Table 5 Pregnancy Period, Frequency of Traditional Medicine use and complications
Variable (n = 13) | 1st Trimester | 3rd Trimester | During labour | After labour | Fisher’s Exact |
Complication | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | 0.476 |
 Bleeding | 1 (33.33) | 1 (14.29) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |
 High blood pressure | 0 (0.00) | 1 (14.29 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |
 Prolonged labour | 2 (66.67) | 5 (71.43) | 2 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | |
 Unknown | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (100.00) | |
Frequency of TM use | |||||
| Â | Bleeding | High blood pressure | Prolonged labour | Unknown | Â |
| Â | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Freq (%) | Â |
1–5 times | 2 (100.00) | 1 (100.00) | 7 (77.78) | 1 (100.00) | 1.000 |
6> | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (22.22) | 0 (0.00) | |