Tag Archives: Birth

How Safe is Vaginal Delivery After a Cesarean Birth?

FRIDAY, Sept. 27, 2019 — Once a woman gives birth by cesarean section, attempting a vaginal delivery is far riskier for mother and baby alike, a new study finds. Researchers at the University of Oxford collected data on more than 70,000 births in Scotland between 2002 and 2015. Among women who attempted a vaginal delivery… Read More: How Safe is Vaginal Delivery After a Cesarean Birth? »

New BHIVA guidelines on HIV care in pregnancy and after birth

Advice on infant feeding has been updated in the 2018 guidelines to address the uncertainties surrounding HIV transmission through breast milk when viral load is undetectable on antiretroviral treatment. “The undetectable=untransmissable (U=U) statement applies only to sexual transmission, and we currently lack data to apply this to breastfeeding,” the guidelines state. Nevertheless, the guidelines also… Read More: New BHIVA guidelines on HIV care in pregnancy and after… »