A public health physician, Dr Shehu Martins last Monday advised pregnant women to avoid giving birth at home, saying it can lead to serious complications.
\nMartins, who works at St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Gwagwalada, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Gwagwalada.
\nThe physician said that though, every mother has the right to choose where she wants to be delivered of her baby, \u201cit is important to consider the risks associated with home child birth\u2019\u2019.
\nAccording to him, the dangers associated with home delivery are much depending on the presentation as at the time the woman is delivering her baby. \u201cIf a woman has high blood pressure, diabetes, among other ailments, the risk could be more.
\n\u201cFor example, if a woman is hypertensive and she doesn\u2019t know, there can be complication of convulsion and the person attending to her may not know how to handle the situation.
\n\u201cIn first time pregnancy, complication from obstructed labour to foetal distress cannot be monitored at home and when she continues pushing, it can lead to vaginal fistula.
\n\u201cVaginal fistula is when there is a leakage of urine from the bladder without the woman knowing due to poor management of child labour.
\n\u201cThis prolong labour can lead to death of the baby before she gets to the hospital,\u2019\u2019 he explained.
\nThe physician, therefore, advised that every delivery should be monitored in the hospital, saying \u201ca poorly assisted home birth can lead to serious complications\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A public health physician, Dr Shehu Martins last Monday advised pregnant women to avoid giving birth at home, saying it can lead to serious complications. Martins, who works at St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Gwagwalada, gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Gwagwalada. The physician said that though, every mother has the right to choose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n