Outline of obstetrics

Outline of obstetrics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to obstetrics:
Obstetrics – medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy (prenatal period), childbirth and the postnatal period.
What is obstetrics?
Obstetrics can be described as all of the following:
Medicine – medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.
Medical specialty – branch of medical science. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist.
Academic discipline – In addition to being a medical specialty, obstetrics is the study of the reproductive process within the female body, including fertilization, pregnancy and childbirth.
History of obstetrics
Childbirth and obstetrics in antiquity
Medical history
Gravidity and parity
Pregnancy and childbirth
Pregnancy
Childbirth
Family planning
Family planning
Birth control
Contraception
Pre-conception counseling
Female reproductive anatomy
Amniotic fluid
Amniotic sac
Amnion
Cervix
Endometrium
Fallopian tube
Ovaries
Pelvis
Pelvic bone width
Placenta
Uterus – Also called a womb.
Vagina
Conception
Human fertilization
Assisted reproductive technology
Artificial insemination
Fertility medication
In vitro fertilisation
Fertility awareness
Unintended pregnancy
Testing
Pregnancy test
3D ultrasound
Home testing
Obstetric ultrasonography
Prenatal testing
Prenatal stage
Prenatal development
Prenatal development
Fundal height
Gestational age
Human embryogenesis
Maternal physiological changes
Prenatal care
Prenatal care – regular medical and nursing care recommended for women during pregnancy. Also known as antenatal care.
Prenatal nutrition
Maternal nutrition
Nutrition and pregnancy
Concomitant conditions
Diabetes mellitus and pregnancy
Systemic lupus erythematosus and pregnancy
Prenatal monitoring
Amniocentesis
Chorionic villus sampling
Cardiotocography
Nonstress test
Childbirth
Childbirth
Preparation for childbirth
Adaptation to extrauterine life
Bradley method of natural childbirth
Hypnobirthing
Lamaze technique
Nesting instinct
Roles during childbirth
Doula
Midwife
Mother – a woman who has raised a child, given birth to a child, and/or supplied the ovum that united with a sperm which grew into a child. During childbirth, she is the patient.
Perinatal nursing
Men's role in childbirth
Obstetrician
Delivery
Pelvimetry
Bishop score
Cervical dilation
Cervical effacement
Position
Home birth
Multiple birth
Natural childbirth
Unassisted childbirth
Water birth
Aspects and conditions
Bloody show
Childbirth positions
Contraction
Presentation
Breech birth
Cephalic presentation
Shoulder presentation
Rupture of membranes
Postpartum issues
Postpartum
Child care
Breastfeeding
Congenital disorders
Sex after pregnancy
Complications of pregnancy and childbirth
Complications of pregnancy (list)
abortion
abruption
breech birth
cephalo-pelvic disproportion
caesarean section, cesarean section, C-section
dermatoses of pregnancy specific skin conditions during pregnancy
diabetes
eclampsia
ectopic pregnancy
gestational diabetes
Group B Streptococcus infection
HELLP syndrome
hypertension
hysterectomy
Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
macrosomia (big baby)
malpractice
miscarriage or stillbirth
obstetric fistula
obstetric hemorrhage
Pelvic girdle pain
placenta praevia
pre-eclampsia
premature birth, preterm labor or prematurity
small for gestational age (SGA)
uterine rupture
uterine incarceration
Obstetrics organizations
American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
British Society of Urogynaecologists
European Society of Gynaecological Oncology
FOGSI
Gynecologic Oncology Group
Ipas (organization)
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
World Endometriosis Research Foundation
Obstetrics publications
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
African Journal of Reproductive Health
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Climacteric (journal)
The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care
Gynecological Endocrinology
Human Fertility (Cambridge)
Human Reproduction (journal)
Hypertension in Pregnancy
International Journal of Fertility
Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology
Menopause (journal)
Obstetrics & Gynecology (journal)
Placenta (journal)
Reproduction (journal)
Reproductive Sciences
Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine
Women & Health
Persons influential in obstetrics
Edward Kowalski
See also
Gynecology
embryo
embryology
gestation
hormone
identical twin
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
labor, labour - see childbirth
lactation
live birth
menstrual cycle
natural childbirth
navel
ovum or egg
oxytocin or pitocin
pediatrics
sterilization
twin
umbilical cord
umbilicus - see navel
References
External links
Ingenious - Archive of historical images related to obstetrics, gynaecology, and contraception.
World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGI)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
OBGYNHealth.net
Seven Hills Women's Health Centers - Leaders in Women's Health with a helpful women's health library
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