Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preconception care -- Prenatal care -- Physiologic changes -- Ultrasound -- Prenatal diagnosis and screening for aneuploidy -- Carrier screening for inherited genetic conditions -- Before labor and first stage of labor -- Second stage of labor -- Third stage of labor -- Intrapartum fetal monitoring -- Analgesia and anesthesia -- Operative vaginal delivery -- Cesarean delivery -- Trial of labor after caesarean delivery -- Early Recurrent pregnancy loss -- Early pregnancy loss -- Preterm birth prevention in asymptomatic women -- Preterm labor -- Preterm premature rupture of membranes -- Premature rupture of membranes at or near term -- Induction of labor -- Intraamniotic infection -- Meconium -- Malpresentation and malposition -- Shoulder dystocia -- Postpartum hemorrhage, retained placenta, and uterine inversion -- Late-term and postterm pregnancies -- Placental disorders -- Abruptio placentae -- Postpartum care -- The neonate -- The adnexal mass -- Cervical cancer screening and management in pregnancy.