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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., Dattani, N., Macfarlane, A. J.   +2 more
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Levels and Correlates of Non-Adherence to WHO Recommended Inter-Birth Intervals in Rufiji, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Poorly spaced pregnancies have been documented worldwide to result in adverse maternal and child health outcomes. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a minimum inter-birth interval of 33 months between two consecutive live births in order to ...
A Ayanaw, A Karraker, A Lopez-Claros, A Winkvist, Amon Exavery, Amri Shamte, B Dominic, B Winikoff, B-P Zhu, CK Riessman, D de Savigny, DB Jelliffe, Dominic Mosha, E Orji, F Yohannis, Godfrey Mbaruku, Honorati Masanja, J Davanzo, J Shabani, JE Miller, JE Miller, Kristin Bietsch, LL Bumpass, LV Klerman, N Chakraborty, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) [Tanzania], ICF Macro, P Aaby, PR Puffer, R Saumya, S Rutstein, S Rutstein, S Rutstein, S Yohannes, S Yohannes, Sigilbert Mrema, SO Rutstein, The CATALYST Consortium, U Larsen, UNICEF, V Setty-Venugopal, WHO   +40 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, B Alexander, C Farley, C Martin, D Walsh, E Husserl, E Smythe, E Smythe, E Zwelling, G Harman, G Steiner, Gill Thomson, H Dahlen, H Gadamer, J Lothian, J MacLellan, J McAra-Couper, J Sandall, J Savage, J Wax, K Bessant, Kenny Finlayson, L Callister, L Sullivan, L Witt de, Lesley Kay, M Heidegger, M Heidegger, M Newburn, N Livo, P Ewick, S Crowther, S Hein, S Irwin, S Mulhall, S Porter, Soo Downe, SS Humenick, T Mapp, T McIntosh   +39 more
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Ultrasound examination of the pelvic floor during active labor: A longitudinal cohort study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction There is limited evidence about changes in the pelvic floor during active labor. We aimed to investigate changes in hiatal dimensions during the active first stage of labor and associations with fetal descent and head position.
Torbjørn M. Eggebø, Sigurlaug Benediktsdottir, Hulda Hjartardottir, Kjell Å. Salvesen, Ingrid Volløyhaug   +4 more
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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, Almqvist, Catarina, Bartels, Meike, Bayasgalan, Gombojav, Bjerregaard-Andersen, Morten, Boivin, Michel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Brandt, Ingunn, Brendgen, Mara, Brescianini, Sonia, Burt, S Alexandra, Corley, Robin P, Craig, Jeffrey M, Cutler, Tessa L, Derom, Catherine, Dionne, Ginette, Dubois, Lise, Fagnani, Corrado, Fisher, Abigail, Harris, Jennifer R, Haworth, Claire MA, Heikkila, Kauko, Hopper, John L, Huibregtse, Brooke M, Hur, Yoon-Mi, Jelenkovic, Aline, Ji, Fuling, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kim, Jina, Klump, Kelly L, Knafo-Noam, Ariel, Krueger, Robert F, Lee, Jooyeon, Lee, Sooji, Llewellyn, Clare H, Loos, Ruth JF, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mankuta, David, McGue, Matt, Narandalai, Danshiitsoodol, Nelson, Tracy L, Nielsen, Henning Beck, Nilsen, Thomas Sevenius, Ning, Feng, Ooki, Syuichi, Pahlen, Shandell, Pang, Zengchang, Pietilainen, Kirsi H, Plomin, Robert, Rasmussen, Finn, Rebato, Esther, Saffery, Richard, Saudino, Kimberly J, Silventoinen, Karri, Sodemann, Morten, Sorensen, Thorkild IA, Stazi, Maria A, Sund, Reijo, Sung, Joohon, Tarnoki, Adam D, Tarnoki, David L, Tynelius, Per, Ullemar, Vilhelmina, van Beijsterveld, Catharina EM, Vitaro, Frank, Vlietinck, Robert F, Whitfield, Keith E, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yokoyama, Yoshie   +68 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, Line Thellesen, Ulrik S. Kesmodel, Jesper P. Petersen, Søren P. Johnsen   +4 more
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Support during birth interacts with prior trauma and birth intervention to predict postnatal post-traumatic stress symptoms [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Many women experience childbirth as traumatic and 2% develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study examined the role of health practitioner support and personal control during birth as predictors of PTS symptoms, adjusting for ...
Elizabeth Ford, Horowitz MJ, Koren D, Sauls D, Skari H, Susan Ayers, Wallston KA   +6 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, van de Beek, Cornelieke, Cohen-Kettenis, Peggy T., Buitelaar, Jan, Shelton, Katherine Helen, Van Goozen, Stephanie Helena Maria   +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, Kelsea Drall, Brittany Matenchuk, Cara McLean, Charlene Nielsen, Chinwe V. Obiakor, Aaron van der Leek, Anita Kozyrskyj   +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, Cheng, Cohen, Hamilton, Hamilton, Hellman, Laughon, Menticoglou, Moon, Myles, Rouse, Saunders, Scrucca, Spong, Zhang   +14 more
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