Childbirth

• Latest News
• Overweight Women May Have Longer Labor (11/05/2004, Reuters Health)
• Suppository Reduces Pain from Childbirth Damage (11/04/2004, Reuters Health)
• Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean Risky (11/02/2004, United Press International)
• Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women (10/29/2004, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• More News on Childbirth

• Overviews
• Birth and the First Moments After (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Healthy Pregnancy: Childbirth (National Women's Health Information Center)
• JAMA Patient Page: Birth Labor (American Medical Association)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Fetal Fibronectin (fFN): A Test for Preterm Delivery (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Signs of Labor: Know What to Expect (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Treatment
• Anesthesia Options for Labor and Delivery: What Every Expectant Mother Should Know (American Association of Nurse Anesthetists)
• Epidurals: Reducing Pain during Labor and Delivery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Episiotomy: A Cut You May Not Need (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Related Issues
• Apgar Scores (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Back Labor (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood (Nemours Foundation)
• Birth Plans (Nemours Foundation)
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services (Nemours Foundation)
• Birthing Classes (Nemours Foundation)
• Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby is Breech? (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Dealing with Pain during Childbirth (Nemours Foundation)
• Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring during Labor (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Giving Birth "In Place": Emergency Preparedness for Childbirth (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
• Labor Induction (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal (Nemours Foundation)
• Meconium Aspiration (Nemours Foundation)
• MedlinePlus: Cesarean Section (National Library of Medicine)
• Pregnancy: What to Expect When Your Due Date Has Passed (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Premature Birth (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Recovering from Delivery (Nemours Foundation)
• Routine Vaginal Delivery (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Thinking of Using a Nurse-Midwife? What You Need to Know (American College of Nurse-Midwives)
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) (Nemours Foundation)
• Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
  Also available in: Spanish
• What to Take to the Hospital (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful for Predicting Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Magnitude of Maternal Morbidity during Labor and Delivery, United States, 1993-1997 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Research on Preterm Labor and Premature Birth (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
• Soft Music May Reduce Pain and Distress of Labor (Nemours Foundation)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Medical Terms to Know (American Pregnancy Association)

• Directories
• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Find a Nurse-Midwife (American College of Nurse-Midwives)

• Organizations
• American College of Nurse-Midwives
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Law and Policy
• Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

• Statistics
• FASTATS: Births -- Method of Delivery (National Center for Health Statistics)
• FASTATS: Obstetrical Procedures (National Center for Health Statistics)
• PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) - Perinatal health in the United States