During pregnancy, what's the significance of cervical length? Answer From Yvonne Butler Tobah, M.D. Cervical length during pregnancy is sometimes associated with preterm labor—labor that begins before ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Among pregnant women at low risk for preterm delivery, universal transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) cervical length screening did not reduce rates of preterm birth, a multicenter ...

(HealthDay News) — For nulliparous women, increasing second-trimester cervical length is associated with an increased likelihood of prolonged pregnancy, according to a study published online July 15 ...

Cervical pessaries didn't reduce risk of preterm birth and fetal death prior to 37 weeks gestation in high-risk singleton pregnancies, according to the randomized TOPS trial. The intravaginal device ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Preterm delivery or neonatal death occurred in 45.5% of the pessary group vs. 45.6% of the usual care group.

Women with a short cervix around 20 weeks of pregnancy have an increased risk of preterm birth. Preventing preterm birth in pregnant women with a short cervix is a crucial step in protecting the ...

When you’re pregnant, you learn all kinds of things about your anatomy that you may not have known before. And sometimes, you learn things that require extra care during pregnancy. That’s the case if ...

Former girl group Cats member Kim Ji-hye confessed that her cervical length has shortened after wandering outside despite the risk of preterm labor. On the 15th, Kim Ji-hye updated her account on her ...