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Childbirth
hideChildbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. The process of normal human childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta.. In some cases, childbirth is achieved through caesarean section, the removal of the neonate through a surgical incision in the abdomen, rather than through vaginal birth.
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The narrow line between love and jealousy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 12, 2009 |
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A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the "love hormone", which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy ...
Definitely, not your mother's maternity ward
Jul 21, 2009 |
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At Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minn., women can now give birth in rooms with whirlpool tubs and wi-fi. At Fairview Southdale in Edina, Minn., new moms can hire a massage therapist or a portrait photographer.
'You will give birth in pain': Neanderthals too
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California at Davis (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) present a virtual reconstruction of a female Neanderthal ...
Giving birth: Upright positions shorten first-stage labor
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Lying down during the early stages of childbirth may slow progress, according to a new systematic review. Cochrane Researchers found that the first stage of labour was significantly shorter for women who kneel, stand up, ...
'Push! breathe! eat!' -- snacks OK while in labour: study
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Eating while in the throes of childbirth should no longer be a medical taboo, according to a study released Wednesday.
Modern life-making women 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with motherhood
Mar 02, 2009 |
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The growing trend to move miles away from hometowns and family for work is leaving many women feeling 'ignorant and ill-equipped' to cope with pregnancy and childbirth.
Growing danger from post-birth bleeding
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) immediately after giving birth is the largest threat to new mothers in high-income countries. An Australian study, featured in the open access journal BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, shows that a ...
Women with diabetes before or during pregnancy at higher risk of depression
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA.
Anthropologist's studies of childbirth bring new focus on women in evolution
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Contrary to the TV sitcom where the wife experiencing strong labor pains screams at her husband to stay away from her, women rarely give birth alone. There are typically doctors, nurses and husbands in hospital ...
