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The effects of childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder on women and their relationships: a qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
There is converging evidence that 1%-2% of women develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of childbirth. The current study aimed to explore the long-term effects of childbirth-related PTSD on women, their relationship with their partner ...
Ayers, Susan, Eagle, A, Waring, H
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Intrapartum Ultrasound in Maternal Lateral Position. A Prospective Observational Study

open access: yesClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022
Background: Intrapartum ultrasound (ITU) techniques have been described only in maternal semi-recumbent position. However, other birthing positions, such as side-lying, are more comfortable for many mothers. The present study aimed to test the hypothesis
Marcos Javier Cuerva   +3 more
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Home birth midwifery in the United States: evolutionary origins and modern challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Human childbirth is distinct in requiring-or at least strongly profiting from-the assistance of a knowledgeable attendant to support the mother during birth.
Dunham, Bria
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Features of Interaction between Mothers and Children at an Early Age who were Placed in the Intensive Care Unit in Postnatal Period

open access: yesПсихолого-педагогические исследования, 2018
It is known that the features of the perinatal period influence on the further mother-child interaction. This article presents the results of a comparative study of the interaction of mothers with children at an early age.
Badlina E.S. , Krysanova T.V.
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal Fertility Decisions in a Life Cycle Model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This model is the first to solve for the optimal timing of childbirth and number of children in a continuous time framework simultaneously. The model depicts how changes in wage at different stages of an individual’s life influence the timing decision of
Rees, Ray, Scholz, Sebastian
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Developing and applying a 'living guidelines' approach to WHO recommendations on maternal and perinatal health

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2019
How should the WHO most efficiently keep its global recommendations up to date? In this article we describe how WHO developed and applied a ‘living guidelines’ approach to its maternal and perinatal health (MPH) recommendations, based on a systematic and
Anayda Portela   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The microbiome seeding debate – let’s frame it around women-centred care

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2019
In a global culture that is increasingly interested in ecological interventions, probiotics, ‘friendly bacteria’, microbiome preservation/restoration and long-term health, there is growing awareness of the idea of seeding the vaginal microbiome in the ...
A.U. Lokugamage, S.D.C. Pathberiya
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal imaging applications in neonatal care: a scoping review

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background In neonatal care, assessment of the temperature of the neonate is essential to confirm on-going health, and as an early signal of potential pathology.
Anastasia Topalidou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Humaniser l’accouchement au Bénin ? Retour sur l’échec d’un projet de la coopération japonaise

open access: yesAnthropologie & Santé, 2022
Since the 1970s, international activist movements have denounced a medical and techno-centric approach to birth. In response to this “techno-bio-medicalization” of birth, the concept of humanized childbirth emerged in the 1990s in Latin America and then ...
Clémence Schantz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Engaging with birth stories in pregnancy: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women’s experiences across two generations”

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 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.
Lesley Kay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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