Pregnancy and Birth Complications
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- Premature Rupture of Membranes (4)
- Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (9)
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- Health: Conditions and Diseases: Congenital Anomalies (3)
- Health: Conditions and Diseases: Immune Disorders: Auto-Immune: Antiphospholipid Syndrome (14)
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- Health: Reproductive Health: Pregnancy and Birth: Childbirth (241)
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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy - UK support site containing information, links and research news on this condition.
American Pregnancy Association: Pregnancy Complications - Covering causes, symptoms and treatments.
Baby-Parenting.com - offering a list of common pregnancy complaints and solutions.
BeNotAfraid.Net - Support and information for those who receive poor prenatal diagnoses, including; anencephaly, complex heart defects, trisomy syndromes and other birth defects.
Common Problems of Pregnancy - Concise factsheet on pregnancy. Also available in Adobe Acrobat format.
eMedTV Pregnancy Complications Channel - Offers medically reviewed information on the warning signs and symptoms, causes and current treatments for common pregnancy complications.
Fetal Hope Foundation - Aims to provide support and information pertaining to fetal distresses and syndromes. Topics include Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS), Acardiac Twinning (TRAP sequence), Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS), Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), and Selective Intrauternine Growth Restriction (SIUGR).
Fetal Treatment Program - Offers fetal surgery and other treatment for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, gastroschisis, omphalocele, and other fetal defects, at Women and Infants' Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. A joint venture of several regional medical centers. Includes information and links about conditions treated.
Group B Streptococcus Infections - News, Medline and links to articles about this infection in relation to newborn babies and pregnant women.
High Risk Pregnancy - Message board for women who are experiencing complications.
Hydrops Fetalis - Medical report on two consecutive pregnancies with this diagnoses, as well as intrauterine growth retardation and Dysmorphic Syndrome.
Impact of Short Hospital Stays on the Health and Survival of Newborns - Infants discharged and sent home from the hospital within 30 hours of birth are more likely to die within 28 days of birth, and nearly twice as apt to die during the first year of life than newborns sent home later.
Itchy Moms - Information about ICP and its risks and complications, includes a definition, symptoms and treatment.
Jessica's Trust - A campaign to raise awareness of childbed fever (puerperal sepsis), a potentially fatal uterine infection after childbirth. Includes details of the condition and personal accounts.
Keep Kids Healthy - Discusses the benefits and risks of flu shots during pregnancy.
Management of Chronic Hypertension During Pregnancy - Article discussing treatment, possible complications, and monitoring techniques.
Medical Risks of Epidural Anaesthesia during Childbirth - This site explores the risks undertaken when choosing an epidural for pain management.
Molar Pregnancy - Explanation of a rare mass or growth that may form inside the uterus at the beginning of a pregnancy.
OBCyberBook - Information about various complications of pregnancy.
Obstetric Diseases and Conditions - General Practice Notebook, offering a list of complications and information on each.
Perinatal Hospice.org - Resources for families choosing to continue a pregnancy following prenatal testing that indicates the baby has a terminal condition.
Prematurity Problem (Perinatal Research Center) - Addresses preterm delivery and possible causes.
Save Babies - Offering information about screening choices, and state requirements. Includes resource library, and links to testing facilities.
StorkNet's Pregnancy Complications Center - Support and information for parents.
Uterine Rupture - A daughter tells of her Mother's experience with this disorder, her delivery, and a prescribed drug called Cytotec.
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood - Raising international awareness about the nearly 600,000 women who die each year pregnancy-related complications, worldwide.
Denied and Concealed Pregnancies - Researchers find that denial of pregnancy is not rare, is not well correlated with various presumed causative factors, but is a complication that can be dangerous to mother and fetus. (November 20, 2006) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.