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Unassisted childbirth

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Birth of a baby without the assistance of an obstetrician, midwife, or other health professional.

This may be by accident or by design.

Unassisted childbirth is fraught with risks since about a fifth of apparently normal pregnancies develop unexpected complications during labor and turn into high-risk, sometimes life-threatening, situations

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