Cuts unnecessary to delivery baby
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When a baby is stuck during delivery, doctors do not have to cut the woman to safely deliver the child, research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Stopping epidural medications  during the last stages of labor does not improve pregnancy  outcomes, but it does markedly increase pain, results of a  review study suggest.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women, who undergo elective cesarean sections, have an increased risk of being re-admitted to the hospital within 30 days after delivery, a new study finds.
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Women who choose to have a pain-killing epidural during childbirth may have more difficulty breastfeeding than those who had a drug-free delivery, according to new research.
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Women who have delivered a baby by Caesarean section face a small risk of complications that could endanger the baby if they attempt a vaginal delivery the next time, a large new study has found.
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Doctors mistakenly advise women in labor to delay a common pain treatment for fear that it will impede contractions and lead to a Caesarean section, researchers report.
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Oct. 18, 2004 -- Premature babies may be less likely to need blood transfusions if their umbilical cords are cut a bit later than normal.
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By LINDA A. JOHNSON     -- An obese Massachusetts woman and her 8-month-old fetus died of complications 18 months after stomach-stapling surgery, an apparent first that is leading to warnings about the risks of pregancy soon after the surgery...
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NEW YORK  - Cutting carbohydrates in  pregnancy may help babies' livers, protecting them from later  diseases such as diabetes, according to preliminary studies  conducted in mice.
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Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the hospital with jaundice or dehydration
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Senior doctors are warning many emergency Caesareans may be unnecessary.
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Having a nurse visit the home a few days after a woman has a baby reduces the number of newborns being readmitted to the hospital with jaundice or dehydration -- and it saves money -- according to a new study.
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Preliminary results from a  study hint that vaginal douching 6 months before pregnancy, but  not during pregnancy, may protect African American women from  delivering preterm (before 40 weeks).
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NEW YORK  - Preliminary results from a study hint that vaginal douching 6 months before pregnancy, but not during pregnancy, may protect African American women from delivering preterm (before 40 weeks).
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Babies delivered by elective Caesarean sections are significantly more likely to have respiratory problems than those delivered vaginally or by emergency surgery, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Despite some concerns to the contrary, babies delivered by cesarean may not make more visits to the doctor's office or hospital early in life, a study has found.
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WASHINGTON Nov 23, 2004 - More than a quarter of the babies born in the United States last year were delivered by Caesarean section, a record high for the surgical method that is a controversial subject among both obstetricians and mothers.