title: Spontaneous births into toilets.
abstract: Since inception of the Dade County Medical Examiner Department in 1956 and the end of 1982 a total of 18 spontaneous births into toilets were investigated. A retrospective review of these cases revealed a high degree of maternal denial of pregnancy and refusal of responsibility for the fetus by primiparous mothers of term births, the instances of most questionable manner of death. A consideration in the examination of these natal deaths should be investigation of maternal postnatal behavior along with the circumstances of birth and autopsy findings.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D011247:Pregnancy; D014038:Toilet Facilities