Health and Medical Guide to Womens Health 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...   Women's Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. 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