A prospective British ultrasound study has reported an eightfold increase in the risk for cervical scarring in mothers who have cesarean delivery (CD) during advanced labor. Postnatal ultrasound ...

Childbirth is an overwhelming experience. A lot of it depends on your cervix slowly opening up so your baby can come out. Usually, when you’re in labour, your cervix goes from closed to dilating about ...

Induction of labor is a routinely applied obstetric intervention designed to stimulate uterine contractions when delaying delivery poses a risk to maternal or neonatal health. A range of cervical ...

Women who have Caesarean births at an advanced stage of labour are about eight times more likely to develop scars in the womb which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in future ...

Medtech startup Lidavex is using the same light-sensing technology found in iPhones, self-driving cars and food delivery ...