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Childbirth
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Repeat C-section May Adversely Affect Baby (06/09/2005, Reuters Health)
- Steps to Help Baby During Birth Do Help (06/03/2005, Reuters Health)
- Tough Labor Leaves Lasting Mark on New Moms (05/24/2005, Reuters Health)
- Routine Use of Episiotomy in Uncomplicated Births Offers No Benefits to Women (05/03/2005, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Birth and the First Moments After (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Healthy Pregnancy: Childbirth (National Women's Health Information Center)
- JAMA Patient Page: Birth Labor (American Medical Association)
- JAMA Patient Page: Childbirth (American Medical Association)
- Vaginal Birth
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Fetal Fibronectin (fFN): A Test for Preterm Delivery (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor and What to Do (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Signs of Labor: Know What to Expect (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Dealing with Pain during Childbirth (Nemours Foundation)
- Epidurals: Reducing Pain during Labor and Delivery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Episiotomy: A Cut You May Not Need (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF
- Pain Relief Options for Labor and Delivery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Preterm Labor: Drugs for Use in Preterm Labor (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Pictures/Diagrams
- Pictures/Diagrams
- Slide Show: Exercises to Prepare for Childbirth (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Back Labor (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Giving Birth "In Place": Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
- Labor Induction (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - MedlinePlus: Cesarean Section (National Library of Medicine)
- Pregnancy: What to Expect When Your Due Date Has Passed (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Preterm Labor (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Recovering from Delivery (Nemours Foundation)
- Routine Vaginal Delivery (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery (VBAC) (UpToDate)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Apgar Scores (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood (Nemours Foundation)
- Birth Plans (Nemours Foundation)
- Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services (Nemours Foundation)
- Birthing Classes (Nemours Foundation)
- Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby Is Breech? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring during Labor (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal (Nemours Foundation)
- Meconium Aspiration (Nemours Foundation)
- Thinking of Using a Nurse-Midwife? What You Need to Know (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) (Nemours Foundation)
- What to Take to the Hospital (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Research
- Research
- Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful for Predicting Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Magnitude of Maternal Morbidity during Labor and Delivery, United States, 1993-1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Research on Preterm Labor and Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Risks from Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery Low (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Medical Terms to Know (American Pregnancy Association)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Also available in: Spanish
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
Statistics
- Statistics
- FASTATS: Births -- Method of Delivery (National Center for Health Statistics)
- FASTATS: Obstetrical Procedures (National Center for Health Statistics)
- PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)