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Conditions that threaten women’s lives in childbirth & pregnancy

  • Overview
  • Introduction
    • What is a life threatening complication in pregnancy and childbirth?
  • Onset
    • Pregnancy and symptoms
  • In hospital
    • Women's emergency experience
    • Experiences of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or High Dependency Units (HDU)
    • Transfer from critical care
    • Contact with the baby
    • Breastfeeding
    • Baby in neonatal unit (NICU)
    • Communication with health professionals
  • Going home
    • How women felt physically
    • Getting home and trying to get back to normal life
    • Follow up from the hospital
    • Support in the community
  • Specific conditions & long term effects
    • Haemorrhage - heavy uncontrolled bleeding
    • Hysterectomy
    • Blood pressure disorders: pre-eclampsia and HELLP
    • Pulmonary Embolism/blood clots
  • Emotional recovery
    • How women felt emotionally
    • Understanding what happened
    • Counselling
  • Father’s/partner’s experiences
    • Father's/ partner's experiences in hospital
    • Father's/partner's emotional recovery
  • Impact on family
    • Relationships with partners and family
    • Family life
    • Career and life path
    • Fertility and future pregnancies
  • Information and support
    • Information, support & support groups
  • People's Profiles
    • Thrombosis & thromboembolism (blood clots)
    • Pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome
    • Haemorrhage/placental disorders
    • Infections
    • Amniotic Fluid Embolism
    • Other
    • A health professional explains
  • Resources and Information
  • Credits

Conditions that threaten women’s lives in childbirth & pregnancy

Profiles - Infections

Anna

Anna lives with her partner and two sons. White British..

Ciara

Ciara is a qualified barrister, married with two daughters (age 6 months and 2 '). White British.
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