Health Topics

Childbirth
Health information topics about Childbirth:

Diagnosis/Symptoms

    1. Signs of Labor: Know What to Expect
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00083

    2. Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor and What to Do
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/prematurity/5505.asp

    3. Fetal Fibronectin (fFN): A Test for Preterm Delive
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1149.asp

Dictionaries/Glossaries

    1. Medical Terms to Know
    American Pregnancy Association
    http://www.americanpregnancy.org/duringpregnancy/medicaltermstoknow.html

Directories

    1. Find a Midwife
    American College of Nurse-Midwives
    http://www.midwife.org/find/

Law and Policy

    1. Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection
    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa1/content/nmhpa.asp?

Organizations

    1. American College of Nurse-Midwives

    http://www.midwife.org/

    2. National Women's Health Information Center
    Dept. of Health and Human Services
    http://www.4woman.gov/

    3. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist

    http://www.acog.org/

Overviews

    1. Birth and the First Moments After
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ7BBZHQDC&sub_...

    2. JAMA Patient Page: Birth Labor
    American Medical Association
    http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ92BFN66D&sub_...

    3. Healthy Pregnancy: Childbirth
    National Women's Health Information Center
    http://www.4woman.gov/Pregnancy/birth.htm

Pictures/Diagrams

    1. Slide Show: Exercises to Prepare for Childbirth
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00092

Related Issues

    1. Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/system/doctor/birth_centers_hospitals.html

    2. Birthing Classes
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/birth_class.html

    3. Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby Is Breech?
    American Academy of Family Physicians
    http://familydoctor.org/310.xml

    4. Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring during Labor
    American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ21KVF27C&sub_...

    5. Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/newborn_variations...

    6. Meconium Aspiration
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/meconium.html

    7. Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/lungs/ttn.html

    8. What to Take to the Hospital
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/240_1039.asp

    9. Birth Plans
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/birth_plans.html

    10. Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/cord_blood.html

    11. Apgar Scores
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZSW61IQDC&sub_...

    12. Thinking of Using a Nurse-Midwife? What You Need t
    American College of Nurse-Midwives
    http://www.midwife.org/focus/thinking/needtoknow.cfm

Research

    1. Soft Music May Reduce Pain and Distress of Labor
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/research/music_delivery.html

    2. Risks from Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery Low
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2004/nichd-14.htm

    3. Research on Preterm Labor and Premature Birth
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    http://www.nichd.nih.gov/womenshealth/premature_birth.cfm

    4. Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nichd-29.htm

    5. Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful for Predicting Pr
    National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
    http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2002/nichda23.htm

    6. Magnitude of Maternal Morbidity during Labor and D
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs030327.htm

Specific Conditions

    1. Giving Birth "In Place": Emergen
    American College of Nurse-Midwives
    http://www.midwife.org/focus/inplace.cfm

    2. Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery (VBAC)
    UpToDate
    http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=pregnan/6563

    3. Routine Vaginal Delivery
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZD2SFHQDC&sub_...

    4. Preterm Labor
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/188_1080.asp

    5. Pregnancy: What to Expect When Your Due Date Has P
    American Academy of Family Physicians
    http://familydoctor.org/143.xml

    6. Labor Induction
    American Academy of Family Physicians
    http://familydoctor.org/450.xml

    7. Recovering from Delivery
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/home/recovering_delivery.htm...

    8. Back Labor
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00744

Statistics

    1. FASTATS: Obstetrical Procedures
    National Center for Health Statistics
    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obgyn.htm

    2. FASTATS: Births -- Method of Delivery
    National Center for Health Statistics
    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm

    3. PeriStats
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/peristats/

Treatment

    1. Pain Relief Options for Labor and Delivery
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00105

    2. Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery
    American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists
    http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/labordelivery.pdf

    3. Episiotomy: A Cut You May Not Need
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HO00064

    4. Epidurals: Reducing Pain during Labor and Delivery
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00065

    5. Preterm Labor: Drugs for Use in Preterm Labor
    March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
    http://www.marchofdimes.com/prematurity/13454_13467.asp

    6. Dealing with Pain during Childbirth
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/pregnancy/childbirth_pain.ht...

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