Every Mother Counts: listening to mothers to transform maternity care - The movie poster for No Woman, No Cry, a film directed and produced by Christy Turlington Burns and released in 2010 to highlight stories of pregnancy and childbirth worldwide. ow.ly/jIYV50OneEA

AJOG announces the first of two special supplement editions on labor at term: "Labor and Delivery at Term - Part One: Partograms, Labor Disorders, Analgesia/Anesthesia, and Fever" now online at ajog.org

The role of transvaginal ultrasound in the third-trimester evaluation of patients at high-risk of placenta accreta spectrum at birth ow.ly/As9v50OneIA

A wider agreement is needed on basic intrapartum concepts ow.ly/B7IL50Onr7B

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic options for pain relief during labor - Transmission of pain signal from the uterus and birth canal to the brain (dotted red line) is blocked by the TENS stimulation (Blue line) ow.ly/oIc650NTqKu

Childhood outcomes after induction of labor or expectant management for preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: a 10-year follow-up of the PPROMEXIL trials ow.ly/iqju50OrQaF

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Abnormal fetal heart rate patterns caused by pathophysiologic processes other than fetal acidemia - FHR tracing of a case of hematogenous fetal infection because of Listeria monocytogenes ow.ly/Ivga50NFLaE

AJOG Expert Review in Labor: Sonographic evaluation of the fetal head position and attitude during labor - Schematic representation of the different subtypes of asynclitism ow.ly/hiiL50OufBV

Oral combined hydrochlorothiazide and lisinopril vs nifedipine for postpartum hypertension: a comparative-effectiveness pilot randomized controlled trial: Primary outcome with hydrochlorothiazide/lisinopril vs nifedipine ow.ly/Qrx950OfvgI

Association of antihypertensive medication at discharge with readmission for postpartum preeclampsia - Readmission rates for postpartum preeclampsia in patients with BP ≥140/90 mm ow.ly/58ZO50OCPYq

AJOG Expert Review: Adnexal masses during pregnancy: diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis - Ultrasound showing a mucinous cystadenoma with low-level internal echoes ow.ly/s6ng50OCTbP

🧵for new residents and students: Over the last year, I've done 9 threads on different suture materials. Included here are links to each of these. I'll leave this 'pinned' for now. They are: Prolene, silk, Vicryl, PDS, Ethibond, Nylon, Monocryl, Chromic, and barbed sutures.

On the 27th straight day of filming “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks was tired & worried. During a scene on the famous park bench, Hanks stopped & said to director Bob Zemeckis, “Hey, Bob…is anybody going to care about this movie? I don’t think anybody’s going to care.” Bob replied,

Pediatric Heart Transplant...isn't it so small. Kudos to surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and the whole teams who do this great work daily.

ZB-06, a vaginal film containing an engineered human contraceptive antibody (HC4-N), demonstrates safety and efficacy in a phase 1 postcoital test and safety study - HC4-N concentrations (mean±SEM μg/mL) in A, vaginal fluid and B, cervical mucus ow.ly/YXKt50OLH52

AJOG Systematic Review in Labor: Intrapartum amnioinfusion reduces meconium aspiration syndrome and improves neonatal outcomes in patients with meconium-stained fluid: a systematic review and meta-analysis ow.ly/GYzj50OTylz

An unusual mass in the liver. What’s going on here?

🧵regarding the Aberdeen knot: a surgical knot that may be used to secure a continuous suture. It is thought to be more secure than a square knot. We will cover how to do it, what *not* to do, and also a little-known modification that may make it even more secure. (1/ )

Announcement: Fetal Surgery Fellowship position available in 2024. Applicant should be a U.S. 4th year OBG resident or 3rd year MFM fellow. Program directors: please pass this information along. LA Fetal Surgery

My fingers hurt from responding to all the congratulatory messages in the course of a week : from my birthday, to my Nigerian introduction ceremony and successfully matching into OBGYN! I cannot thank God enough.. this is just beginning of great things ahead in Jesus name 🙏🏽😭