Not Signed In - Vaginal Birth Increases Risk Of Hemorrhage In Newborns
Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:00 AM EST
... The first researchers to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of a large group of babies soon after birth found a small amount of bleeding in and around the brains of one in four babies who were delivered vaginally. The study appears in the February issue of Radiology."Small bleeds in and around the brain are very common in infants who are born vaginally," said John H. [click link for full article] ...
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