obstetrics http://www.npr.org obstetrics en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:06:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif obstetrics http://www.npr.org Pregnancies Way Past Due Date Are On The Decline Two decades ago, about 10 percent of pregnancies in the U.S. lasted 42 weeks or longer. Today, about 5 percent last that long. What happened? Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:06:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/31/168346781/pregnancies-way-past-due-date-are-on-the-decline?ft=1&f=155774387 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/31/168346781/pregnancies-way-past-due-date-are-on-the-decline?ft=1&f=155774387 Two decades ago, about 10 percent of pregnancies in the U.S. lasted 42 weeks or longer. Today, about 5 percent last that long. What happened?

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]]> Mexico Aims To Save Babies And Moms With Modern Midwifery At a new school for midwives, students learn old arts, like massaging bellies, while also studying gynecology, obstetrics and nursing. Officials hope a new generation of professional midwives will help reduce the pressures on Mexican hospitals overwhelmed by births that, in the past, would have taken place at home. Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:11:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/06/168629259/mexico-aims-to-save-babies-and-moms-with-modern-midwifery?ft=1&f=155774387 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/06/168629259/mexico-aims-to-save-babies-and-moms-with-modern-midwifery?ft=1&f=155774387 At a new school for midwives, students learn old arts, like massaging bellies, while also studying gynecology, obstetrics and nursing. Officials hope a new generation of professional midwives will help reduce the pressures on Mexican hospitals overwhelmed by births that, in the past, would have taken place at home.

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