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Childbirth

(Jump to: General Information | Complications | C-Section | Delivery | Labor | Pain Relief | Post-Delivery )

	General Information
	Labor and Birth:National Women's Health Information Center
	What to Expect After Your Due Date:ACOG
	Childbirth:MedlinePlus

	Labor
	General Information
	Labor:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
	Signs of Labor: Know What to Expect:Mayo Clinic
	How to Tell When Labor Begins:ACOG
	False Labor (Braxton-Hicks Contractions):University of Pennsylvania
	The Three Stages of Labor:University of Pennsylvania
	Labor Positions:Mayo Clinic [Slide Show]
	Delivery Positions:University of Pennsylvania
	Procedures That May Take Place During Labor And Delivery:University of Pennsylvania
	Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor:ACOG
	Strategies for Getting Through Labor:University of Pennsylvania
	Tips for Labor Coaches:University of Pennsylvania
	Inducing Labor
	Inducing Labor:March of Dimes
	Inducing Labor: Your Questions Answered:Mayo Clinic
	Labor Induction:ACOG
	Preterm Labor
	Preterm Labor:March of Dimes
	Preterm Labor:ACOG

	Pain Relief During Childbirth
	General Information
	Pain Relief During Labor:University of Michigan Health System
	Dealing With Pain During Childbirth:Nemours Foundation
	Coping With Labor Pain:March of Dimes
	Drug Options
	Labor Pain: Medications for Labor and Delivery:Mayo Clinic
	Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery:American Society of Anesthesiologists [PDF]
	Epidural Block:March of Dimes
	Spinal Block for Labor Pain:March of Dimes
	Narcotics for Labor Pain:March of Dimes
	Non-Drug Options
	Drug-Free Options for Labor Pain:March of Dimes

	Childbirth Complications
	Labor and Delivery Complications:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Breech Birth and Other Positions:University of Pennsylvania
	If Your Baby is Breech:ACOG
	Breech Babies: What Can I Do if My Baby is Breech?:American Adademy of Family Physicians
	Dystocia (Difficult Labor):eMedicine.com
	Shoulder Dystocia:American Academy of Family Physicians
	Meconium Aspiration:Nemours Foundation
	Premature Rupture of Membranes:Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

	Delivery
	Delivery:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Routine Vaginal Delivery:American Academy of Pediatrics
	Episiotomy:University of Michigan Health System
	Routine Use of Episiotomy in Uncomplicated Births Offers No Benefits to Women:AHRQ
	Birth Chairs, Midwives, and Medicine:netLibrary

	Cesarian Section
	Cesarean Birth:ACOG
	Cesarean Delivery:UpToDate Patient Information
	C-Section:University of Pennsylvania
	C-Section: Medical Reasons:March of Dimes
	C-Section by Request:March of Dimes
	Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery:ACOG
	Birth by Cesarean Section:Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT [Video]
	Cesarean Section:MedlinePlus

	Post-Delivery
	Hospital (What to Expect):Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Home (What to Expect):Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Birth and the First Moments After:American Academy of Pediatrics
	First Checkup:March of Dimes
	Assessments for Newborn Babies:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
	Apgar Scores:American Academy of Pediatrics
	Looking at Your Newborn:What's Normal:Nemours Foundation
	What a Newborn Really Looks Like:Mayo Clinic [Slide Show]
	Your Baby's First Day:University of Pennsylvania
	Eye Prophylaxis/Vitamin K Injection:Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
	Post-Partum Hemorrhage:Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
	Postpartum Infections:Merck Manual, Home Edition
	Recovering From Delivery:Nemours Foundation
	Donating or Banking Umbilical Cord Blood, see Blood and Lymphatic Systems,Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells

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