Special Issue on Human Pregnancy and Parturition Clinical Management

Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as an embryo or fetus, in a woman's uterus. Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception. Conception can be achieved through sexual intercourse or assisted reproductive technology. Parturition is the culmination of a pregnancy period. The process of normal childbirth is categorized in three stages of labour: the shortening and dilation of the cervix, descent and birth of the infant, and birth of the placenta. In many cases and with increasing frequency, childbirth is achieved through induction of labor or caesarean section, rather than through vaginal birth. Medical professional policy makers find that induced births and elective cesarean can be harmful to the fetus and neonate as well as harmful or without benefit to the mother, and have established strict guidelines for non-medically indicated induced births and elective cesarean before 39 weeks.

In this special issue, we intend to invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles on exploring Human Pregnancy and Parturition Clinical Management.

Authors should read over the journal’s Authors’ Guidelines carefully before submission, Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s Paper Submission System.

Please kindly notice that the “Special Issue’’ under your manuscript title is supposed to be specified and the research field “Special Issue - Human Pregnancy and Parturition Clinical Management” should be chosen during your submission.

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Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Christos E. Constantinou, Stanford University Medical School, USA

For further questions or inquiries

Please contact Editorial Assistant at  ojog@scirp.org