India, Feb. 19 -- A 35-year-old pregnant woman allegedly slit her own abdomen with a kitchen knife after she was unable to cope with labour pain in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district on Thursday. She later gave birth to a healthy baby girl, officials said.

The woman, identified as Nankai, lives in Nandwal village under the Baundi police station area. Neighbours rushed to her home after hearing her screams for help.

She was taken to the Fakharpur Community Health Centre, where she delivered the child through normal delivery. However, her condition worsened soon after childbirth.

Doctors at the district hospital later found that she had a serious abdominal injury, allegedly caused by a serrated kitchen knife.

"She was brought to the hosp...