March 20, 2019 — With decades of experience as a heart nurse, Kristin O’Meara knew all too well how to recognize the…
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Childbirth In The Age Of Addiction: New Mom Worries About Maintaining Her Sobriety
by April Dembosky November 10, 2018Enlarge this image Nicole and Ben Veum, with their little boy, Adrian. Nicole was in recovery from opioid addiction when she gave…
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Doctors Test Bacterial Smear After Cesarean Sections To Bolster Babies’ Microbiomes
by Rob Stein October 30, 2018Enlarge this image Evelyn Marie Vukadinovich is swabbed with a gauze pad immediately after being born by cesarean section at Inova Women’s…
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Delayed pushing made no difference in whether first-time mothers had a cesarean section, a large study finds. Getty Images hide caption toggle…
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Enlarge this image Inducing labor at 39 weeks may involve IV medications and continuous fetal monitoring. But if the pregnancy is otherwise…
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 7, 2018 (HealthDay News) — The risk of complications during vaginal birth is higher for mothers and infants…
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HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Improved management of excessive bleeding and high blood pressure during labor and delivery…
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This Father’s Day, Remembering A Time When Dads Weren’t Welcome In Delivery Rooms
by NPR June 18, 2017Enlarge this image Until the 1970s, most U.S. hospitals did not allow fathers into the delivery room for the birth of a…
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