In Caesarean deliveries the placenta is usually removed by hand or by a technique known as 'cord traction'. A recent systematic review by Cochrane researchers shows that cord traction poses less risk ...
A young mom died 12 days after giving birth at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx because a doctor-in-training left behind a large part of the placenta — a fatal blunder, an autopsy showed. Athena ...
Low-risk women opting for a planned home birth have no increased risk of severe adverse maternal outcomes - and in some cases show improved outcomes - show researchers. Dutch researchers looked at 146 ...