childbirth
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U.S. Families Are Paying Over $4,500 In Medical Bills Just To Have A Baby
Families covered by private, employer-provided insurance plans are paying higher and higher out-of-pocket costs for the delivery of their newborn, a new study found, despite the reforms enacted by the Affordable Care Act.
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A Brief History Of Vaginal Cutting During Childbirth
During childbirth, the vagina has to stretch to accommodate a head the size of a grapefruit. This, you may imagine, takes time. So if something goes wrong during labour and delivery has to happen fast, doctors or midwives might speed things along by artificially widening the vaginal opening. With scissors.
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What Childbirth Looks Like From The Inside
Back in 2010, a team of German doctors announced that they’d recorded the world’s first MRI of a woman giving birth. Back then, only still images were available — but now the researchers have released the video, and it’s spellbinding.