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Undergoing the early stages of labor in a birthing pool may offer some advantages to pregnant women, ACOG noted last October in an opinion by its obstetric practice committee.
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The obstetric team at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center jumped into action.
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Obstetric medicine is like aviation: As even the worst airlines go years without a crash, so can even the most cavalier, careless hospitals go years without a mother or a baby dying or being serious injured.
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Origin and Etymology of obstetric
modification of Latin obstetricius, from obstetric-, obstetrix midwife, from obstare
Medical Dictionary
obstetric
playMedical Definition of obstetric
: of, relating to, or associated with childbirth or obstetrics
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