It’s completely normal to feel a mix of excitement and nerves as your due date draws near — especially when you start thinking about labor, how long it might last, and what recovery will be like. As ...

Fistula prevention involves strategies to educate communities about the cultural, social, and physiologic factors that increase the risk for fistula. On the basis of physiologic immaturity, ...

IN THE middle of the twentieth century, it seems fitting to review the status of cesarean section and some of the newer trends concerning it. Its use and abuse have covered pages of medical ...

Ondjiva — The maternity ward of the general hospital in Ondjiva southern Cunene province held in 2014, 487 births by caesarean section, at least 13 over the past year, said Tuesday to ANGOP, the head ...

Cephalopelvic disproportion CMAJ May 21, 1966 94 (21) 1126-1127; Article Responses Metrics Previous Next ...

Adolescent girls are not physically mature enough to be pregnant because of i) restricted blood supply to the cervix and uterus, ii) low level of gonadal hormone, and iii) irregularity of ovulatory ...

Your caesarean section deliveries could be because of other reasons not related to the size of your babies. It is likely that because you carry large babies, compared to the inner size of your pelvis ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(4):286-294. Direct and indirect factors predisposing to prolonged and obstructed labor include malpresentation and cephalopelvic disproportion. Malpresentation can ...