Find out more . Calendar Find your ovulation or due date here. Make calendar . Check out or price list Click here to buy pregnancy tests. Women often marry while they are still adolescents and begin childbearing early, sometimes before their bodies are fully mature, leading to increased risk of pregnancy complications.
Many villages are remote, far from government health posts, which are often poorly equipped.
Women in Nepal give birth to an average of five children, and less than one-third use family planning. Over 90 percent of births take place in homes, often under unhygienic conditions, with mothers assisted during labor by untrained traditional birth attendants, family members or, at times, no one at all. Most give birth on old mats, straw, or the bare floor. The newborn's umbilical cord is generally cut on wood or a coin, with ash, dried cow dung, or spider webs applied to the cord stump. It is no surprise that infections like tetanus are common in infants and in new mothers.