Death cert what happened to baby

[gig]

Hi all
Ive just obtained the death certificate for my greatgrandfathers 1st wife
She died on the 16th october 1916 aged 28
The cause of death is given as
1 labour at term 2nd october placenta previa
2 secondary malmia pulmonary embolism syncope
I understand the medical side of her death,what i dont understand is  1 says labour at term so that would indicate she gave birth 2 weeks before her death but theres no register of birth, so what happened to baby
Thanks glynn

[Ruskie]

Still birth perhaps?  Hence not registered?

[Mike in Cumbria]

Still birth seems the most likely.

(edit - Ruskie beat me to it!)

[avm228]

Placenta previa would have been extremely dangerous for both mother and baby.  Given that there is no birth registration I agree stillbirth looks likely.

[gig]

Thank you for your replys i always thought still borns were registered

[rosie99]

This post from AntonyMMM indicates that the stillbirth register started around 1927
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=785413.

[Ruskie]

Thank you for your replys i always thought still borns were registered

https://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/374-Stillbirth

Snap Rosie 

[JayG]

If you can find the burial for this lady you might find the potential stillborn child in the same burial register.

Jay

[gig]

Thank you to everyone for your advice and help
Glynn