Vasa previa is a rare complication that can occur during pregnancy. It happens when some of the blood vessels that connect your baby's umbilical cord to your placenta cross over, or near, the opening ...

Placenta previa is a condition where your placenta settles low in your uterus and covers part or all of your cervix. Your cervix is the pathway through which your baby is born, and that area should ...

The placenta nourishes and protects your baby throughout pregnancy, filtering out what she doesn’t need and delivering the oxygen and nutrients she does. Most of the time, it attaches to the upper ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

HEMORRHAGE associated with pregnancy is still responsible for the majority of maternal deaths. Even though in recent years this group of deaths has been materially diminished by improved obstetrical ...