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The Pill That Kills Babies
In partnership with Pro-Life Wisconsin and Pharmacists for Life, ALL seeks to raise awareness about the abortifacient nature of the pill and the intrauterine device, which is responsible for killing preborn children in their earliest days.
Expectant Moms Should Wait Out Due Date For Deliveries
Many parents become anxious toward the end of a pregnancy, when women are sleepless, fatigued and finding it difficult to perform their daily activities. Technology during the past 10 years has made labor induction easier and more successful, and now, more than ever before, deliveries are planned during the last few weeks of pregnancies.
But studies are showing that a delivery even two weeks early can be associated with newborn complications, according to Dr. Celeste Durnwald, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at The Ohio State University Medical Center.
Role Of Breastfeeding In Preventing Infant Death, HIV Infection
In many poor countries, mothers with HIV face a stark choice: to nurse their infants, and risk passing on HIV through their breast milk -- or to formula feed, and deprive their infants of much of the natural immunity needed to protect against fatal diseases of early infancy.
Girls Benefit From Breastfeeding More Than Boys
Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research suggests that when it comes to respiratory infections, the protective effects of breast milk are higher in girls than in boys.
Prenatal Biochemical Screening Not Complete
Women should be better informed before deciding to undertake prenatal biochemical screening as it only detects half of chromosomal abnormalities.
Cesarean Delivery and Gestational Age Among US Singleton Births
The increasing trend of delivering at earlier gestational ages has raised concerns of the impact on maternal and infant health.
Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality After Elective Cesarean Delivery
This article explores the effects of elective cesarean delivery (ECD) at term on neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Elective Cesarean Section: Its Impact on Neonatal Respiratory Outcome
Physiologic events in the last few weeks of pregnancy coupled with the onset of spontaneous labor are accompanied by changes in the hormonal milieu of the fetus and its mother, resulting in preparation of the fetus for neonatal transition.
The Impact of Cesarean Delivery on Transmission of Infectious Agents to the Neonate
The rate of cesarean deliveries has increased dramatically over the past decade. Studies to date have highlighted a number of factors on the part of the treating physician and the expectant mother contributing to this increase.