You ask: My doctor said the ultrasound showed my baby is getting quite big. She says inducing now would avoid a c-section. I'm worried about getting induced, but I don't want a c-section either. Should I agree? I answer: The research says “No.” The purpose of inducing...
“The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” Thomas Huxley Reverberating through the internet is an article by a group of scientists theorizing that cesarean availability has altered the course of human evolution, resulting in...
Close on the heels of the previous study comes a Medscape report on a study of the effects of a large-for-gestational-age (LGA) diagnosis, meaning the baby's estimated weight is in the upper 10% for that week of pregnancy, in women with gestational diabetes (GD) ....
"Perceptions of fetal size influence interventions in pregnancy, BU study finds," reads the EurekAlert article title. This is hardly breaking news, as every other study of suspected macrosomia has found the same thing; however, this latest study confirms the role of...
The first in Henci’s new Take Charge of Your Birth Series, Labor Pain: What’s Your Best Strategy? delivers up-to-date access to the best medical research plus practical strategies for developing your plan and putting it into action. Also available in audiobook.
