What's New
SMFM & ACOG Release a New Committee Opinion
There are medical indications in pregnancy to support delivery versus expectant management in the early-term period. However, the risk of adverse outcomes is greater for neonates delivered in the early-term period compared with neonates delivered at 39 weeks of gestation.
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Opportunities for Members
The Society offers a variety of different opportunities for members to get involved and have their voices heard. We encourage you to become more involved with SMFM.
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Progress Toward Reducing Maternal Mortality
SMFM has identified four important ways that states are addressing the rising rates of maternal mortality. View our new interactive map and state fact sheets to advocate for change.
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- SMFM Responds to Senate Passage of the Maternal Health Accountability Act
- SMFM Responds to House Passage of the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act
- SMFM to Host Congressional Briefing on Research in Pregnant and Lactating Women
- SMFM Responds to the Administration's Rule Regarding Insurance Coverage for Birth Control
- SMFM Develops Guiding Principles for NICHD's Strategic Planning Process
- NICHD Deputy Director Position is Now Open
- SMFM Responds to the PRGLAC Report
- SMFM writes to CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, to provide comments on the proposed revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule for payment year 2019.
- SMFM and ACOG respond to the published results of the ARRIVE Trial
- SMFM partners with ACOG and other professional associations to support Title X
- SMFM Statement on Congressional Funding for MMRCs
- SMFM Responds to the Administration's Proposed Changes to Federal Title X Funding
- In recognition of International Women's Day, SMFM Issues a Joint Statement Regarding Disparities and Gender Parity
- SMFM Issues a Call to Action: Pregnant Women Must be Considered in Ongoing Efforts to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Recent Publications
- ACOG SMFM OCC #8, Interpregnancy Care
- ACOG SMFM OCC #7, Placenta accreta spectrum
- AIUM-ACR-ACOG-SMFM-SRU Practice Parameter for the Performance of Standard Diagnostic Obstetric Ultrasound Examinations
- ACOG Practice Advisory- Immediate vs. delayed pushing in nulliparous women receiving neuraxial analgesia
- SMFM Consult Series #46, Evaluation and management of polyhydramnios
- ACOG Committee Opinion #753, Assessment and treatment of pregnant women with suspected or confirmed influenza
- ACOG Committee Opinion #751, Labor and Delivery Management of Women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- SMFM Statement: Elective induction of labor in low-risk nulliparous women at term: The ARRIVE trial