Pregnancy and Birth March Update

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The March update of Pregnancy & Birth went live today. Stop in and see all the new articles and information we have gathered for you at http://www.obgyn.net/pb/pb.htm

Here are some highlights:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

OBGYN.net Pregnancy and Birth is very happy to announce the arrival of a new OBGYN.net family member! Technology Correspondent Ed Zabrek, his wife Teresa, and sons Michael and Blake, brought Chloe Fu Mei Zabrek into their family from China on December 7, 1998. Welcome little one, you are so precious!

OBGYN.net Advisory Board Member, Jason Gardosi, MD FRCS MRCOG, has launched his new website, Gestation Network. It features:

* the downloadable sample program for the CTG Tutor * a facility to calculate a customized birth weight percentile * 'Hot Topic': academic program, registration forms etc for the forthcoming 5th ISIS meeting in Stockholm

Nicole Ann O'Connor is featured as the March Baby of the Month. What a beautiful girl! Proud parents are Jennifer and Jonathan O'Connor. Nikki was born on September 12th, 1998.

Be sure to watch (or program your VCRs to record) the BODY HUMAN 2000: Love, Sex & the Miracle of Birth. This show explores the biology of human love and sexuality, from the mystery of attraction to the miracle of childbirth. The one hour special is scheduled to air on April 7 at 10:00 PM (EST) on CBS and will be hosted by James Brolin. Produced by New Screen Concepts. Mark your calendars!

Upcoming conferences of interest: 4th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, BUENOS AIRES: APRIL 18-22,1999

XXXVI Reunion Nacional Anual De La Federacion Argentina De Sociedades De Ginecologia Y Obstetricia F.A.S.G.O. III Congreso Del Mercosur De Ginecologia Y Obstetricia, 16, 17 y 18 de Septiembre de 1999, Ciudad de Puerto Iguazú - Misiones - Argentina

FEATURED ARTICLE OF THE MONTH: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section (VBAC) Bibliography compiled primarily by: Philip J. Rosenow, M.D. HTML and additions by: Ken Turkowski, research scientist

SPECIAL FEATURES: A midwife with a beard: healthcare and gender in early modern Europe, an article by Ine Berkelmans, OBGYN.net Pregnancy & Birth Editorial Advisory Board Member.

Recurrent Miscarriage (Pregnancy Loss), The first in a two-part series of articles provided by Eric Daiter, MD, a Reproductive Endocrinologist in private practice, New Jersey, USA, encompasses recurrent miscarriage topics from the grieving process through clinical evaluation.

Depression in the Childbearing Years - Diagnostics in the OB/GYN Setting, A roundtable interview with Deborah A. Sichel, MD, Moderator; Vivien K. Burt, MD, PhD; Mary Carol Ciotti, MD; Frank W. Ling, MD; and Zachary Stowe, MD, brought to OBGYN.net by The Female Patient

BABYCENTER FEATURE ARTICLES: Getting Your Baby to Sleep Should we let our baby cry it out?

FETAL MONITORING: OBGYN.net Broadcasting presents Roundtable Discussions held at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in San Francisco, California, in January. Check out the discussions with either Real Player Audio or the written transcripts.

BREASTFEEDING 101: Sore Nipples, an article by Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC

PREGNANCY & BIRTH FORUM: New faces and new topics – come on in and join us! http://forums.obgyn.net/pregnancy-birth/

SUCCESS STORY: Jenn Smith shares her story of repeated loss and the ultimate joy - two healthy children, after struggles with an incompetent cervix. Read her inspiring story and see the beautiful photos of her family!

HOT FINDS ON THE INTERNET: Of interest to the medical professionals, GESTATION NETWORK, is a virtual home, under construction, for collaborative projects aimed at understanding relationships between fetal growth and -maturation and perinatal outcome. Director: Jason O. Gardosi, MD

For women and patients, Baby Bag Online, The In-Site to Parenting....Prenatal to Preschool Baby Bag contains a wide variety of information from regular features such as birth announcements, food and nutrition, and recalls & alerts to an interactive area with bulletin boards, shopping, ask the professional, and much more!

RELATED ITEMS OF INTEREST ON OBGYN.net: Ultrasound http://www.obgyn.net/us/us.htm Fetal Hepatic Hemangioendothelioma, Case Report by Martin Necas, RDMS, RVT, and Karen Robertson, DMU

Ultrasound Informal Case Study: Myoma

Fetal Monitoring http://www.obgyn.net/fm/fm.htm ISIS - International Symposium on Intrapartum Surveillance

Many NEW LINKS and NEWS and PRESS RELEASES have been added for both medical professionals and women/patients, and so much more!

Have a great week and be sure to drop by the Pregnancy & Birth section! http://www.obgyn.net/pb/pb.htm

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Roberta Speyer
Publisher OBGYN.net
mailto:roberta.speyer@obgyn.net

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