Thursday 30 June 2011

Still Born Babies

Still born babies and baby deaths in the world still remain even in this era of advanced technology and science. In this advanced era one still born baby out of every 150 births are still born taking place. The world leaders are not focusing on this issue and the governments are failing to address the problem.

In medical terms if a baby dies after 20 weeks after the mother becomes pregnant is called still born baby. This happens because of lot of reasons undetected at the time of pregnancy. Most of the couples did not take any care after the wife conceives.

It is rampant in the third world countries and still exists in the developed nations. At the same time the governments, couples and doctors could not be faulted for this. Even genetic problems will also cause the problem.

In third world countries still the deliveries are taking place at home and this is depriving them off the medical assistance in time. There is a need to educate the under developed nations' people about the importance of deliveries at the hospital.

Apart from this baby deaths are also taking place in high number in the world. Babies born with low weight, lung related diseases, heart problems, less growth and lack of immediate medical assistance are dying within 10 weeks of birth.

This problem may not be erased totally but can be reduced with the efforts of the medical people, governments and non governmental organisations. First of all the pregnant women shall be educated about the complications related with deliveries. They shall be enlightened to undergo tests at the maternity hospitals periodically to check the health of the baby growing in the womb.

Doctors shall check the medical history of the couples whether they have hereditary problems. If those problems could not be corrected, they shall be advised to abort the child. So that the pregnant does not under gos unmeasurable misery.

Still born babies and baby deaths will shock the parents and will frighten them to go for second child. Doctors shall discover the problem and take corrective measures and encourage the couple to take care while going for second child.

Couple shall also take enough care as soon as the wife conceives. Apart from taking the wife to the doctors shall assist the wife to deliver the baby safely. Husband shall give psychological strength to the wife so that she can carry the baby without fear.

Governments shall increase maternity facilities in their countries and shall put in place all needed equipment in them. They shall see that there should be enough doctors in the hospitals. Nursing home shall be set up in near by areas.

Pregnant women shall under go ultra sound tests to find out the babies growth is good or not. They shall follow the doctors advice and shall take medicines and prescribed food for the better growth of baby. The family shall assist the pregnant to cope up with the problems.

At the same time the medical world shall under take research on the causes for still born babies and on the baby deaths. They shall come out with tangible results so that the women could gain the fruits of them.

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