ABNORMAL TWIN LABOUR.

Acardiac acephalic twin causing obstructed labour.

Reconsidering the impact of family size on labour supply : The twin - problems of the twin - birth instrument

[This version: January 16, 2015] Abstract We consider two econometric problems when investigating the impact of family size on labor market outcomes using the popular twin-birth instrument. The first is the potential for omitted variable bias caused by the fact that fertility treatments are linked to twin births and are typically unobserved. We present estimates corrected for this bias and find...

Conjoined Twin

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Abnormal progesterone and corticotropin releasing hormone levels are associated with preterm labour.

INTRODUCTION This study examined whether maternal plasma progesterone and corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) concentrations can predict the likelihood of preterm labour. MATERIALS AND METHODS Maternal plasma progesterone and CRH concentrations were examined in a total of 51 women. The subject cohort included 20 women who were followed from the beginning of the third trimester (28 to 34 wee...

A Case of Abnormal Labour, (Hydrothorax and Ascites in the Fœtus)

very irritable and quarrelsome since the beginning of the pregnancy. Easily fatigued on slight exertion during the pregnancy, complained of exhaustion. Usually could not fast on fast-days during the pregnancy, nevertheless could not eat properly. Feeling of tightness and fulness . in the abdomen and the chest often, although the bowels were regular. There was no fever or vomiting since concepti...