Giving birth by caesarean section (C-section) is safer than ever. Today's anesthesiology and pain management treatments ease pain for mothers.
A certified nurse-midwife provides services complementary to those of a physician, including most issues that arise during normal pregnancies and births.
In cervical insufficiency, the cervix begins to dilate (widen) and efface (shorten and thin) during the second trimester, causing preterm delivery.
Recurrent pregnancy loss is typically defined as two or more pregnancy losses. Yale Medicine offers comprehensive services for couples who have gone through this.
Surrogacy is a process in which a woman carries and delivers a child for a couple or individual. Learn more about this process.
Ovulation induction uses fertility medications to stimulate the release of eggs from the ovary. Intrauterine insemination can be used with it to achieve pregnancy.
Fetal ultrasound is the most widely used medical imaging method during pregnancy. It is used to view the developing fetus and also to guide procedures.
Twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is a rare, in utero condition that occurs only in monochorionic twins (identical twins who share the same placenta).
A high-risk pregnancy is one in which a woman and her fetus face a higher-than-normal chance of experiencing problems.
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