Several factors complicate the evaluation of risk factors for uterine rupture during VBAC-TOL. First, uterine rupture is a relatively rare event, requiring large sample sizes to identify significant ...

A new study shows that by using a sonogram to measure the lower uterine segment thickness, doctors can predict uterine scar defects in women who had previous cesarean deliveries and anticipate which ...

In addition, recent studies on the effect of amniotic fluid on the blood-clotting mechanism 1 have suggested that amniotic fluid entering the maternal circulation in amounts insufficient to cause an ...

In 2005 I was the most senior resident on call for the weekend at a hospital in Baltimore. We’d had a busy day, and I was finally getting a chance to sit down. Then I received an urgent page from a ...

MEQUON, Wis. - A Mequon infant is now home with his family after a tough first week. A rare and serious complication threatened the lives of him and his mom. On Wednesday, June 22, they took a trip to ...

A mother filed a complaint against a Swedish hospital after doctors failed to notice her uterus burst during labor and part of her unborn baby was inside her abdominal cavity. The Swedish National ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLUMBUS, Miss. — A Mississippi woman whose ...

Twelve months ago, my son Jacob was born. As my husband Dave drove me to the hospital, the sun was shining oppressively through the windows of our car. I remember feeling beads of sweat forming on my ...

For the woman with a prior uterine scar, neither repeat elective cesarean birth nor vaginal birth after cesarean birth (VBAC) trial of labor (TOL) is risk-free. When VBAC-TOL is successful, it is ...