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Complications among Pregnant Women during Child Labor in Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria 1Aruaye Afeye Obada, 2Lawal Umar Maradun, *3Aondover Eric Msughter, 2Nura Garba and 4Abubakar Aliyu Abba 1Department of Microbiology, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Calabar, Nigeria. 2Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. 3Department of Mass Communication, Skyline University, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. 4Department of Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria. *Corresponding Authors’ Contact Details: E-mail Address ✉: aondover7@gmail.com; Mobile Phone no ☎: +234(0) 7033443483 Accepted October 13, 2021 Pregnancy and complications among women during child labor have become one of the greatest health challenges leading to mortality among women of reproductive age. In 2017, estimates show that 810 women die every day as a result of pregnancy or childbirth related complications around the world. Nigeria accounts for 10 percent of maternal mortality in the world. Sadly, these complications are also experienced in Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State in a very high magnitude. Hence, this study examined complications among pregnant women during child labor in Kabo Local Government Area of Kano State. The study used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Purposive sampling method was used in selecting the 21 participants for Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The study found that complications among pregnant women during child birth in Kabo local government include postpartum haemorrhage, postpartum anaemia, intrapartum eclampsia, puerperal sepsis, breast engorgement, breast abcess and retained second twins. The study also discovered that most of the causes of these complications are lack of antenatal attendance, nutrition or diet, the presence of comorbidities and poor management of third stage of labor (delivery of the placenta). The study concludes that pregnancy complications have become one of the greatest health challenges and a leading cause of mortality among women of reproductive age. The study recommends that antenatal care and hospital delivery should be encouraged and there should be a provision for more professional health workers, especially those that will be able to handle the third stage of labor. Key words: Pregnancy complications, maternal complications, and labor complications. Full Text PDF (290 KB) |
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