Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation may heal a mother's childbirth injury
Vaginal delivery presents the possibility of injury for mothers that can lead to "stress urinary incontinence" (SUI), a condition affecting from four to 35 percent of women who have had babies via...
View ArticleChildbirth not significant contributor to later sexual dysfunction
(Medical Xpress)—Childbirth is not a major contributor to sexual dysfunction in women later in life, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco researchers.
View ArticleFirst-time Cesarean rates dipped in 2012, CDC reports
(HealthDay)—Efforts to curb cesarean birth rates in the United States might be working, with health officials reporting a 2 percent decline in the number of first-time surgical deliveries between 2009...
View ArticleCaesarean babies are more likely to become overweight as adults
Babies born by caesarean section are more likely to be overweight or obese as adults, according to a new analysis.
View ArticleBirth by C-section, early antibiotic use put kids at risk for allergic...
Children delivered by cesarean section and those given antibiotics during early infancy appear more prone to developing allergic inflammation of the esophagus—the muscular tube that connects the mouth...
View ArticleCesarean section linked to slight increase in future stillbirth and ectopic...
Caesarean section is associated with a slightly increased rate of subsequent stillbirth and ectopic pregnancy, according to a large study of women living in Demark, published in this week in PLOS...
View ArticleMode of delivery following a perineal tear and recurrence rate in subsequent...
There is an increased risk of severe perineal tearing during childbirth in women who had such a tear in a previous delivery, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of...
View ArticleControlling childbirth pain tied to lower depression risk
Controlling pain during childbirth and post delivery may reduce the risk of postpartum depression, writes Katherine Wisner, M.D., a Northwestern Medicine® perinatal psychiatrist, in a July 23 editorial...
View ArticleBreech babies have higher risk of death from vaginal delivery compared to...
While a rise in cesarean section (C-section) delivery rates due to breech presentation has improved neonatal outcome, 40% of term breech deliveries in the Netherlands are planned vaginal deliveries....
View ArticleNew study shows link between maternal age and emergency delivery
An increased risk of emergency operative delivery is linked with increasing maternal age, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
View ArticleIs China's 50 percent cesarean section delivery rate too high?
Efforts must be made to decrease China's increasing caesarean section rate, suggests a new commentary published today (20 August) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG).
View ArticleStudy to evaluate timing of pushing on C-section rates, birth complications
More than 3 million pregnant women give birth annually in the United States. But physicians still know little about the best ways to manage the crucial second stage of labor, the stage that is the...
View ArticleUse of surgical procedure to facilitate child birth declines
Between 2006 and 2012 in the U.S., there was a decline in rates of episiotomy, a surgical procedure for widening the outlet of the birth canal to make it easier for the mother to give birth, according...
View ArticleFetal decent and maternal feedback substantially shortens second stage labor
In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral concurrent session at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Diego, researchers will report that the use...
View ArticleMore evidence C-sections riskier for moms
(HealthDay)—Women who deliver their first baby by cesarean section are more likely to need blood transfusions and be admitted to intensive care units than women who opt for a vaginal delivery, U.S....
View Article'Minor infection' impacts women's social lives
(Medical Xpress)—New research has shown that a common vaginal infection, often regarded as minor, is having a major effect on women's lives, with recurrent sufferers avoiding sex and even social...
View ArticleNovel nanofiber-based technology could help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission
Scientists have developed a novel topical microbicide loaded with hyaluronic acid (HA) nanofibers that could potentially prevent transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) through the...
View ArticleHigher mortality tied to planned vaginal breech delivery
(HealthDay)—Perinatal mortality and morbidity is significantly higher with planned vaginal breech delivery compared with planned cesarean delivery, according to a review published online July 29 in...
View ArticleOperative vaginal delivery remains appropriate
(HealthDay)—Operative vaginal delivery remains an important component of modern labor management, but obstetric care providers need to be familiar with the proper use of the instruments and the risks...
View ArticleVaginal delivery doubles the risk of stress incontinence compared to cesarean...
Stress and urgency incontinence are the two most frequent and the most bothersome urinary symptoms among women. It has been estimated that about twelve percent of women report significant bother from...
View ArticleVaginal birth comes with risks too – so should it really be the default option?
When it comes to childbirth, vaginal delivery is often assumed to be the best thing – women have, after all, done it for thousands of years. But natural birth actually comes with risks, including...
View ArticleObstetricians encourage natural childbirth to remove risks with c-section...
Though the myth "once a cesarean-section, always a cesarean-section" was shattered years ago, rates of United States births involving the surgical procedure have not diminished significantly.
View ArticleChildren born by cesarean section may have a greater risk of obesity
Children delivered by Cesarean section may have an increased risk for obesity compared to children born vaginally, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific...
View ArticleInvestigators find repeat cesarean deliveries less cost-effective in low-risk...
A systematic review from the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that routinely opting for a repeat cesarean delivery over first attempting a vaginal delivery may result in excess morbidity and...
View ArticleTwelve percent of women fill opioid rx after vaginal delivery
(HealthDay)—Twelve percent of women fill an outpatient opioid prescription within five days of vaginal delivery, according to a study published in the March issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
View ArticleCould mothers' bacteria protect c-section babies from obesity risk?
A team of New Zealand researchers will investigate whether bacteria from mothers' vaginas could protect babies born by caesarean section from a greater risk of obesity.
View ArticleEvidence-based approach to treating post-delivery pain in new moms during...
Women who undergo vaginal delivery often do not require opioids to manage pain after hospital discharge, concludes a study published in Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American...
View ArticleIntrauterine balloon tamponade may cut invasive procedures
(HealthDay)—For women undergoing vaginal delivery, the use of intrauterine balloon tamponade is associated with a significantly lower use of invasive procedures for hemorrhage control, according to a...
View ArticleOverall incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injury 4.9 percent
(HealthDay)—The incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injury is 4.9 percent, and risk factors include vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery and prolonged duration of second stage of labor, according to a...
View ArticleC-sections linked to long-term risks and benefits
Compared to vaginal deliveries, caesarean deliveries are associated with a decreased risk of urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse, but an increased risk of miscarriage or placenta previa in future...
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