If either you or your partner was a "big" baby, you have an increased likelihood of giving birth to a large baby yourself, a new study by researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, shows. This ...

If either you or your partner was a "big" baby, you have an increased likelihood of giving birth to a large baby yourself, a new study by researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, shows. This ...

The diagnostic effectiveness of ultrasound screening in predicting the delivery of a macrosomic infant, shoulder dystocia and associated neonatal morbidity is not well established. To better ...

Women's Health. 2010;6(6):861-869. Shoulder dystocia is an uncommon and usually unpredictable event. Maternal diabetes, macrosomia, obesity and prior shoulder dystocia represent the largest categories ...

Objective: In spite of improved metabolic control during pregnancy, mothers with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are still at risk of delivering macrosomic infants. 1 The aim of this study ...

The study from Norway explored the connection between parent’s own birthweight and the risk of having a big baby, and to what extent maternal body-mass index (kg/m2) (BMI) in early pregnancy also ...

Delivering a newborn with macrosomia (weighing more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth) may be associated with higher risk of adverse outcomes, including perinatal death and injuries related to ...