Mon, May 28, 2001
An expectant mother's water breaks 14 weeks before her due date; A patient wants to have a natural childbirth; A young couple's son has a heart defect; One of a patient's twins is noticeably smaller than the other; A woman with two uteri and two cervices; A woman who has lost had five previous miscarriages has a successful delivery after having received a cerclage.
Mon, Feb 19, 2001
UCSF Medical Center: A 29-year-old first time mother with placenta previa will need a C-section; A 23-year-old recovering addict is in labor; First time parents have requested to use one of their own swords to cut the umbilical cord; A cocaine addict is about to deliver; A 36-year-old with pre-eclampsia woman is about to give birth to her 15th child.
Sat, Apr 21, 2001
A woman has an emergency C-section to save her premature baby; A 23-year-old woman is expecting her first baby; A woman is ready to deliver at 34 weeks; The baby of a woman running a fever has a fetal heart rate of 200; A mother is set to deliver her fourth child with her three older children in attendance; A couple is expecting their seventh child.
Wed, Jun 27, 2001
Yale/New Haven: A woman delivers a 420-gram baby at 25 weeks; A 41-year-old woman is expecting her sixth child; A woman 31 weeks pregnant with triplets has pre-eclampsia; A woman sixth child is in a breech position; A midwife's daughter is pregnant with her first child.
Mon, Jul 23, 2001
Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit: A patient in labor has a cord prolapse; A patient has been in labor for three days; Doctors tend to a patient having excessive bleeding after a C-section; A 17-year-old is overdue at 41 weeks; A woman goes in for a checkup after a cow bumps into her; Doctors deal with an emergency when a baby is found to be in distress;
Fri, Jul 27, 2001
Yale/New Haven, Connecticut: A 21-year-old's baby's heart is decelerating; A 24-year-old woman who isn't due for seven weeks is delivering because of preeclampsia; A 21-year-old pregnant with her first baby is past her due date; A woman pregnant with her sixth baby is having contractions two months early; A woman is is fully dilated and having contractions two weeks short of her due date.
Wed, Aug 1, 2001
Fresno: A deaf mute is about to deliver her first baby; A baby's shoulder gets stuck in the birth canal during delivery; Meconium has been detected in a woman who has been in labor for 15 hours; A 15-year-old is in labor; A woman goes into labor at 34 weeks.
Fri, Aug 3, 2001
Fresno Community Medical Center: A 25-year-old expectant mother with preeclampsia might be suffering from a placental abruption at 28 weeks; A 44-year-old woman is pregnant with her fifth child; A 19-year-old is in labor with a breech baby; A woman at 38 weeks is carrying twins, one of which died in utero;
Mon, Aug 13, 2001
Nashville, Vanderbilt University Medical Center: A baby is diagnosed having its intestines outside its body; A woman's twins are head to feet; A woman is 10 days overdue with a large (over 10 pounds) baby has been in labor for many hours; A woman is induced after having had contractions for three days; a 21-year-old woman has gone into labor nine weeks before her due date.
Sun, Aug 19, 2001
Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan: 18-year-old Tiffany has gone into labor at 25 weeks, and her baby is trapped in the birth canal;16-year-old Alicia has pre-eclampsia; Raylene is about to give birth to her first child.
Tue, Sep 11, 2001
Yale-New Haven: A woman carrying twins at 31 weeks is in danger of going into labor; A 20-year-old woman's baby might have Down Syndrome; an 18-year-old wants to have a natural childbirth;
Sun, Oct 7, 2001
Las Vegas University Medical center: 17-year-old Cynthia is six weeks premature and is having painful contractions; A woman serving a six-month jail sentence; A 38-year-old woman is pregnant with her first.
Wed, Oct 10, 2001
Detroit: A 28-year-old woman with a history of crack cocaine has gone into premature labor; The baby of a 38-year-old homeless woman has a cloverleaf skull defect; A 21-year-old woman prepares to give up her baby for adoption; A 19-year-old woman pregnant with twins is diagnosed with having a shortened cervix;
2001
Las Vegas University Medical Center: A woman collapses at 36 weeks due to high blood pressure; A 17-year-old prepares to give birth to her second child; A woman seven months pregnant is HIV+; Doctors are having trouble pushing a baby boy's shoulders through the pelvis; A woman is induced at 38 weeks due to gestational diabetes; A woman's water breaks during her exam.
2001
Legacy Emmanuel, Portland, Oregon: A 14-yeard-old is about to deliver her first child; A woman's baby is diagnosed with having intestines outside its body; A couple's child has been diagnosed with spina bifida; A 44-year-old woman is about to give birth to her first daughter in 21 years; An ultrasound indicates that a woman's baby has broken bones in utero; An 18-year-old is pregnant with her second child.