Several weeks ago, someone I care about was put on bed rest (at seven months pregnant) for some worrisome cramping she had been and continues to be experiencing. Her situation catapulted preterm labor and bed rest onto my radar screen with big flashing red lights. I had never really given preterm labor or bed rest much thought because I had never experienced them nor had anyone close to me. As I started digging into the scientific literature on these subjects, I was totally blown away by what I discovered. I’ve been researching pregnancy and childbirth topics for over seven years, but, yet again, I’m asking myself, “How did I not know this before? How do people not know this?”