Pregnancy

During pregnancy, a blood test is performed to determine your blood type and to determine if you have the Rh factor. The Rh factor is a protein present on some people's red blood cells. If you do not have the protein but your fetus does, your body may make antibodies against the Rh factor protein. To

At term, most babies will present with the head positioned to come through the vagina first. However, about 3 - 4 % of babies at term will present with the buttocks or legs first and this is called breech presentation. Vaginal breech delivery is associated with higher complication rates for the baby,

Cervical insufficiency (also referred to as cervical incompetence), is the premature dilation of the cervix without pain or contractions, before the baby has reached full term. This may be associated with a short cervix as measured by ultrasound, or a past history of a spontaneous pregnancy loss during

Chorioamnionitis is infection or inflammation of the chorion and amnion layers of the fetal membranes. It is often diagnosed during labor based on the presence of maternal fever, maternal and/or fetal tachycardia, elevated maternal white blood cell count, uterine tenderness, or purulent cervical discharge. Disclaimer:

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects 5 to 10% of all pregnancies. There is a spectrum of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy that includes the following situations: chronic hypertension (which is high blood pressure diagnosed in a person before pregnancy), gestational hypertension (which is