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(AP) -- More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts. http://phys.org/news202406786.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:20:01 EST news202406786 Fewer than two per cent of cesarean births in British Columbia were a result of maternal request, but the number of cesarean and assisted vaginal deliveries varied widely across health regions in B.C., according to a new study by University of British Columbia researchers. http://phys.org/news194501880.html Medicine & Health Mon, 31 May 2010 05:40:01 EST news194501880 An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health confronted a troubling fact that pregnant women currently have limited access to clinicians and facilities able and willing to offer a trial of labor after previous cesarean delivery because of so-called VBAC bans. Many, even those at low risk for complications in a trial of labor, are not offered this option. The panel affirmed that a trial of labor is a reasonable option for many women with a prior cesarean delivery. They also urged that current VBAC guidelines be revisited, malpractice concerns be addressed, and additional research undertaken to better understand the medical and non-medical factors that influence decision making for women with previous cesarean deliveries. http://phys.org/news187464988.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:01 EST news187464988 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Chicago, researchers will present findings that there were less complications for women, after having a cesarean delivery, if sutures were used instead of staples to close the wound. http://phys.org/news184483125.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:50:05 EST news184483125 There is good news for women with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are pregnant or thinking about becoming pregnant. A new study shows that pregnant women with multiple sclerosis are only slightly more likely to have cesarean deliveries and babies with a poor prenatal growth rate than women who do not have MS. http://phys.org/news177783735.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:23:01 EST news177783735 A ranking of obstetrics and gynecology training programs based on the maternal complication rates of their graduates' patients found these rankings consistent across individual types of complications, suggesting that these rates may reflect measures of overall quality, according to a study in the September 23/30 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education. http://phys.org/news172856490.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:50:05 EST news172856490 Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine have found. http://phys.org/news169749818.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:44:18 EST news169749818 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny fluctuations in a fetus’s heartbeat can indicate distress, but currently there is no way to detect such subtle variations except during labor, when it could be too late to prevent serious or even fatal complications. http://phys.org/news163070083.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:16:59 EST news163070083 For years, doctors and other health-care providers have managed pregnant patients according to guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). In 1986, ACOG stated, "Regardless of how much women weigh before they become pregnant, gaining between 26-35 pounds during pregnancy can improve the outcome of pregnancy and reduce their chances of having the pregnancy end in fetal death." Until its revised guidelines were released yesterday, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) had recommended that overweight women should gain about 15 pounds during pregnancy. http://phys.org/news162817947.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 May 2009 12:23:58 EST news162817947 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, researchers will unveil findings that show that by using a sonogram to measure the lower uterine segment (LUS) thickness, they can predict uterine scar defects in women who had previous cesarean deliveries and anticipate which patients are at risk for subsequent uterine rupture if they have a trial of labor. http://phys.org/news152538394.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:47:10 EST news152538394 Pregnant women whose labor stalls while in the active phase of childbirth can reduce health risks to themselves and their infants by waiting out the delivery process for an extra two hours, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. http://phys.org/news144769920.html Medicine & Health Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:52:00 EST news144769920