From the triage room to the postpartum unit, this guide covers what to expect, including expert advice on pain management and ...

Welcoming a baby into the world is a milestone moment. The final stage of pregnancy, known as labour and delivery, is when all the waiting, planning, and nurturing finally come together. This stage ...

Obstetricians at Oregon Health & Science University have been facing a common challenge: Increasingly, patients are seeking ...

Since the 1970s, electronic fetal monitoring has been the go-to technology in perinatal obstetrics for the detection of fetal distress during labor. Although the technology has changed slightly in the ...

The only hospital in a Northern Idaho town of 9,000 people, Bonner General Health, announced last week that it was closing its labor and delivery clinic. The hospital — situated in Sandpoint, a remote ...

• When active phase arrest occurs, cesarean delivery should be performed; second stage arrest should prompt consideration of operative vaginal delivery before proceeding to cesarean delivery. • ...

Rural obstetric units have been closing at an alarming rate across the country. Some hospitals model how to overcome ...

After a short diversion labor and delivery services have returned to normal at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg.