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Molar Pregnancy -- Ashley Hill, MD
Molar pregnancies are an uncommon and very frightening complication of pregnancy. The formal medical term for a molar pregnancy is “hydatidiform mole. ...

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An Edited Excerpt from "Your Developing Baby" by P. M. Doubilet, MD, PhD, C. B. Benson, MD & Roanne Weisman

What You Can Do To Keep Germs From Harming You and Your Baby - A Prenatal Pamphlet from the CDC (.pdf 34kb)

Recurrent Miscarriage (Pregnancy Loss) Part 1
Recurrent Miscarriage (Pregnancy Loss) Part 2

Webcasts and Education

Speculum Examination Training presented by The American College of Nurse-Midwives

Leslie Ludka, CNM, MSN We invite you to participate in a free WebCast focused on Speculum Examination Training for pregnant women. This skill can be used when gathering information to help make a clinical diagnosis. Leslie Ludka, CNM, MSN, will share important information on assessment of the patient and guide the viewer step by step through the examination while giving helpful insights to the procedure. 1 CEU is available to nurses who successfully complete the presentation. This program is supported by an educational grant from Hologic.

Preterm Birth and Fetal Fibronectin: Assessing the Risk Along the Continuum

Epidemiology of Preterm Birth
Ashley Roman, MD Ashley Roman, MD
Assistant Professor
of Ob / Gyn
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Fetal Fibronectin as a Predictor of Preterm Birth
Andrei Rebarber, MD Andrei Rebarber, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ob / Gyn
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Cesarean Section: Simplified Technique - Muhammad El Hennawy, MD
Nausea & Vomiting in Pregnancy - Muhammad Emam, MD

More articles for professional education:

Adhesion-Prevention Strategy in C-Sections: Focus on Risk Reduction

The Relationship Between Placental Location and Fetal Gender (Ramzi’s Method): Can Placental / Chorionic villi Location be used as Indicator for Fetal Gender at Six Weeks Gestation using 2-D and Color Flow Sonography?

Maternal Risk Factors for Potential Maltreatment Deaths Among Healthy Singleton and Twin Infants

A Case Report: Delta Superinfection and Pregnancy

Prevalence of the Bacterial Vaginosis and Group B Streptococcus in Term and Pre-term Pregnancies

A Mother's Story - M. Perhach about her first-hand experience with GBS and her efforts to raise awareness of this serious bacterial infection.

Interviews

The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in partnership with OBGYN.net is pleased to welcome you to the online webcast of selected presentations from our 2007 Annual Congress.

Here are just a few of the interviews available:

Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Risk of Birth Defects - Darine El-Chaâr, MD
Advanced Maternal Age and Risk of Intrauterine Fetal Death - Mert Ozan Bahtiyar, MD
First Trimester Miscarriage - Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD
Antenatal Steroids - Ronald Wapner, MD

Enjoy the great wealth of educational informationavailable at SMFM 2007 Online - Nancy Chescheir, Program Chair