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'''Basic Trope''': A woman (usually cleanly and unrealistically) dies in childbirth

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'''Basic Trope''': A woman (usually cleanly and unrealistically) dies in childbirthchildbirth.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': SomeoneToRememberHimBy.
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** [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith She dies of a broken heart.]]
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* '''Gender Inverted''': SomeoneToRememeberHimBy.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': SomeoneToRememeberHimBy.SomeoneToRememberHimBy.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': SomeoneToRememebrHimBy.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': SomeoneToRememebrHimBy.SomeoneToRememeberHimBy.
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* '''Gender Inverted''': [[MisterSeahorse Bob gives birth]] and dies as a result.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': [[MisterSeahorse Bob gives birth]] and dies as a result.SomeoneToRememebrHimBy.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Every woman who gives birth dies trying.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Every woman who gives birth dies trying.trying.
** A woman dies several hours before the birth of her child and has it carved out of her.

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** The woman has a risky multiple pregnancy.



** She has a Caesarean section

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** She has a Caesarean sectionsection.



** The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.

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** The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth Death by Childbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.
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** The citizens push for a change in the laws concerning the minimum age for marriage, and for birth certificates to enforce it, so that girls don't end up giving birth in their [[TeenPregnancy early to mid teens]], when they themselves are still growing.
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** She has a Caesarean section


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** In this setting C-sections are not performed on the living, but performed only if the mother has died, in the hope of possibly saving the baby.
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** The culture in which she lives believes that AllWomenAreLustful, and therefore that suffering in childbirth is a divine punishment and not to be interfered with, or that only "bad" women get complications and die.

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** The culture in which she lives believes that AllWomenAreLustful, and therefore that suffering in childbirth is a divine punishment and not to be interfered with, or that only "bad" women get complications and die.die, so there's little or no medical intervention.
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** The woman is giving birth at home, and runs into complications, but she is unable to get to a hospital in a timely manner or at all.
** The culture in which she lives believes that AllWomenAreLustful, and therefore that suffering in childbirth is a divine punishment and not to be interfered with, or that only "bad" women get complications and die.
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** Women in this setting tend to be [[ArrangedMarriage married off]] and become pregnant [[TeenPregnancy at a young age]] (before their pelvises and cervixes are fully developed), putting them at a higher risk of complications.

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** Women in this setting tend to be [[ArrangedMarriage married off]] and become pregnant [[TeenPregnancy at a young age]] (before their pelvises and cervixes are fully developed), and/or have many closely-spaced pregnancies, putting them at a higher risk of complications.
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** Women in this setting tend to be [[ArrangedMarriage married off]] and become pregnant at a young age (before their pelvises and cervixes are fully developed), putting them at a higher risk of complications.
** Prenatal care is lacking, so problems or conditions that could lead to a riskier birth go unnoticed or untreated. In addition, medical care ''during'' childbirth may be insufficient. (For example, a setting in which women in childbirth are assisted by mothers/sisters with no medical training, or folk-healers rather than actual midwives or doctors.)

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** Women in this setting tend to be [[ArrangedMarriage married off]] and become pregnant [[TeenPregnancy at a young age age]] (before their pelvises and cervixes are fully developed), putting them at a higher risk of complications.
** Prenatal care is lacking, so problems or conditions that could lead to a riskier birth go unnoticed or untreated. In addition, medical care ''during'' childbirth may be insufficient. (For example, a setting in which women in childbirth are assisted by mothers/sisters with no medical training, or folk-healers rather than actual midwives or doctors.) )
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** Bacteria (such as those responsible for pupureal fever) have become resistant to all known antibiotics. Infections are more common (even with hand-washing), and C-sections are out of the question because the risk of infection makes them too dangerous.
** Women in this setting tend to be [[ArrangedMarriage married off]] and become pregnant at a young age (before their pelvises and cervixes are fully developed), putting them at a higher risk of complications.
** Prenatal care is lacking, so problems or conditions that could lead to a riskier birth go unnoticed or untreated. In addition, medical care ''during'' childbirth may be insufficient. (For example, a setting in which women in childbirth are assisted by mothers/sisters with no medical training, or folk-healers rather than actual midwives or doctors.)
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** The woman lives but the father dies in an unrelated incident.

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** The woman lives lives, but the father dies in an unrelated incident.
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** The woman lives but the father dies in an unrelated incident.
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** Antibiotics are available to treat childbirth-related infections.


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** Complications ''other'' than bacterial infections exist, and/or the infection in question is resistant to available antibiotics.
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** The baby kills their own mother after being born.

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* '''Subverted''': It looks like she's going to die (perhaps in a show where this sort of thing is common), but she pulls through.

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It looks like she's going to die (perhaps in a show where this sort of thing is common), but she pulls through.



* '''Double Subverted''': ...but then she gets septicemia and dies after the fact.

