Pregnancy & Labour

The difference between these is :           Newborn - Birth to 7 days      Neonate - Upto 1 month      Infant - 1 month to 12 month

The labour is said to be prolonged when the combined duration of 1st and 2nd stage is more than arbitrary time limit of 18 hours. Prolong...

In more than 50% of cases the cause of preterm onset of labour is not known. The following are related with increased incidence of preterm ...

Baby's Development - In this week baby is now covered with a white, waxy substance called vernix caseosa , which helps prevent delica...

Preterm labour is one where the labour starts before the 37th completed week (<259 days), counting from the first day of the last menstr...

Prenatal care - All clients should be offered voluntary serologic testing for HIV infection. In seropositive cases additional investiga...

HIV causes an incurable infection that leads ultimately to a terminal disease called AIDS which is a group retrovirus.  Worldwide 25 - 30% ...