Obstetricians say more needs to be done to identify cases of female genital mutilation in early pregnancy to manage complications that can arise
Doctors have endorsed a call for questions about female genital mutilation (FGM) to be a requirement when they see women from affected communities for prenatal appointments.
Khadija Gbla, a director of No FGM Australia, is due to give birth to her first child in February and struggled to find satisfactory medical care after disclosing she had FGM. She has now been classified as a “high risk” pregnancy and has a midwife to help her with her birth plan.
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