Serious complications after giving birth

Less common (but serious) complications:
o peripartum cardiomyopathy
o cardiopulmonary arrest
o magnesium toxicity
o severe hypoxemia/acidosis
o massive embolism
o increased intracranial pressure, brainstem infarction
o molar pregnancy, gestational trophoblastic disease (like a pregnancy-induced cancer)
o malignant arrhythmia
o circulatory collapse
o placental abruption
o obstetric fistula