LABOR COMPLICATION

This study is testing if a specific side-lying position using a peanut ball during active labor can help babies who are facing up or sideways turn to the ideal head-down position. The goal is to see if this simple position change increases the chance of a normal vaginal birth and…

This study is testing whether giving antibiotics during labor can help first-time mothers with obesity avoid C-sections and infections. It will involve about 787 women across multiple hospitals who are having their labor induced at or near their due date. Participants will be ran…

This study aims to find out if continuing the labor medication oxytocin during the pushing stage is helpful or unnecessary. It will involve 400 first-time mothers in labor. Researchers will randomly assign some to continue the medication and others to stop it, then compare how lo…

This study aims to see if small wearable sensors can be used to safely measure how women walk during the early stages of labor. Researchers want to understand how walking patterns change with and without low-dose epidural pain relief. The goal is to gather information that could …