Multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) was developed over 20 years ago to rescue higher-order multifetal pregnancies and has become a major component of improving the outcomes in infertility therapies. By definition, MFPR will always be controversial, but opinions do not follow the traditional "pro-life/pro-choice" dichotomy that has sabotaged the more generalized abortion debate. If one defines...

Spontaneous pregnancy loss is a surprisingly common occurrence, with approximately 15% of all clinically recognized pregnancies resulting in pregnancy failure. Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) has been inconsistently defined. When defined as 3 consecutive pregnancy losses prior to 20 weeks from the last menstrual period, it affects approximately 1% to 2% of women. This review highlights the curre...

This case report presents a new association reaction and a new treatment for quadruplet pregnancies. The hypnotic interventions can increase clinical management of quadruplet pregnancy. It illustrates new insights into the treatment of quadruplet pregnancies, and it suggests useful future research.

There have been a number of studies evaluating the association of aneuploidy serum markers with adverse pregnancy outcome. More recently, the development of potential treatments for these adverse outcomes as well as the introduction of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) screening for aneuploidy necessitates a re-evaluation of the benefit of serum markers in the identification of adverse outcomes. Ana...

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is a rare entity occurring in 1:30000 pregnancies but its incidence raises as a result of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) to 1:100-1:500. The aim of this report was to present a rare case of simultaneous intrauterine and extrauterine tubal pregnancy in a natural conception cycle. The ectopic pregnancy was not diagnosed in the first trimester scan and at 14 and ...

Hormonal contraceptive pills containing 750 microgram levonorgestrel are the most commonly used postcoital contraceptive method because of their high efficacy and fewer side effects. Emergency contraceptive pills containing levonorgestrel present their effects by several mechanisms, including delayed tubal transport of the ovum. A delay of tubal transportation of an ovum is also one of the poss...

was aroused by the occurrence in our hospital work of two cases. These two cases we wish to report to you, and with them also we would include a further example (the most arresting of the three) which came under the care of Professor Johnstone, and in which case one of us (E. C. F.) had also been directly interested. Instances of interstitial pregnancy are admittedly of rare occurrence, and in ...

The -1T variant of the annexin V gene, which has been suggested to have a protective role against thrombotic disease, was evaluated in 140 women with pregnancy complications and 317 control women with uncomplicated pregnancies. The presence of the -1 CT or TT genotype did not show a protective effect in normal pregnancies.

background: maternal mortality ratio of pregnancy complications and childbirth is one of the most important indicator which represents development in countries. sometimes unpleasant and dangerous side effects is undeniable among mothers. undrestanding of abortion frequency can be a indirect criterion of maternal health in a community. this study aimed to assess abortion and some effective facto...