Your doctor may be helping you take precautions to avoid a preterm birth. The longer your baby can develop in the womb, the less likely they’ll have problems associated with preterm birth. Preterm ...

Once labor starts, women are typically prohibited from eating—only clear liquids or ice chips are allowed. This is to reduce the risk of food entering the airways during a potential C-section.

Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of ...

The use of tocolytic drugs in cases of threatened premature birth after 30 weeks of pregnancy does not improve the baby’s health. “There was no benefit but also no harm done," says Amsterdam UMC PhD ...

Tocolytics are short-term treatments used to allow time for interventions that can improve the outcomes of preterm labor and delivery for both mother and child. Since no single tocolytic drug is ...

New research from the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the World Health Organisation shows that tocolytic drugs used to delay preterm birth, and thus avert the ensuing associated ...

Fetal Well-Being Generally Fine After Strenuous Exercise The most effective tocolytic agents for delaying delivery and improving neonatal and maternal outcomes are prostaglandin inhibitors and calcium ...

The use of tocolytic drugs in cases of threatened premature birth after 30 weeks of pregnancy does not improve the baby's health. This is shown by the largest study concerning the effectiveness of ...

A 31-year-old primigravida with twins had spontaneous rupture of the membranes at 32 weeks' gestation. On admission, because of contractions, the mother was started on tocolytic magnesium sulfate ...

A normal pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks. While most pregnant women go into labor at the 40-week mark, some women go into labor a little earlier. Preterm labor is characterized by contractions ...