Why babies die?

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It is very infrequent for a baby to die in late pregnancy these days because women are in good health and good antenatal care is available. However, regrettably, some babies do die, sometimes without threatening and despite women doing all the right things. Some babies die in the uterus before they are born called an intrauterine fetal death. It can happen during the last half of pregnancy or during the labour and birth, when it is known as intrapartum death. When the baby has died during labour and birth is born, this is called a stillbirth. If a baby is born alive but dies in some weeks of life, this is called a neonatal death.

Many people think that stillbirths happen because of a growing or genetic problem that means the baby could not survive. In detail, this is the case for less than one in ten stillborn babies.  For as several as 6 in 10 stillborn babies, the cause of death is not known.

Placental problems

The placenta is the transitory organ that joins the woman and the baby, consenting nutrients and oxygen to pass to the baby and the baby’s waste products to send back to the mother. Some stillbirths happen because the function of the placenta doesn’t properly. This may happen progressively, and it may not be picked up by current routine gynaecological monitoring. A baby who doesn’t get the right sense of balance of nutrients may grow more slowly than expected.

Other causes

 Other causes of stillbirth include:
  Bleeding before or during labour.
·         Placental abruption, when the placenta separates from the uterus before the baby is born.
·         Problems of pre-eclampsia, which is linked with the placenta and causes high blood pressure.
·         Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, a liver disorder.
·         Genetic conditions.
·         The umbilical cord slipping down through the entrance of the womb before the baby is born or wrapping around the baby’s neck.

Incidents during birth

Every year around 500 babies die because of a trauma or event during birth that was not anticipated or well managed. Some babies are stillborn and die after birth.  Many of these expiries, when they occur at term, could be avoided with better care.

Contact
Anna Gill
Program Manager | Fetal Medicine 2020
Email; fetalmedicine@memeetings.com
Tel:+2013805561

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