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Childbirth

Childbirth, also known as labour or delivery, is the completion of pregnancy, where one or more fetuses exits the internal environment of the mother vaginally or via caesarean section and becomes a newborn. In 2023, there were about 132 million human births globally. In developed countries, most births occur in hospitals, while in developing countries…

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Causes
Pregnancy
Complications
Obstructed labour, postpartum bleeding, eclampsia, postpartum infection, birth asphyxia, neonatal hypothermia: module 1
Deaths
260,000 maternal deaths a year (2023)
Frequency
135 million (2015)
Other names
Labour and delivery, partus, giving birth, parturition, birth, confinement
Prevention
Birth control, elective abortion

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Signs and symptoms

Stages of labour

Management

Complications

Mortality

Accommodation

Role of males

Society and culture

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Childbirth

Nodes304
Edges303
Triples210
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006579
Components1

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Childbirth

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related to Giving birth in hospitals · 14
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related to Pain medication in labour · 14
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related to Role of males · 14
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related to Fetal monitoring · 13
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related to Associated occupations · 11
Childbirth → Anaesthetists, Categorical, Categorically, Cesarean, Maternal, Medical, OB/GYN, Obstetrical, Some, These, They
related to Postpartum period · 11
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related to Society and culture · 11
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related to Location · 10
Childbirth → Australian, Before, Canada, In, Indigenous Inuit, Maternal, Netherlands, Northern Manitoban, These, This
related to Forceps or vacuum-assisted delivery · 9
Childbirth → An, C-section, Certain, Done, For, The, There, Urinary, While

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labour birth delivery women may baby postpartum vaginal pregnancy pain first mother health care maternal fetal also infant used births

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ChildbirthCausesPregnancy1.00infobox
ChildbirthComplicationsObstructed labour, postpartum bleeding, eclampsia, postpartum infection, birth asphyxia, neonatal hypothermia: module 11.00infobox
ChildbirthDeaths260,000 maternal deaths a year (2023)1.00infobox
ChildbirthFrequency135 million (2015)1.00infobox
ChildbirthOther namesLabour and delivery, partus, giving birth, parturition, birth, confinement1.00infobox
ChildbirthPreventionBirth control, elective abortion1.00infobox
ChildbirthSpecialtyObstetrics, midwifery1.00infobox
ChildbirthTypesVaginal delivery, C-section1.00infobox
ageinstance ofand involvement in decision-making are more important in the mother's overall satisfaction with the birthing experience than are other influencing factors0.80text
socioeconomic statusinstance ofand involvement in decision-making are more important in the mother's overall satisfaction with the birthing experience than are other influencing factors0.80text
ethnicityinstance ofand involvement in decision-making are more important in the mother's overall satisfaction with the birthing experience than are other influencing factors0.80text
preparationinstance ofand involvement in decision-making are more important in the mother's overall satisfaction with the birthing experience than are other influencing factors0.80text

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