Complications

News, Medline and links to articles about this infection in relation to newborn babies and pregnant women.

Concise factsheet on pregnancy. Also available in Adobe Acrobat format.

Information about various complications of pregnancy.

Infants discharged and sent home from the hospital within 30 hours of birth are more likely to die within 28 days of birth, and nearly twice as apt to die during the first year of life than newborns sent home later.

Message board for women who are experiencing complications.

Support and information for parents.

Addresses preterm delivery and possible causes.

Medical report on two consecutive pregnancies with this diagnoses, as well as intrauterine growth retardation and Dysmorphic Syndrome.

This site explores the risks undertaken when choosing an epidural for pain management.

offering a list of common pregnancy complaints and solutions.

Discusses the benefits and risks of flu shots during pregnancy.

Offering information about screening choices, and state requirements. Includes resource library, and links to testing facilities.

Information about ICP and its risks and complications, includes a definition, symptoms and treatment.

Raising international awareness about the nearly 600,000 women who die each year pregnancy-related complications, worldwide.

Offers fetal surgery and other treatment for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, gastroschisis, omphalocele, and other fetal defects, at Women and Infants' Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. A joint venture of several regional medical centers. Includes information and links about conditions treated.

General Practice Notebook, offering a list of complications and information on each.

Covering causes, symptoms and treatments.

Researchers find that denial of pregnancy is not rare, is not well correlated with various presumed causative factors, but is a complication that can be dangerous to mother and fetus.

UK support site containing information, links and research news on this condition.

Article discussing treatment, possible complications, and monitoring techniques.

Explanation of a rare mass or growth that may form inside the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy.

Resources for families choosing to continue a pregnancy following prenatal testing that indicates the baby has a terminal condition.

Support and information for those who receive poor prenatal diagnoses, including; anencephaly, complex heart defects, trisomy syndromes and other birth defects.

Aims to provide support and information pertaining to fetal distresses and syndromes. Topics include Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), Acardiac Twinning (TRAP sequence), Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), and Selective Intrauternine Growth Restriction (SIUGR).

A campaign to raise awareness of childbed fever (puerperal sepsis), a potentially fatal uterine infection after childbirth. Includes details of the condition and personal accounts.

Offers medically reviewed information on the warning signs and symptoms, causes and current treatments for common pregnancy complications.

Premature Birth complications that can occur in early deliveries. ... At a full term birth, levels of prostaglandin E fall and cause the ductus ...[2008/11/13]

Complications. Pregnancy Complications - Learn how to detect complications ... Labor & Birth Complications - Things aren't always a smooth ride, learn what to ...[2008/11/27]

Pregnancy. Complications. Getting Ready for Baby. Childbirth and Beyond ... and during pregnancy to help prevent birth defects and other complications, such ...[2008/11/29]

Links to information about various complications of pregnancy, labor and birth. ... Other Complications of Pregnancy, Labor and Birth ...[2006/06/23]

Preterm labor is labor that occurs before 37 weeks of pregnancy. ... Preterm birth is one of the complications of pregnancy that health care ...[2008/12/05]

A complete listing of pregnancy complication articles. ... Birth Defects & Disorders. Pregnancy Complications. Pregnancy Loss. After Pregnancy ...[2008/11/14]

Pregnancy: Potential Complications which can occur, including Ectopic Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Prematurity, Molar ... and immediately after birth. ...[2008/11/18]

Reproductive Health Library > Pregnancy and childbirth > Pregnancy complications ... and the risk of low birth weight, but not the risk of preterm birth before ...[2008/11/07]

Complications of labor are relatively rare, but it is important to know the ... Pregnancy / Birth Newsletter - Sign up! Discuss in my Forum ...[2008/11/21]

... premature detachment of the placenta (placental abruption), and premature birth. ... However, most pregnancy complications can be effectively treated. ...[2008/12/04]