A prospective British ultrasound study has reported an eightfold increase in the risk for cervical scarring in mothers who have cesarean delivery (CD) during advanced labor. Postnatal ultrasound ...

Women who have Cesarean births at an advanced stage of labor are about eight times more likely to develop scars in the womb which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in future ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...

That said, unless things are cut short by a C-section, all women go through three precise stages of labor and childbirth: labor itself (which includes early labor, active labor and transitional labor) ...

Women who have cesarean births at an advanced stage of labor are about eight times more likely to develop scars in the womb which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in future ...

Usually your cervix will open up naturally on its own once you’re ready to go into labor. But if your cervix shows no signs of dilating and effacing (softening, opening, thinning) to allow your baby ...

Compared with expectant management, inducing labor at 39 weeks’ gestation may be cost-effective for nulliparas with unfavorable cervical exams, according to data published in the American Journal of ...

From the Obstetrical and Gynecological Department of the Boston City Hospital. Condensation of a paper read at a meeting of the Boston Obstetrical Society, November 22, 1938, on "A Plea for ...

Echo L. Warner, Laura Martel, Judy Y. Ou, Gina E. Nam, Sara Carbajal-Salisbury, Virginia Fuentes, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Deanna Kepka Journal of Community Health, Vol. 44, No. 2 (April 2019), pp. 256-264 ...

In a new TikTok video, the reality star showed herself timing her contractions, doing squats and even getting a cervix check on the floor of the salon This baby will be the third for Jen and her ...