
Braxton Hicks contractions are quite common in pregnancy. Braxton Hicks may also be referred to as prodromal labor, practice contractions, or false labor. They are named after John Braxton Hicks around 1872 (for the history buffs). He was an English doctor who described the contractions that occur ...

CMV in Pregnancy
What is CMV?
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus which causes, in most cases, a mild flu like illness in adults, but which can be associated with problems for developing babies if mothers are infected for the first time while pregnant. About 60% of pregnant ...