Causes of cord accidents or obstructed labour that is to say the baby gets stuck on its way either because it is too big or the mother’s bones are too narrow.

There is also umbilical cord prolapse-this is when part of the cord drops out of the birth canal especially when ‘waters’ break through, and knotting of the umbilical cord.

Knotting of the umbilical cord is fairly common in low developing countries like Uganda and happens in early pregnancy when the foetus has a lot of room to move around in the amniotic sac!

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Other causes of cleft lip are vitamin deficiency and taking poor medication, and consumption of large amount of alcohol.

Exposure to smoking environment in early pregnancy, exposure to x-rays at an early stage of pregnancy may also predispose the unborn baby to the condition of cleft lip.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) so advises pregnant women to be careful.

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Having a good diet helps us to prevent spinal bifida. This is the most common of a group of birth defects in Uganda and around the world known as neutral tube defects.

Neural tube defects affect the central nervous system that is the brain and spinal cord. The cause of this defect, according to the experts in World Health Organisation (WHO) is lack of enough folic acid during the process of the baby’s development in the womb.

But folic acids can be obtained from locally available foods and  vegetables such as cabbages, soya, mushrooms, ovacado, fresh bananas, ground nuts,  liver, spinach, doddo, pumpkin leaves and fresh vegetables.

According to medical experts 70% of cases of neural tube defects could be prevented by adequate intake of folic acid immediately before and in early pregnancy.

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