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Medication to reduce the risk of haemorrhage
A recent study of 20,000 women from 31 countries has shown deaths have been reduced by 30% following the use of a drug called Tranexamic acid if given within 3 hours of delivery. This is easily available and inexpensive medication and is just another step towards making childbirth safer for all women. Read more
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Advanced maternal age and induction of labour
Advanced maternal age is a risk factor for Caesarean section following induction of labour. A recent publication by Dunne and Kumar (ANZJOG 17th March 2017), found that after induction of labour in women with a maternal age of over 35, the risk of delivery by Caesarean section was twice that of the general population. Despite […] Read more
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have now endorsed delayed cord clamping (not clamping the cord until it has stopped pulsating for both term and preterm babies). Delayed cord clamping in preterm babies reduces the risk of brain haemorrhage and intestinal disease i.e. necrotizing enterocolitis. For term babies, delayed cord clamping improves iron stores. […] Read more
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Induction of labour after 37 weeks
By reducing the number of babies that go past their due date, the neonatal death rate in a recent very large Danish study of seven hundred and seventy thousand women showed that the neonatal death rate was almost halved. There is also benefit in reducing the risk of traumatic delivery of a large baby that […] Read more
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Worrying about labour
When you are pregnant with your first baby, there is no way that you can know what labour is going to feel like. Many women worry about how painful their labour will be and how they will cope with that pain. Nobody can describe a contraction to you – although some will probably try! If […] Read more