Let’s have a look at another case scenario of a perinatal death:

A 19-year old woman - para 1 with a certain gestation of 38 weeks based on early clinical examination - presented in a healthy condition during labour with no significant history. A baby, weighing 2450g, was delivered after 8 hours in labour. An early neonatal death occurred on Day 2 of life from meconium aspiration syndrome.

•In this case the main cause of death in the infant was meconium aspiration syndrome.

•The baby was small for gestational age, which is reported in Section B.

•There were no maternal conditions. Thus, report “no maternal conditions” as the main maternal condition contributing to the infant’s death.