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Labor and birth
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Being able to pick your baby's due date may sound enticing, but it's worth waiting to avoid premature birth — you can avoid being...
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Pregnancy
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How you can prevent premature labor? The March of Dimes estimates that 12 percent, or 1 in 8 of pregnancies in the U.S., are...
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Pregnancy
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A 37-year-old-mother, who gave birth to a low-weight preemie at 24 weeks, exhibited the first-found link in a human between bacteria...
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Labor and Delivery
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You may feel Braxton Hicks contractions - a usually painless tightening of the uterus - late in pregnancy. You may wonder if you...
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Pregnancy
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A drug commonly prescribed to halt pre-term labor and stave off premature birth might leave the brains of children susceptible to...
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Pregnancy
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A protein released from the lungs of a developing mouse fetus initiates a cascade of chemical events leading to the mother's...
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Baby
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When it is time to bring your preemie home you will be filled with excitement but you also may be a tad bit anxious, not knowing...
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Baby
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Each year in the United States, more than 400,000 babies are born prematurely for preeclampsia and other reasons that include...
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Baby
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Each year more than 400,000 premature infants are born in the United States. Becoming a mom to a preemie is a devastating...
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Pregnancy
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If you go into labor prematurely, there are many ways in which your caregiver may try to stop your labor. Obstetrician /...
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Preterm labor can be a little scary. Obstetrician/Gynecologist David Barrere helps us to better understand it and what signs to look...