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Most maternal deaths related to preeclampsia happen after delivery, making it more dangerous than preeclampsia during pregnancy, according to the Preeclampsia Foundation, the nation’s leading ...
At 4:24 a.m., the couple welcomed their baby boy. Still, Bridgewater didn't run to the next patient or head home for some rest, like most other doctors might.
His wife, Tori Hackey, had just been discharged after giving birth to fraternal twins, Micah and Noah. The boys, born in September 2023 at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, are ...
In the U.K. having a baby is the number one reason for hospital visits, with 800,000 babies being born annually. These numbers are costing the NHS (National Health Service) 2.5 billion pounds per year. They considered making the stay shorter due to the number of women who use midwives and have access to postnatal care, without hospital involvement.
Some other common factors that can cause cephalohematoma are when using forceps or vacuum-assisted delivery methods, vaginal delivery of large infants, primigravida (the first pregnancy conceived by a pregnant person), when the infant is in a non-ideal position during delivery, and having a prolonged second stage of labor.
Transient tachypnea of the newborn occurs in approximately 1 in 100 preterm infants and 3.6–5.7 per 1000 term infants. It is most common in infants born by caesarian section without a trial of labor after 35 weeks of gestation. Male infants and infants with an umbilical cord prolapse or perinatal asphyxia are at higher risk
Birth injury refers to damage or injury to the child before, during, or just after the birthing process. "Birth trauma" refers specifically to mechanical damage sustained during delivery (such as nerve damage and broken bones). [1] The term "birth injury" may be used in two different ways:
A Brazilian mother is denouncing her hospital after a doctor pierced her baby’s neck with her long nails during labor, causing fatal wounds Image credits: wavebreakmedia_micro / Freepik