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What is a multiple gestational pregnancy?
Pregnancy loss and complications are more likely in multiple gestation pregnancies, in which there are two or more embryos or fetuses. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of multiple g...
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What is an episiotomy?
An episiotomy is an incision made along the perineum, which is the area between the vagina and the rectum, to allow more room for the baby. Episiotomy can speed delivery by a few minutes, but norma...
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What is shoulder dystocia during labor and birth?
In a small number of births (less than one in every one hundred), the baby's head is delivered but the shoulder gets stuck and the body does not come out quickly. This is called shoulder dystocia. ...
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What is back labor?
If the back of your baby's head is positioned toward your back, in what is called a "posterior" presentation, you may feel the strength of your labor contractions mainly in your back ("back labor")...
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When will I deliver the placenta?
Delivering the placenta, or afterbirth, completes the birthing process. At some time between five and thirty minutes or so after the baby is born, the placenta may be ready for delivery. A gush of ...
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What is the transition phase of labor?
Transition can be the most intense phase of labor, but it is also usually the shortest. In first pregnancies, transition generally lasts no more than a couple of hours. Transition is when many wome...
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How does aging affect eyes and vision?
You experience dry eyes when tear glands cannot make enough tears or produce poor quality tears. Allergies can also contribute to eye dryness, which can be uncomfortable. Allergies and dry eyes inc...
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Who are maternal-fetal medicine physicians?
Maternal-fetal medicine physicians (MFMs) are subspecialists in the ob-gyn field. After completing medical school and the standard four-year ob-gyn residency training, MFMs get an additional three ...
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What are maternity care interventions?
Maternity care interventions, such as artificial inductions of labor (use of drugs or techniques to try to start labor), episiotomies (cutting to enlarge the vaginal opening), epidurals (a kind of ...
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What questions should I consider before prenatal testing?
As you are deciding whether or not to have tests that will give you information about your developing baby, consider the following questions:Do I want to know whether or not my baby might have a co...
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Why do women feel tired during pregnancy?
Most women feel tired at some time in pregnancy. The first trimester, with its wildly changing hormone levels and huge physiologic changes, sends many women to the "nap couch" and most women to bed...
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What does prenatal care mean?
Prenatal care is not only about visiting your health care provider. It is also about taking care of you. As a pregnant woman, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of advice and precautions ...
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Will I need a C-section if I have a prolapsed umbilical cord during labor?
In rare instances, when the bag of waters breaks, the baby's umbilical cord comes into the vagina in front of the baby's head. This is called a "prolapsed" cord. The pressure of the baby's head on ...
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What is breech presentation during labor?
Sometimes the baby's feet or buttocks come out first, instead of the head. That happens to about three or four of every one hundred full term babies, mostly for no apparent reason. In most cases, t...
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What is fetal heart monitoring?
Whether you have your baby in a birthing center, in the hospital, or at home, your provider will monitor your baby's heartbeat to see how the baby is tolerating labor. Your baby's heart rate will g...
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