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Vaginal birth can be OK after multiple C-sections
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Feb 18, 2010
Women who attempt vaginal childbirth after having several babies by cesarean section may not have a greater risk of complications than women who've had only one prior C-section, a new study suggests. Still, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) does not currently recommend vaginal delivery for… Full Story »
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Vaginal birth can be OK after multiple C-sections (Reuters)
Yahoo! News: Parenting/Kids News &bull Feb 18, 2010
Women who attempt vaginal childbirth after having several babies by cesarean section may not have a greater risk of complications than women whove had only one prior C-section, a new study suggests. At one time, doctors believed that once a woman had a C-section, she would have to have one for all subsequent pregnancies -- mainly out of concern that the scar on the uterus could rupture during vaginal childbirth. That thinking… Full Story »
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528-Pound Mom Gives Birth To 6.4 Pound Baby
MSNBC.com: Pregnancy &bull Feb 18, 2010
Aspirin linked to better breast cancer outcomesA new study showing a possible connection between taking aspirin and better breast cancer outcomes raises more questions than it answers. NBC's Nancy Snyderman reports. BUCHAREST, Romania - A 25-year-old woman weighing 528 pounds… Full Story »
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Newborn-Care Training In Developing Countries Results In Dramatic Drop In Stillbirths
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Feb 18, 2010
The study tested the efficacy of a three-day Essential Newborn Care training regimen that covers basic newborn care techniques, the importance of early breastfeeding, how to keep infants warm and dry, and signs of serious health problems. The study, the largest of its kind, is one of the first to track the rate of infant deaths following the implementation of such a regimen. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, in addition to more than… Full Story »
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528-Pound Mom Gives Birth To Healthy Baby
MSNBC.com: Pregnancy &bull Feb 18, 2010
BUCHAREST, Romania - A 25-year-old woman weighing 528 pounds (240 kilograms) gave birth to her first baby on Thursday at a hospital equipped to treat obese people. The healthy baby, born by cesarean section, weighed 2.9 kilograms (6.4 pounds), said… Full Story »
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Antenatal allopurinol for reduction of birth asphyxia induced brain damage (ALLO-Trial); a randomized double blind placebo controlled multicenter study
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth &bull Feb 18, 2010
Background: Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy is associated with development of cerebral palsy and cognitive disability later in life and is therefore one of the fundamental problems in perinatal medicine. The xanthine-oxidase inhibitor allopurinol reduces the formation of free radicals, thereby limiting the… Full Story »
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The Vanishing Birth Center
Fit Pregnancy: Blogs &bull Feb 17, 2010When Mira Clark heard that North Shore Birth Center in Beverly, Mass., was in danger of closing, she felt a knot in her stomach. Having delivered her second child there just a few months before, the supportive care of the nurse-midwives and her relaxed, two-hour water delivery were still fresh in her mind. Im done… Full Story »
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The YOU Docs take on pregnancy and birth in new book
Houston Chronicle: Health News &bull Feb 17, 2010
What's in it: Advice to women who are or are planning to get pregnant. They believe the best tool for any pregnant woman is understanding what's happening to your body and why. More important , their focus is on how… Full Story »
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Migraine drugs don't up birth defect risk: study
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Feb 16, 2010
A study in nearly 70,000 pregnant women has found no link between migraine drugs called triptans and the risk of birth defects. However, the researchers did find a "slight increase" in the risk of excessive bleeding during labor, and the failure of the uterus to contract normally after delivery,… Full Story »
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Fetal surgery continues to advance
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Feb 16, 2010
Inserting a tiny laser into the mother's uterus to seal off an abnormal blood flow and save fetal twins. Advancing the science that may allow doctors to deliver cells or DNA to treat sickle cell anemia and other genetic diseases before birth. These are examples of the still-emerging field of fetal surgery. Fetal surgery is a unique field in maternal-fetal medicine, said pediatric surgeon N. Scott Adzick, M.D., medical director of the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment (CFDT) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Detecting birth defects prenatally has allowed physicians to provide better perinatal care, said Adzick, but… Full Story »
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Baby-Care Basics
Fit Pregnancy &bull Feb 11, 2010Used to be, a new mom spent several days in the hospital after giving birth learning how to take care of her baby. But today, many mothers go home exhausted 48 hours after delivery. The teaching that used to take place during those longer hospital stays… Full Story »
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Prevention is key research goal for premature babies, scientists say
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Feb 10, 2010
Only if scientists of all disciplines work together and share information -- databases, biological samples and new perspectives -- will the research community be able to determine how to prevent spontaneous preterm birth and spare babies from the serious consequences of an early birth, according to The Enigma of Spontaneous Preterm Birth, by Louis Muglia, MD, PhD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Michael Katz,… Full Story »
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Birth planning leads to surprising increase in premature births
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Feb 8, 2010
The rising trend of expectant mothers being involved in every aspect of planning their births has had an unintended consequence - a rise in pre-term deliveries. "It never would have occurred to me or anyone I knew to think you had any kind of control… Full Story »
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Parents Play a Pivotal Role in Reducing Teen Pregnancy
Families.com: Pregnancy Blog &bull Feb 8, 2010
In the midst of a debate over the best way to lower teen pregnancy rates, whether it is through teaching abstinence or informing teens about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases and methods of birth control, the story of an eleven-year-old girl giving birth to a baby, to me screams, "neither is… Full Story »
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Mechanism By Which Progesterone Prevents Preterm Birth
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Feb 8, 2010
The findings were presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) in Chicago by Errol Norwitz, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale. Preterm birth - delivery prior to… Full Story »
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Gene Variants Linked To Risk Of Preterm Birth
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Feb 8, 2010
For the study, researchers in Chile analyzed 190 genes and more than 700 DNA variants from 229 women and 179 preterm infants -- those born before 37 weeks' gestation. The genetic material of the preterm group was compared with that… Full Story »
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Link between birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine found
Science Daily: Pregnancy and Childbirth News &bull Feb 5, 2010
New findings demonstrate a link between the birth defect gastroschisis and the agricultural chemical atrazine. Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the intestines, and sometimes other organs, develop outside the fetal abdomen through an… Full Story »
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Cops: Woman Died Hiding Triplet Pregnancy (CBS News)
Yahoo! News: Pregnancy Search &bull Feb 3, 2010
Mother Didn't Disclose Her Pregnancy Before Death; No Signs of Foul Play, Police Say Full Story »
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Excerpt from 'Get Me Out': A History of Childbirth
Pregnancy Weekly Blog &bull Feb 3, 2010
Eve, the first woman to become pregnant, suffered from excruciating pain during the delivery because she cheated on her diet. God told her to not eat an apple, but she was tempted by the serpent's claim that the forbidden fruit would endow her and Adam with worldly knowledge. In God's fury, he transformed the serpent into a belly-crawling creature. Then he turned to Eve… Full Story »
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New York Times Editorial, Opinion Piece Examine Impact Of Abstinence-Only Programs
Pregnancy News & Obstetrics News from Medical News Today &bull Feb 2, 2010
A recent study by the Guttmacher Institute examining teenage pregnancy, birth and abortion rates "suggests the wisdom" of President Obama's decision to "redirect sex-education financing from an abstinence-only approach to broader, more-effective programs that provide information to young people about… Full Story »
