Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in a Secondary Health Facility in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Table 1

Danger signs.

(1) Pregnancy	Vaginal bleeding, swollen hands/face, blurring of vision, convulsion, high fever, reduced fetal movements, severe weakness, liquor drainage without labor
(2) Labor and childbirth	Labor lasting >12 hours, convulsion, inability to deliver minutes after delivery, severe vaginal bleeding, severe headache, high fever, blurred vision, difficulty in breathing, severe weakness, loss of consciousness and swollen hands/face
(3) Puerperium—during the 1^st second-day postdelivery	Profuse vaginal bleeding, high fever, offensive vaginal discharge, convulsion, loss of consciousness, severe weakness, difficulty in breathing
(4) Newborn—during the 1^st seven days after birth	Difficult or fast breathing, yellow skin/eye colour, pus, bleeding or discharge from/around the umbilical cord, baby very small, red or swollen eyes with pus and unconsciousness