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When Will Labor Begin?
Healthline — Most women go into labor between the 37th and 42nd week of pregnancy. This is called full-term labor. When a woman begins labor before the end of the 37th week, it is called preterm labor. It's sometimes hard to tell when labor starts. A woman ...More…
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Where Do I Give Birth?
Healthline — You have a number of options regarding where to give birth, including hospitals, birthing centers, and home. Choosing a birthing place depends upon personal preference and obstetrical philosophy. Your health insurance may not cover every option, ...More…
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Labor & Delivery: When Do I Seek Medical Care?
Healthline — Most people don't consider labor and delivery life-threatening situations. However, in the early decades of the twentieth century, at least one out of every 100 women died during delivery, often from hemorrhage, infection, and other ...More…
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Who Needs a Vacuum-Assisted Delivery?
Healthline — Vacuum delivery may be indicated because of reasons related to the mother or reasons related to the baby. The vacuum extractor is used (1) when rapid delivery is necessary to avoid injury to the baby and (2) to avoid cesarean section. The main ...More…
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Difficult Labor: Contractions & Pushing
Healthline — Inadequate power is the most common cause of inadequate labor progress in women delivering for the first time. The powers of labor are determined by how hard the uterus contracts and how hard the mother pushes. Power in the first stage of labor ...More…
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What Happens During Labor?
Healthline — The success in attaining labor through induction depends upon certain features of the cervix, referred to as the ripeness of the cervix, the most important of which include: Station of the presenting part of the fetus (usually the head) in the ...More…
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The Stages of Labor
Healthline — The first stage of labor is defined as the interval between the onset of labor and complete dilation of the cervix. This stage is further subdivided into three phases: latent, acceleration, and deceleration. The acceleration and deceleration ...More…
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Reasons for Difficult Labor
Healthline — The factors affecting how labor progresses may be divided into types: intrinsic factors arising from the mother and fetus themselves and extrinsic factors from the surrounding environment. The intrinsic factors that cause difficult labor, also ...More…
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Problems with Labor
Healthline — Labor is a dynamic process that involves two patients: the mother and the baby. Circumstances may arise to make labor more difficult. One problem can be the size of the baby. If the baby is too large in relation to the passage size of the birth ...More…
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Treatment of Preterm Labor: Tocolytics
Healthline — Tocolytic medications are drugs that slow contractions. They come in several different classes: General information about these drugs is given below. For specific information on each drug, follow the links below. There is no data showing that one ...More…
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Treatment of Preterm Labor: Terbutaline
Healthline — In the , terbutaline (Brethine) is one of the most frequently used drugs in the treatment of preterm labor. Terbutaline is in the class of drugs called beta-mimetics. Terbutaline can be given in the following ways: orally (by mouth), by injection ...More…
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Treatment of Preterm Labor: Progesterone & Nitroglcyerin
Healthline — Progesterone is one of the main hormones produced during pregnancy. In the past, progesterone-related drugs were widely used in women who were considered at risk for miscarriage or preterm birth. The most commonly used substance was 17-alpha ...More…