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Congenital Head and Neck Asymmetry Is Common and Often Unrecognized

Infants with congenital asymmetries might be at increased risk for developing secondary posterior plagiocephaly.

Bottoms Down: Can Risk for Breech Birth Be Inherited?

Risk for breech delivery was doubled in the offspring of both men and women who were themselves delivered in breech presentation.

Gestational Diabetes: Controversies About Diagnosis and Treatment Persist

Increasing maternal glucose intolerance is associated with increasing birth weight, neonatal hypoglycemia, and fetal insulin levels.

Chronic Pain Common After Pfannenstiel Incision

Abdominal wall nerve entrapment was present in more than half of women with moderate-to-severe pain.

Postnatal Depression in Fathers Has Adverse Effects on Their Children’s Mental Health

Paternal depressive symptoms increase the vulnerability of their children to psychiatric disorders.

Gestational Hyperglycemia: Continuum of Risk, Choices for Treatment

Likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes increased in proportion to maternal glucose levels; metformin for gestational diabetes was not inferior to insulin.

Second-Trimester Amniocentesis Is Even Safer Than We Thought

In one prenatal diagnosis center, the pregnancy loss rate attributed to amniocentesis was 1 in 769 procedures.

Binge Drinking During Early Pregnancy

In infrequent drinkers, fewer than three binge drinking episodes during the first 16 weeks of pregnancy were not associated with adverse birth outcomes.

No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy Might Help Infant Temperament

Mothers who stopped smoking during pregnancy were more likely to have infants with easy dispositions than were mothers who continued to smoke.

More Reassuring Data About Pregnancy in HIV-Infected Women

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In the current treatment era, survival rates are high for HIV-infected mothers, and vertical transmission rates are low.

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