Tag: Childbirth

Pregnant women incur an average of nearly $19,000 more in health care costs than women who do not give birth

Reductions seen in use of epidurals, injected opioids, and episiotomy; maternal pain; and postpartum hemorrhage with water immersion

Rates of preterm birth, low birthweight, and NICU admission all varied by mother's place of birth in or outside the United States

White patients more likely than Black, Hispanic, other race patients to receive patch sooner

Mechanism of stillbirth, neonatal death is hypoxic-ischemic injury resulting from placental destruction and insufficiency caused by SARS-CoV-2

Parturients not receiving epidural analgesia have significantly lower rate of gastric emptying than those receiving epidural

Weight loss before infertility treatment in obese women not associated with improvement in healthy live birth rate

Vaginal seeding has no known benefits and may expose neonates to vaginal pathogens; umbilical nonseverance has no clear benefit

Rates of maternal trauma higher after forceps than vacuum delivery; rates vary by region

Yet, more than one-third of U.S. obstetric hospitals are low-volume with <500 births/year