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