Key Points In 1970, the CD rate was about 5%. By 2008, it had reached 32.8%, the highest rate ever recorded in the United States. The rates of vaginal births after cesarean delivery have plummeted, from a peak of 28.3%…
Key Points The breadth of prenatal care includes both preconception and postpartum care, which extends up to 1 year after the infant’s birth. Interconception care is defined as care provided between the end of a woman’s pregnancy to the beginning…
Key Points The mature human placenta is a discoid organ that consists of an elaborately branched fetal villous tree bathed directly by maternal blood of the villous hemochorial type. Normal term placental weight averages 450 g and represents approximately one…