title: Pseudo-precipitate labour: myth or reality.
abstract: Spontaneous deliveries into toilet bowls always carry a special forensic significance. Forensic pathologist has to differentiate between a genuine precipitate labour and concealed birth or a neonaticide. Circumstances are challenging when a nullipara claims misapprehended precipitate labour. We report a similar case where a primigravidous unmarried girl delivered in a lavatory pan misjudging labour pains as that of bowel evacuation. Detailed obstetric history, postnatal maternal behaviour and visit to scene of incidence resolved the unnecessary charges of neonaticide on the embarrassed mother.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India. anand.dr@hotmail.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ananda
authors.forename: Mandar Ramchandra
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sane
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Shreedhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D004332:Drowning / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology