Many women need a C-section (Cesarean section) during preterm labor because preemies are often breeched or laying in some other unusual position inside the womb. Preemies can also have a difficult ...

or premature, labor. A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks after the first day of the last period (38 weeks after fertilization). The danger of preterm labor is that it will lead to the birth of ...

Call your doctor right away if you have any of the following signs of preterm labor: Four contractions every 20 minutes, or regular or frequent contractions or uterine tightening. A change in ...

Braxton Hicks contractions are uterine contractions that start in early pregnancy. Most don't notice them until sometime in ...

Preterm births—before 37 weeks—pose health risks for babies and emotional strain on families. Experts explain causes like ...

Infants are born preterm following spontaneous labor with intact membranes (45% of cases), preterm membrane rupture (30%) and after labor induction or cesarean delivery for maternal or fetal ...

Because of the marked heterogeneous etiology and pathogenesis of preterm delivery, however, it is clear that multiple biomarkers, coupled with other pertinent clinical and sociodemographic data ...

This is the third in a series of Studies on the Reduction of the New-Born Infant Death Rate from the Boston Lying-In Hospital, the Departments of Obstetrics and Pediatrics of the Harvard Medical ...

Endocrine therapy alone in so-called habitual abortion and repetitive premature labor has not provided the complete answer, but more encouraging results are being reported when it is combined with ...