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Read these following pregnancy cases. Discuss with your partner and decide what treatments
need to be taken in these cases using language expressions you have learnt previously.

Treatment options (type of childbirths):
Vaginal delivery
Cesarean section (c-section)
Forceps assisted delivery
Vacuum assisted delivery
Vaginal Birth after Caesarean (VBAC)
Terminating the pregnancy
Other possible treatments
Cases Treatments

A pregnant woman has a breech pregnancy. It is a
condition where the baby is positioned head-up in
the woman's uterus and the buttocks or feet closest
to the cervix.

Janine is 26 years old and comes to see her doctor
with several complains. This is her first pregnancy
and it was unplanned. An ultrasound done today
confirms a gestational age of 34 weeks.

Doctor caught an ectopic pregnancy in a woman
after she came with complaint of severe pain in her
stomach area. She is 8 weeks pregnant. The woman
wants to keep the baby.

During a normal delivery, a woman managed to
push the baby’s head out. However, the shoulders
of the baby remain inside the mother. This is her
first childbirth.

Watch a video about pregnancy complications. Decide whether these following statements are
true or false.

1. Complications during pregnancy are uncommon although they do occur. ___________
2. Fetus, amniotic fluid, placenta, umbilical cord are parts that cause complications
during pregnancy. ___________

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