March 8th is International Women's Day Dear mommies to-be a study finds that treatment with vaginal progesterone in women with a short cervix and a twin pregnancy may reduce the frequency of preterm birth and related serious outcomes. The results indicated women who received vaginal progesterone were 31 percent less likely to deliver before 33 weeks of pregnancy. The findings come from an Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology meta-analysis of six studies encompassing 303 women pregnant with twins all of whom had a cervical length of 25 mm or less in the mid-trimester. About 159 women received vaginal progesterone and
