They had become pregnant at 14, and when it came time to deliver, they went through days of excruciating labor at home. In the end, their babies arrived stillborn. In one way, they were fortunate: they survived while most girls and women who experience prolonged obstructed labor with no skilled assistance will die due to uterine rupture. If the mother continues to have contractions while the baby’s head is unable to descend into the birth canal, the womb can tear and the baby will be expelled into the abdominal cavity. The mother dies of blood loss from the torn uterus, and the baby dies as well.