Editing Childbirth (section)

====Stillbirth====
{{Main|Stillbirth}}
Stillbirth is typically defined as [[fetus|fetal]] death at or after 20 to 28 weeks of pregnancy.<ref name=NIH2014Def>{{cite web|title=Stillbirth: Overview|url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth/Pages/default.aspx|website=NICHD|access-date=4 October 2016|date=23 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005085055/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=5 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="WHO2016">{{Cite web |title=Stillbirths |url=https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/epidemiology/stillbirth/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002035346/http://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/epidemiology/stillbirth/en/ |archive-date=2 October 2016 |access-date=29 September 2016 |website=World Health Organization |language=en-GB}}</ref> It results in a baby born without [[vital signs|signs of life]].<ref name=WHO2016/>

Worldwide prevention of most stillbirths is possible with improved health systems.<ref name=WHO2016/><ref name=Lancet2016>{{cite journal|title=Ending preventable stillbirths An Executive Summary for The Lancet's Series|journal=The Lancet|date=Jan 2016|url=http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/stories/series/stillbirths2016-exec-summ.pdf|access-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712154237/http://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/stories/series/stillbirths2016-exec-summ.pdf|archive-date=12 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> About half of stillbirths occur during childbirth, and stillbirth is more common in the [[developing world|developing]] than [[developed world]].<ref name=WHO2016/> Otherwise depending on how far along the pregnancy is, [[induction of labor|medications may be used to start labour]] or a type of surgery known as [[dilation and evacuation]] may be carried out.<ref name=NIH2014Tx>{{cite web|title=How do health care providers manage stillbirth?|url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth/topicinfo/Pages/managed.aspx|website=NICHD|access-date=4 October 2016|date=23 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005133645/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth/topicinfo/Pages/managed.aspx|archive-date=5 October 2016}}</ref> Following a stillbirth, women are at higher risk of another one; however, most subsequent pregnancies do not have similar problems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stillbirth: Other FAQs|url=https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth/topicinfo/Pages/questions.aspx|website=NICHD|access-date=4 October 2016|date=23 September 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005133552/https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth/topicinfo/Pages/questions.aspx|archive-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>

Worldwide in 2019 there were about 2 million stillbirths that occurred after 28 weeks of pregnancy, this equates to 1 in 72 total births or one every 16 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stillbirths and stillbirth rates |url=https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/stillbirths/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=UNICEF DATA |language=en-US |archive-date=9 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909023831/https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-survival/stillbirths/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Still births are more common in [[South Asia]] and [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref name=WHO2016/> Stillbirth rates have declined, though more slowly since the 2000s.<ref name=Dra2016>{{Cite journal|last1=Draper|first1=Elizabeth S.|last2=Manktelow|first2=Bradley N.|last3=Smith|first3=Lucy|last4=Rubayet|first4=Sayed|last5=Hirst|first5=Jane|last6=Neuman|first6=Melissa|last7=King|first7=Carina|last8=Osrin|first8=David|last9=Prost|first9=Audrey|date=6 February 2016|title=Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030|journal=The Lancet|language=en|volume=387|issue=10018|pages=587–603|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00837-5|issn=0140-6736|pmid=26794078|doi-access=free}}</ref>