Trends and regional variations in prescriptions dispensed to stimulate uterine contractions at the end of pregnancy in Belgium: A community-based study from 2003 to 2018.

Purpose: To investigate trends and regional variations in uterotonics dispensed around birth between 2003 and 2018 in Belgium.

Methods: Data, including outpatient and inpatient prescriptions were extracted from a nationally representative prescription database. The prevalence of uterotonics dispensed during a period including the 7 days before birth, the delivery day and the 7 days after birth was computed over three 4-year-long study periods from 2003 to 2018.

First trimester ultrasound prediction of velamentous cord insertions: a prospective study.

Introduction: The marginal and velamentous cord insertions complicate around 8% of pregnancies and are at higher risk of adverse perinatal outcomes. Their visualisation seems to decrease with advancing gestational age. Our aim was to analyse whether an umbilical cord insertion in the lower third of the uterus during the first trimester could predict abnormal cord insertions later in pregnancy.