Health Information > Childbirth
Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Signs and Symptoms of Preterm Labor and What to Do - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation- Fetal Fibronectin (fFN): A Test for Preterm Delive - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- Signs of Labor: Know What to Expect - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Medical Terms to Know - American Pregnancy AssociationDirectories
- Find a Midwife - American College of Nurse-MidwivesLaw and Policy
- Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOrganizations
- National Women's Health Information Center - Dept. of Health and Human Services- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist -
- American College of Nurse-Midwives -
Overviews
- Healthy Pregnancy: Childbirth - National Women's Health Information Center- Birth and the First Moments After - American Academy of Pediatrics
- JAMA Patient Page: Birth Labor - American Medical Association
Pictures/Diagrams
- Slide Show: Exercises to Prepare for Childbirth - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and ResearchRelated Issues
- Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby Is Breech? - American Academy of Family Physicians- Meconium Aspiration - Nemours Foundation
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN) - Nemours Foundation
- Birthing Classes - Nemours Foundation
- Birth Plans - Nemours Foundation
- Banking Your Newborn's Cord Blood - Nemours Foundation
- Looking at Your Newborn: What's Normal - Nemours Foundation
- Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services - Nemours Foundation
- What to Take to the Hospital - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring during Labor - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- Apgar Scores - American Academy of Pediatrics
- Thinking of Using a Nurse-Midwife? What You Need t - American College of Nurse-Midwives
Research
- Soft Music May Reduce Pain and Distress of Labor - Nemours Foundation- Magnitude of Maternal Morbidity during Labor and D - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Research on Preterm Labor and Premature Birth - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Risks from Labor after Prior Cesarean Delivery Low - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Home Uterine Monitors Not Useful for Predicting Pr - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Specific Conditions
- Pregnancy: What to Expect When Your Due Date Has P - American Academy of Family Physicians- Labor Induction - American Academy of Family Physicians
- Recovering from Delivery - Nemours Foundation
- Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery (VBAC) - UpToDate
- Preterm Labor - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- Back Labor - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Routine Vaginal Delivery - American Academy of Pediatrics
- Giving Birth "In Place": Emergen - American College of Nurse-Midwives
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
Treatment
- Dealing with Pain during Childbirth - Nemours Foundation- Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Preterm Labor: Drugs for Use in Preterm Labor - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- Episiotomy: A Cut You May Not Need - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Epidurals: Reducing Pain during Labor and Delivery - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Pain Relief Options for Labor and Delivery - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research