Childbirth | |
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Other names | Labour and delivery, labor and delivery, partus, giving birth, parturition, birth, confinement[1][2] |
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Newborn baby and mother | |
Medical specialty | Obstetrics, midwifery |
Complications | Obstructed labour, postpartum bleeding, eclampsia, postpartum infection, birth asphyxia, neonatal hypothermia[3] |
Types | Vaginal delivery, C-section[4] |
Causes | Pregnancy |
Prevention | Birth control, abortion |
Frequency | 135 million (2015)[5] |
Deaths | 500,000 maternal deaths a year |
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies leaves the uterus by passing through the vagina or by Caesarean section.[4] In 2015, there were about 135 million births globally.[5]
About 15 million were born before 37 weeks of gestation,[6] called a premature birth, while between 3 and 12 percent were born after 42 weeks[7] as a postterm delivery.
Birth rate is important in determining the population growth rate.
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