The Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health recently said that the hepatitis B virus infection rate in Vietnam is about 10-20% of the population, especially in pregnant women and children. Children who transmit hepatitis B virus from their mothers can develop cirrhosis and liver cancer in the future. The following article will help mothers answer the question of when and how the hepatitis B virus is transmitted from mother to child.

In a cesarean section, the baby is removed from the uterus through surgery using anesthesia and antibiotics. This method reduces the mother's pain during the cesarean section.

Before planning to buy maternity packages at Vinmec Hospital, many pregnant women wonder whether they need to see an obstetrician before buying a maternity package? And if a pregnancy check-up before buying a package is included in the package? Let's answer these questions in the article below!

Whether dengue fever during pregnancy is dangerous or not depends on the time of infection, it is usually most dangerous in the early stages of pregnancy or in the last weeks before giving birth. Some pregnant women get dengue fever in the last weeks of pregnancy, leading to blood clotting disorders, which are dangerous for both mother and fetus.

Placenta accreta is a very dangerous condition for the health of mother and child. If not detected and treated promptly, it can even affect life. So what is placenta accreta? Can ultrasound detect placenta accreta early?

Ectopic pregnancy is a case where the fertilized egg does not move to the uterus but instead, they attach to the wall of the fallopian tube to develop. The thing that women who have had the disease worry about the most is whether they can have children with an ectopic pregnancy? To remove that question, let's find the answer in the article below.

Cutting the umbilical cord is an essential step to help the baby completely separate from the mother's body. Currently, there is a change in the trend of cutting the umbilical cord, many mothers believe that cutting the umbilical cord late will help the baby to be healthier and develop more intelligently. So is cutting the umbilical cord late good? What are the effects of doing this?

Signs of false labor often make pregnant mothers confused and overly worried about the safety of the fetus, especially for first-time mothers. Understanding false labor will help mothers stay calm and overcome the pain in the most gentle way.

To assess the development of the baby in the womb, in addition to ultrasound measurements, obstetricians also rely on fetal heart rate monitors. This is a simple but extremely useful tool, helping doctors quickly make appropriate treatment decisions.

Skin-to-skin contact - when a newborn is placed on the mother's or father's bare skin for 30 minutes to 1 hour after birth. This is a measure that brings many health benefits to mother and baby. So what are the specific benefits of skin-to-skin contact and why should parents let their babies have skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth?

12 weeks of pregnancy is an important milestone in the formation process and is the appropriate stage to perform basic tests to determine whether or not there are abnormalities in the fetus as well as the health status of the mother. There are 20 tests that every mother needs to do when the baby is 12 weeks old.