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Cryptic pregnancy

A cryptic pregnancy is an uncommon pregnancy that remains unrecognized because typical symptoms are absent, subtle, misinterpreted, or falsely reassured by testing.

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Unexpected labor story real case

Unexpected labor story real case

What an unexpected labor story can mean The phrase unexpected labor story covers several different clinical situations. In one, pregnancy itself has not been recognized before labor. In another, labor begins or progresses much faster than expected, leaving little time to reach a planned birth setting. A third involves an acute complication, such as placental […]