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Many women who have had a healthy pregnancy will have a vaginal birth. In a vaginal birth, the baby will come out through the birth canal. Most women give birth at around 38-41 weeks of pregnancy. However, there is no way to know exactly when you will go into labor.
Possible Complications
Your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Bleeding
- Uterine infection
- Tear of tissue around the vagina
- Complications requiring forceps, vacuum extraction, or cesarean delivery (C-section)
- Blood clots
- Injury to the baby
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Anemia
- Diabetes
- Bleeding disorder
- Lung or heart disease
- Infectious disease (eg, active genital herpes infection, HIV )
- Water breaking before your contractions start
- Placenta previa (placenta positioned over the canal opening)
- Abruptio placenta (early separation of the placenta from the wall of the womb)
- Umbilical cord prolapse (umbilical cord slips out of the birth canal before...
