or premature, labor. A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks after the first day of the last period (38 weeks after fertilization). The danger of preterm labor is that it will lead to the birth of ...

Closely reviewing a woman’s medical records may also help pinpoint the cause of a past preterm birth. When you go into labor and whether you have any complications during labor will determine what ...

Doctors can treat women in preterm labor with medicines known as tocolytics, which might slow down or inhibit labor for two to seven days. That buys enough time for them to receive corticosteroid ...

Infants are born preterm following spontaneous labor with intact membranes (45% of cases), preterm membrane rupture (30%) and after labor induction or cesarean delivery for maternal or fetal ...

In these cases, doctors may induce (or force) the mother to go into labor—even though this means the baby will be born prematurely. These types of births are called indicated (or medically predicted) ...

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tocolytics for premature labor; and oxytocin, ergot alkaloids, and prostaglandin analogues for postpartum hemorrhage. The fetal and neonatal effects of therapy for the conditions that occur during ...

North Carolina native Jade Quatro, 33, and her husband, Kevin Quatro, were enjoying quality time together in Aruba before ...