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When a woman dies giving birth, what exactly happens?
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The most common is hemorrhaging. There are fairly big blood vessels connecting the placenta to the uterus. During birth the placenta detaches from the uterus, so if anything goes wrong there, she can lose a lot of blood quickly. 

Also possible are heart attacks or strokes induced by the exertion of childbirth.