In pregnancy there is a lowered immune response and therefore pregnant women are at higher risk for the flu (seasonal or H1N1).
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a highly prevalent vaginal infection that is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
A Canadian population-based cohort study has revealed that medical induction of labour increases the risk of amniotic-fluid embolism.
“Good prenatal care is really what you think and do between visits!” – Carol Gautschi
A Boston study analyzed the relationship between maternal vitamin D status and the prevalence of primary cesarean section…
This 3D medical animation of a baby’s birth shows a time lapse view of labor and delivery during normal vaginal birth in a simplified form with only the mother’s skeletal structures and the baby in the uterus.
Despite a wealth of evidence supporting planned home birth as a safe option for women with low risk pregnancies, the setting remains controversial in most high resource countries…
Birth: it’s a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business.
With health care costs high on the national agenda, advocates of home births are challenging the medical and political establishments.
“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.” Laura Stavoe Harm
