise as possible. thanks.

biomed- yes you are right. i am scared

Answer 1

Bleeding is the biggest one. Also, stroke during delivery. Usually caused by pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) , but also by clots that break off and go to the brain. PIH can lead to preeclampsia/eclampsia. Also, infections from premature ruptured membranes. Also, diabetics and epileptics can have seizures or other complications. Rarely, babies can get stuck and everyone is in trouble.
Thing is all of these are good reasons not to have home deliveries and make sure you deliver where there is an attending physician AT ALL TIMES. Otherwise, you or the baby could get into trouble and you would need to wait for the doctor to come in from home. Bad, bad,bad.

There is another condition where you can experience an acute fatty liver. Once the condition is diagnosed, the baby is delivered as quickly as possible to minimize the risks to mother and baby. The mother may require intensive care for several days after delivery until her condition improves. In most cases, liver function returns to normal within a few weeks.

A good doctor and a good hospital and all of these things are almost always avoided. They are all rarities.

**DIC is usually caused by women bleeding too much and that in itself is so traumatic that it causes the DIC. The DIC after delivery I've seen has never been the result of sepsis- always by too much blood loss.

Answer 2

U were asking reasons of death during childbirth- i'm giving u some of the reasons but it sounds like u have some anxiety about fear of dying during childbirth, u have to talk to someone about it because this conditions are not common, u can read on them on wikipedia or other search engines but it is for information only and not intending to make u more scared of childbirth.

condition called ecclampsia.....DIC...and ..heart failure.....(their heart is not strong enough to deal with the physical stress of childbirth)

Eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and is characterised by convulsions. Usually eclampsia occurs after the onset of pre-eclampsia though sometimes no pre-eclamptic symptoms are recognisable. The convulsions may appear before, during or after labour, though cases of eclampsia after just 20 weeks of pregnancy have been recorded.

DIC-Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a pathological process in the body where the blood starts to coagulate throughout the whole body. This depletes the body of its platelets and coagulation factors, and there is a paradoxically increased risk of hemorrhage. It occurs in critically ill patients, especially those with Gram-negative sepsis (particularly meningococcal sepsis) and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Answer 3

Excessive bleeding and Preeclampsia are the first that come to my mind. I had Preeclampsia with all three of my kids and with my first I was on hosptial bedrest for a week before I suddenly developed pulmonary adema (fluid collecting in the lungs) and started to go into heart failure. I turned grey and had to be on oxygen. I had an emergency c-section with a crash induction (full anesthesia) and luckily had a healthy (though very early) little boy who is a spunky 3 year old today. I was then in the ICU overnight. I know how scary it was for me, I can't imagine what my husband went through seeing me like that. That is why in my opinion proper prenatal care is sooo vital. Any healthy woman can carry and give birth to a baby on her own, but it is for the complications that you need the doctors and hospitals.

Answer 4

Excessive bleeding from tearing, but there's plenty enough people in the delivery room to make sure that doesn't happen.
I guess something could go wrong with your heart.
I'm sure there are other things, you could look it up on the net.
But I don't think you would have anything to worry about. Look & see if you can find out how many women die during childbirth each year. I'm sure it's very low.

Answer 5

If you were to hemmorage (bleed too much), got toximia that wasn't able to be brought under controll or was caught. These are the only two I can think of. Here in America the chances of this happening and you dying are rare. We have so many medical advances. I would recommend within 1 year before starting you take prenatal vitamins or a general vitiamin to help your body prepare.

Answer 6

If you take care of yourself and get good prenatal care, there is very little likelihood of dying during childbirth...IF the baby happened to be too big for your birth canal,he would not be able to be born and you would probably die from trauma and heart failure...

good luck to you and your hubby!

Answer 7

complications during childbirth, though rare these days, still occur. just make sure that you eat healthy, get routine health check-up and when you're ready to start a family, begin reading the "what to expect when expecting" series of books.

take prenatal vitamins a month before you start trying to conceive. good luck.

Answer 8

Your going to drive your self crazy. Don't worry about it. Just go to the doctor and take care of your self. Do the best you can and you'll be alright.
And God has a plan for everything.

Answer 9

Complications.

My birth control pack says that being on the pill is LESS risky than pregnancy and childbirth. I'll stick to the pill.

Answer 10

Too much stress and pressure in giving birth for one