Explain the Obstetric or Maternal Morbidity

Obstetric/maternal morbidity, which covers morbidity in a woman who is, or has been, pregnant from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes. Genitourinary prolapse and vesico-vaginal fistula are classified as obstetric morbidities. Both conditions are usually the direct result of multiple pregnancies and prolonged or obstructed labour respectively. Vesico-vaginal fistula can also be caused by crude attempts at induced abortion, female genital cutting and accidental injury during obstetric surgery and pelvic irradiation.