 The swelling of the abdomen and lack of menstruation can resemble pregnancy; Asma El Dareer, a Sudanese physician, reported in 1979 that a girl in Sudan with this condition was killed by her family.FGM may place women at higher risk of problems during pregnancy and childbirth, which are more common with the more extensive FGM procedures.Infibulated women may try to make childbirth easier by eating less during pregnancy to reduce the baby's size.