I’m a MoMo twin – it’s the rarest in the world, if we split any later we’d be conjoined, & I have different colour eyes
A YOUNG woman has shared how she is one of the rarest types of twins in the world. Hope Baxter and her sister, Faith, are ...
Study finds increased maternal complications with previable premature rupture of membranes
Previable premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is when the amniotic sac, the protective membrane that surrounds the fetus, ruptures before 22 weeks of gestation. When it occurs so early in pregnancy, ...
Spent brewers' grain could be big business as chicken feed
Chicken consumption has doubled in the U.S. since 1980, breezing past beef in 2010. But nearly three-quarters of production ...
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When Does the Bag of Waters Break?
The bag of waters - or amniotic sac - is a bag or "membrane filled with fluid that surrounds your baby in your uterus during pregnancy." The bag of waters is very important to your baby's health.
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Researchers identify protective properties of amniotic fluid
Researchers have made new discoveries about amniotic fluid, a substance historically not well understood in medical research due to the difficulty in obtaining it during pregnancy, especially across ...
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New study finds increased maternal complications with previable premature rupture of membranes
Researchers reported findings that suggest that for pregnant women who develop previable PROM, the risk of being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, needing a blood transfusion, and/or developing ...