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Results 1 - 10 of 74 for childbirth
  1. Choosing the right health care provider for pregnancy and childbirth 
    ... different training, skills, and outlooks on pregnancy and childbirth. Your choice will depend on your health and ... you may have for problems during pregnancy and childbirth Where you would like to deliver your baby ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000596.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Childbirth (image) 
    Childbirth is really a series of four stages that culminate in the actual birth and short period ... information regarding emergency delivery see the information on childbirth, emergency delivery.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1082.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Emergency Childbirth (image) 
    Emergency measures are indicated when childbirth is imminent and no health care professional is present. Indications of late labor include rupturing of the amniotic sac, dilation of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17001.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Emergency Childbirth (image) 
    Emergency measures are indicated when childbirth is imminent and no health care professional is present. Indications of late labor include rupturing of the amniotic sac, dilation of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17002.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Managing pain during labor 
    ... it is good to prepare yourself for natural childbirth. ... The pain felt during childbirth is different for every woman. Some women choose natural childbirth, or giving birth without medicine for pain. If all goes ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000587.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Tips for labor coaches 
    Labor coaches should go to childbirth classes with the mother-to-be before her due date. These classes will help you learn how to comfort and support ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000545.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Episiotomy 
    ... that widens the opening of the vagina during childbirth. It is a cut to the perineum -- the ... Many women get through childbirth without tearing the tissue around the vagina on their own, and without needing an episiotomy. In fact, recent studies show ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000482.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Sheehan syndrome 
    ... occur in a woman who bleeds severely during childbirth. Sheehan syndrome is a type of hypopituitarism . ... Severe bleeding during childbirth can cause tissue in the pituitary gland to die. This gland does not work properly as a result. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001175.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Endometritis 
    ... is more likely to occur after miscarriage or childbirth. It is also more common after a long ... biopsy Hysteroscopy Placement of an intrauterine device (IUD) Childbirth (more common after C-section than vaginal birth) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001484.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Epidural block - pregnancy 
    ... body. This lessens the pain of contractions during childbirth. An epidural block may also be used to ... extremities. This article focuses on epidural blocks during childbirth.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000484.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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