Sentence examples for protracted birth from inspiring English sources

Commenting on the nurses' new waist-cinching uniforms, Sister Evangelina (Pam Ferris) said: "One protracted birth on  a low-slung mattress and you'll all end  up cut in half".

No correlation was found between the test results and the following cerebral risk factors: protracted birth, perinatal asphyxia, peri- and postoperative cardiocirculatory insufficiency, enhanced cerebral echogenicity in the choroid plexus and ventricular system, and clinical seizures.

A couple of years ago, New York witnessed the protracted birth and rapid death cycle of Banana Shpeel (which inexplicably went on national tour); Zarkana limped through two seasons at Radio City Musical Hall before being packed off to Nevada, where an Elvis-themed show had recently underwhelmed.

Protracted birth (PB), perinatal asphyxia (PA), intraventricular cerebral haemorrhage (IVH) evaluated by pre/peri/postoperative cranial ultrasound, clinical seizures (CS) and high levels of the neuron-specific enolase (NSE) prior to as well as immediately after and 4 and 24 h after CPB in 25 neonates (mean age 7 days) were defined as cerebral risk factors.

Recent trials have demonstrated that moderate hypothermia, started within 6 hours after birth and protracted for 72 hours, can significantly improve survival and reduce neurologic impairment in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Dugongs, which are classified as vulnerable to extinction, have long lifespans and protracted breeding cycles and give birth to single offspring at irregular intervals, implying a complex pedigree without distinct generational structure or large sibling groups.

I delivered my son in a modern hospital, but his birth was a bloody, protracted, life-threatening obstetrical emergency.

The birth of the football World Cup was protracted and messy, in part due to conflicts between football's international governing body and the Olympics.

Dima eventually gave birth, but the baby had died during the protracted labor.

During protracted wars in the 1980s and 1990s, the government didn't have a system in place to register births.

Kevin Sieff reports from Nerkh in Wardak province During protracted wars in the 1980s and 1990s, the government didn't have a system in place to register births Before US forces arrived here in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the instruments of war were rudimentary things: mud-brick outposts and aging Kalashnikovs.