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* '''Double Subverted''': ...Subverted''':
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but then she gets septicemia and dies after the fact.
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** She lives, but she's badly injured (for example, she gets an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetric_fistula obstetric fistula]])


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** She dies as a (direct or indirect) result of her injuries later.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Before you ask, reader, no, this heroine's mother did ''not'' die in childbirth, [[JaneAusten although I can see why you would assume that, given how often it happens.]]"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Before you ask, reader, no, this heroine's mother did ''not'' die in childbirth, [[JaneAusten [[Creator/JaneAusten although I can see why you would assume that, given how often it happens.]]"

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* '''Exploited''': ???

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** A man impregnates a weak ill woman to fulfill a prophecy where TheChosenOne is born right before his mother dies.
* '''Exploited''': ???A man wants to witness her death out of pure hatred and decides to see her child get born because this takes place during a time where DeathByChildBirth was very probable.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???A woman has an extremely difficult birth and is in danger of death, but she survives.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



** The show is set in a time period before medicine and hygiene were sufficiently advanced to keep this sort of thing from happening.
*** Or [[AfterTheEnd after.]]
** In a MisterSeahorse situation, the problems inherent to pregnancy and childbirth in a being that is simply ''not'' designed for it.

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** The show is set in a time period before medicine and hygiene were sufficiently advanced to keep this sort of thing from happening.
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happening... Or [[AfterTheEnd after.]]
{{after|TheEnd}}.
** In a MisterSeahorse situation, the problems inherent to pregnancy and childbirth in a being that is simply ''not'' designed for it.



* '''Gender Inverted''': [[MisterSeahorse Bob gives birth]] and dies as a result.

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* '''Gender Inverted''': [[MisterSeahorse Bob gives birth]] and dies as a result.



** The baby is a ChestBurster.
* '''Deconstructed''': The death is portrayed realistically, with days of agony, screaming, massive blood loss, etc... Worse, with such a high childbirth fatality rate, the local population starts to stagnate, with most women unable to birth more than one or two children without dying, and even more are discouraged from wanting children by it. The birth rate declines and the death rate remains the same.
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** The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.
** A school for midwives is opened in the area, training nurses in how to coax a mother through childbirth safely. The death rate in childbirth declines.

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** The baby is leaves his/her mom's body as if he/she were a ChestBurster.
* '''Deconstructed''': The death is portrayed realistically, with days of agony, screaming, massive blood loss, etc... Worse, with such a high childbirth fatality rate, the local population starts to stagnate, with most women unable to birth more than one or two children without dying, and even more are discouraged from wanting children by it. The birth rate declines and the death rate remains the same.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.
** A school for midwives is opened in the area, training nurses in how to coax a mother through childbirth safely. The death rate in childbirth declines.
ChestBurster.



* '''Exploited''': ???



** Alice's midwife knows how to do an episiotomy or C-section and even how to minimize the risk of infection, thus saving Alice.

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** Alice's midwife knows how to do an episiotomy or C-section and even how to minimize the risk of infection, thus saving Alice.



* '''Deconstructed''': The death is portrayed realistically, with days of agony, screaming, massive blood loss, etc... Worse, with such a high childbirth fatality rate, the local population starts to stagnate, with most women unable to birth more than one or two children without dying, and even more are discouraged from wanting children by it. The birth rate declines and the death rate remains the same.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.
** A school for midwives is opened in the area, training nurses in how to coax a mother through childbirth safely. The death rate in childbirth declines.



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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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*** Or [[AfterTheEnd after.]]



** Or [[AfterTheEnd after]].
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** In a MisterSeahorse situation, the problems inherent to pregnancy and childbirth in a being that is simply ''not'' designed for it.


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* '''Gender Inverted''': [[MisterSeahorse Bob gives birth]] and dies as a result.

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* '''Justified''': The woman has a disease or a condition making it unlikely that she will survive childbirth.

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The woman has a disease or a condition making it unlikely that she will survive childbirth.



*** Or [[AfterTheEnd after]].
* '''Inverted''': The woman lives, but the baby dies.

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*** ** Or [[AfterTheEnd after]].
* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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The woman lives, but the baby dies.



* '''Parodied''': Having the baby causes Alice to split neatly in half, perhaps because the baby is gigantic.

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Having the baby causes Alice to split neatly in half, perhaps because the baby is gigantic.



* '''Reconstructed''': The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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The characters know what a DeathByChildbirth is like, so they take steps to prepare for it, should it happen.



* '''Invoked''': A curse is put on Alice so she'll die in childbirth.

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A curse is put on Alice so she'll die in childbirth.



* '''Defied''': A blessing is put on Alice so she's temporarily immortal when she gives birth.

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A blessing is put on Alice so she's temporarily immortal when she gives birth.
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** The baby is stuck and/or breech


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** Alice's midwife knows how to do an episiotomy or C-section and even how to minimize the risk of infection, thus saving Alice.
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** The woman's [[DeathByBackstory corpse]] gives birth to a baby, and the woman comes back to life because of this.

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** The woman's [[DeathByBackstory corpse]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent A zombie woman]] gives birth to a baby, and the woman comes back to life because of this.

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