Abstract
Child birth complications are of various types and range from one woman to another. Childbirth complications include severe bleeding, kidney failure, stroke and heart attack. In most cases, these complications are experienced either during or soon after child birth. All women are deemed to be at a risk of experiencing child birth complications. Nonetheless, minority, black, and older women are deemed to have more exposure to child birth complications. Additionally, women who have various health conditions such as heart diseases are more likely to experience childbirth complications. As such, women who have medical conditions are normally advised to visit their doctors for consultation even before being pregnant. This is considered necessary in order to ensure such cases are well taken care of. This paper seeks to provide an overview of an article that talk about childbirth complications. Further, this paper to criticize the conclusion made implications, and the existing limitations of the study.
Introduction
Birth complications vary from minor to dangerous conditions that risk the lives of babies and that of their mothers. In the USA, birth complications have significantly dropped; of the 4 million mothers who give birth annually, only 590,000 cases of birth complications have been reported over the past decade. However, there are always many serious birth complications that cause deaths among mothers and newborns. This article focuses on the serious and common birth complications that have been recounted over the past years. Moreover, this article seeks to offer expert advice on how these birth complications can be dealt with or how they can be averted.
This article provides a comprehensive analysis of serious birth complications. It focuses on how these complications are caused, the kind of women they are likely to affect and how they can be treated. Additionally, this article provides knowledge that can be used by health officers and doctors to identify these birth complications and deal with them. The article can be used to save lives of women, who would otherwise be in danger. It helps advance the public understanding of the risks and complications that come with giving birth. Further, it helps mothers know the potential risks of giving birth and take precautions in case these conditions arise. From the article, it is evident that birth complications are a common thing and women must always have medical experts helping them to give birth so that whenever they experience birth complications, they are dealt with professionally.
Overview of the article
The article expounds on various child birth complications that mothers are likely to undergo. These complications include; prolonged labor, abnormal presentation, umbilical cord compression and umbilical cord prolapse. Each of the birth complications is well elaborated. The author explains the complications, their characteristics and whom of the various potential mothers it affects. The article also focuses on the causes of these birth conditions and how they can be treated. Each birth complication is explained in clear terms to enhance their understanding.
Contribution of the article
This article contributes to prenatal and new born issues by expounding on the potential birth complications that potential mothers face during the birth process. The birth complications affect both the mother and child. For instance, abnormal presentation affects the mother in that their pelvic bones cannot allow the baby to pass through in a different posture. For the baby, it will risk their lives because their bodies are delicate and any mishandling during the birth process can harm them. Umbilical cord prolapse and umbilical cord compression also risk the lives of babies and those of mothers because the umbilical cord links the fetus to the mother.
The article also contributes to prenatal care by describing the causes of each birth complication and what kind of mother it affects. Birth complications affect different kinds of mothers such as the mothers who take drugs and the underage mothers. It also elaborates on the modes of treatment for each birth complications. The complications have different causes and impacts on the child and mother. Therefore, their treatment methods are quite different and are explained at length in this article. Anyone reading this article would be able to familiarize with the various birth complications. Potential mothers would be able to seek help from relevant people in case one faces the situation.
Critique
The article’s conclusion is that each birth complication occurs in a similar way for all women. Furthermore, the article makes some assumptions that make the conclusion null and void. According to the article, birth complications occur independently and would be treated using the same procedure. However, in reality, there are serious cases where women experience more than one birth complication. This article does not explain how these scenarios can be handled. Furthermore, multiple birth complications often occur on subsequent pregnancies, which put the mother at risk. The article only focuses on four birth complications yet there are over 10 birth complications. Every birth complication, however minor, must be addressed. This article does not address unique cases of multiple birth complications. However, the complications that are addressed in the article have been well explained and contribute positively to the field of birth complications and prenatal care.
Limitations
This article only focuses on four birth complications yet there are over twelve kinds of birth complications. Therefore, it limits the reader to just a few options. The article does not expound on unique scenarios where mothers experience more than one birth complications. This makes the article misleading because in most cases, mothers face more than one birth complication. Finally, this article does not give the statistics of the frequency and numbers of incidents of these birth complications. This makes it difficult to tell which the most common birth complication is.
Implications
The article enlightens the readers to understand various birth complications. It explains the nature of every complication and how it can be tackled. The author also writes about the causes and treatment methods of the discussed complications. Readers can then be able to identify each complication through its characteristics and they can seek appropriate help whenever necessary. For instance, when the fetal heart rate decelerates, this would indicate that the umbilical cord has been squeezed, compressed or stretched during labor. The medical expert would then conduct appropriate procedures to rectify the problem. This would apply for all the birth complications because the article gives sufficient information on every complication.
References
WebMD. (2012, May). Childbirth Complications. Retrieved March 21, 2013, from Health & Pregnancy: http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/childbirth-complications
