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About 11% of women who carry to term will experience prelabor rupture of membrane a condition where the amniotic sac breaks open early, but labor doesn t begin.
Typically, when a woman s water breaks but labor doesn t start, labor is induced. But a new University of Michigan study found that expectant management waiting a period of time after the water breaks for labor to begin spontaneously did not significantly increase risk to the fetus or the mother in healthy pregnancies.
Therefore, both induction and expectant management should be considered, and the decision should be made in the context of the mother s wishes and health, said study co-author Ruth Zielinski, a nurse midwife and U-M clinical professor in nursing.
A central California woman charged with murder after delivering a stillborn baby who tested positive for methamphetamine will be released to a treatment center.
by Margaret Flowers / March 9th, 2021
A growing and coordinated attack on the rights of transgender people is taking place through state legislation and sadly it is receiving support from people across the political spectrum. The attack is successful because its proponents are using myths about transgender people to cloak their efforts under a veneer of feminism and concerns about children’s health. In reality, this attack is anti-feminist and threatens the well-being and lives of not only the transgender community, particularly the youth, which is one of the most vulnerable communities in our society, but also of all of us.
Chelsea Becker, 26, has been in a Kings County jail since her arrest in November 2019, unable to raise $2 million bail. A judge is expected to consider Tuesday whether to release her.