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Delivery; Labor |
Childbirth (also called labo(u)r, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy with the emergence of a newborn infant from its mother's uterus. A woman is considered to be in labour when she begins experiencing regular, strong uterine contractions, accompanied by changes of her cervix — primarily effacement and dilation. While childbirth is widely experienced as painful, some women do report painless labours. When the baby is born its birth weight is determined. ...
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Childbirth Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation http://www.marchofdimes.com/
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists http://www.aana.com/
- American Pregnancy Association http://www.americanpregnancy.org
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- American College of Nurse-Midwives http://www.midwife.org/
- Division of Bacterial & Mycotic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center http://www.acog.org/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Health Resources Services Administration Information Center http://www.ask.hrsa.gov
- Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa
- National Library of Medicine Office of Public Information http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Smart Moms, Healthy Babies http://www.med.umich.edu/obgyn/smartmoms/
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- YourSurgery.com http://www.yoursurgery.com
- Kids Health http://www.kidshealth.org
- Office of Public Health and Science, OS, HHS http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/ophs/
- UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI) http://chi.ucsf.edu/
- Lamaze International http://www.lamaze.org
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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