http://www.rcog.org.uk/news/bjog-release-women-fear-childbirth-endure-longer-labour-finds-new-research Women who have a fear of childbirth spend longer in labour than women who have no such fear, suggests new research published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. (click link to read about this study)
Maternal Deaths Plunged Over 2 Decades, to About 287,000 in 2010, U.N. Reports
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/health/maternal-deaths-plunged-over-2-decades-un-reports.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y The number of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth has dropped sharply in the last two decades, according to a report by a consortium of United Nations agencies set to be released on Wednesday. (click to read NYT story)
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