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Delivery Mehods – Forceps Delivery and Breech Delivery
Forceps Delivery This delivery methds is infrequently used because of the position of the baby or weak labor or other reasons, spontaneous delivery of the baby may not be possible or would be unnecessarily protracted, Forceps may be necessary. These … Continue reading
Emergency Contraceptive Pills for Stopping Unintended Pregnancy
There are more than 2.7 million unintended pregnancies per year in the United States and nearly half are due to contraceptive failure. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 11 million American women report using contraceptive … Continue reading
Female Sterilization as a Permanent Contraceptive Method
Sterilization has become the leading method of contraception for women(10.7 million women), closely followed by the oral contraceptive pill(10.4 million women). Since the 1970s, perfection of sterilization procedures has made this method popular. Although some of the newer surgical techniques … Continue reading
Birth Control Methods and Techniques
Depo-Provera Depo-Provera is a long-acting synthetic progesterone that is injected intramuscularly every three months. Although used in other countries for years, the FDA did not approve it for use in the United States until 1992. Researchers believe that the drug … Continue reading
New Approaches for GBS disease
Currently, researchers are investigating two other approaches: the development of a vaccine against group B strep and the development of a rapid, easily available, and accurate screening test that could be performed in labor with immediate results. A screening test … Continue reading
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the Sudden Death of a New Born Baby
Stillbirth is one of the most traumatic events a couple can face. A stillborn baby is one that is born dead, often for no apparent reason. The grief experienced following a stillbirth is usually devastating. Nine months of happy anticipation … Continue reading
Premature Rupture of Membranes
Premature rupture of the membranes(PROM) occurs as an uncontrollable gush or leakage of fluid. By definition, PROM is rupture of the membrane that occurs more than 12 hours before the onset of labor. If this occurs before 37 weeks gestation, … Continue reading
Down Syndrome in Babies
More than half of the average American woman’s expected life span is spent between menarche(first menses) and menopause(last menses), a period of approximately 40 years. During this 40-year period, she must make many decisions regarding her reproductive health. Deciding if … Continue reading
Delivery of Premature Infants
Several decades ago, some experts proposed that elimination of the stresses of labor by delivering all preterm babies by cesarean would increase the newborn survival rate. The rationale was that reduced stress on the infant’s head would reduce the possibility … Continue reading
Prenatal Testing Techniques- Aminocentesis, Sonography, Fetoscopy, Chronic Virus Sampling
Modern technology has enabled medical practitioners to detect health defects in a fetus as early as the 14th to 18th weeks of pregnancy. One common testing procedure, amniocentesis, which is strongly recommended for women over the age of 35, involves … Continue reading