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Studies indicate that waiting to evacuate the uterus increases rates of sepsis for patients whose water breaks before the fetus can survive outside the womb, a condition called previable premature rupture of membranes or PPROM.

By contrast, suzetrigine inhibits pain by taking advantage of voltage-gated sodium channels found on the membranes of neurons, muscle cells and glial cells, particularly at the junction between neurons and muscle cells.

The water is stored in balloon-like inflatable tanks the company calls Water Trees, which stand 39 feet tall and resemble giant onions, each contained in a durable plastic membrane held secure by steel cables.

When he got there, everything was fine, except that her baby, he discovered, was one of two wriggling black mounds covered by swarms of black flies, which were "devouring the remnants of the placental membranes."

For decades the reservoir sat uncovered, until the city in 2012 installed a large floating membrane to comply with federal regulations.