Health

Maternal IV fluids linked to newborns' weight loss

A newborn baby's weight loss is often used to determine how well a baby is breastfeeding, and concern about a baby which loses too much weight may result in supplementing breastfeeding with formula. However, many women receive ...

Health

Too posh to push? The increasing trend for cesarean section

During the last thirty years there has been an increase in the number of babies born by Caesarean section. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health shows that there has also been a ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Four things you need to know about having a cesarean section

If you're pregnant or planning to have a baby soon, you've probably been given lots of advice and information about what you might experience during and after the birth. But less information is often given about what to expect ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Mali's world-beating nonuplets back home

A Malian mother who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco last year returned home on Tuesday with her infants, Health Minister Dieminatou Sangare told AFP.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Does severe COVID-19 affect pregnancy outcomes?

New research published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica indicates that severe COVID-19 in pregnancy increases the risk of pre-labor caesarean birth, a very or extreme preterm birth, stillborn birth, and the ...

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