Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood : an individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project [PDF]
, 2018 Background: There is evidence that birth size is positively associated with height in later life, but it remains unclear whether this is explained by genetic factors or the intrauterine environment.
Abramson, Lior +68 more
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Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P. +2 more
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"Engaging with birth stories in pregnancy: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women's experiences across two generations" [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The birth story has been widely understood as a crucial source of knowledge about childbirth. What has not been reported is the effect that birth stories may have on primigravid women's understandings of birth.
A Frank +39 more
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Challenging the status quo: women's experiences of opting for a home birth in Andalucia, Spain [PDF]
, 2019 Objective To explore the perceptions, beliefs and attitudes of women who opted for a home birth in Andalusia (Spain). Background Home birth is currently an unusual choice among Spanish women.
Castro-Cardona, F. +4 more
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Implementation of universal umbilical cord pH analysis in Denmark. A national register‐based study
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023 Introduction Umbilical cord blood gas analysis provides information about intrapartum hypoxia and is considered an important measure of quality in maternity care.
Charlotte B. Andersson +4 more
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Influence of prenatal maternal stress, maternal plasma cortisol and cortisol in the amniotic fluid on birth outcomes and child temperament at 3 months [PDF]
, 2004 This prospective, longitudinal study aimed to investigate relationships between indicators of maternal prenatal stress, infant birth outcomes and early temperament.
Baibazarova, Eugenia +5 more
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Sanitization of Early Life and Microbial Dysbiosis
Challenges, 2018 Childbearing and infant care practices have dramatically evolved since the 15th century. Shifting away from traditional home-based experiences, with the emergence of the microbial aware era and the hospital as a quintessential sanitizing machine, early ...
Shelly Jun +7 more
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Reassessing the Duration of the Second Stage of Labor in Relation to Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity. [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE: To assess the morbidity associated with continuing the second-stage duration of labor, weighing the probability of spontaneous vaginal birth without morbidity compared with birth with serious maternal or neonatal complications.
Allen +14 more
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Frontiers in Sociology, 2018 This article explores how fat pregnant people construct successful narratives around their pregnancies and birthing. Fat pregnant people are a critical site for the war on fatness; viewed as irresponsible: threatening the health of their pregnancy, and ...
George Parker, Cat Pausé
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Polygenic risk for schizophrenia and season of birth within the UK Biobank cohort [PDF]
, 2018 Background: There is strong evidence that people born in winter and in spring have a small increased risk of schizophrenia. As this ‘season of birth’ effect underpins some of the most influential hypotheses concerning potentially modifiable risk ...
Escott-Price, Valentina +7 more
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