Maternal and reproductive experts have cautioned pregnant women against dismissing early uterine contractions, stressing that timely medical attention could prevent miscarriages, preterm births, and ...

"Exercising during pregnancy has been shown to provide multiple benefits, including making labor and delivery smoother, potentially reducing the risk of interventions, and speeding up postnatal ...

For obese pregnant women, elective induction of labor at 39 to 41 weeks of gestation may be a better choice than expectant management, the results of a study suggest. Compared with expectant ...