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“Engaging with birth stories in pregnancy: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women’s experiences across two generations” [PDF]
BMC 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
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 More women and neonates die each year in India than in almost every other country of the world. Since 1947, India has in principle provided free medical maternal health care to all pregnant and childbearing women.
Andy Beckingham +6 more
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Birth, 2022 INTRODUCTION A positive childbirth experience promotes women's health, both during and beyond the perinatal period. Understanding what constitutes a positive childbirth experience is thus critical to providing high-quality maternity care.
Julia Leinweber +6 more
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Postpartum Sexual Function and Satisfaction: A Cross-Sectional Study in Iranian Women [PDF]
Journal of Sexual Health Psychology, 2023 Purpose: Sexual function of women is affected by physical and psychological factors. Pregnancy and childbirth are important factors affecting women’s sexual function.
Farzaneh Ashrafinia +4 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Background Postpartum depression is a common condition in the pregnancy and postpartum cycle. The development of this condition is multifactorial and can be influenced by previous traumas.
Janini Cristina Paiz +5 more
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Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2021 Background: This study aimed to analyze the effects of preoperative oral intake of liquid carbohydrate on postoperative blood glucose, fasting-thirst, and fatigue levels in patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery.
Gökçen Aydın Akbuğa +1 more
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Do childbirth confidence, prenatal depression, childbirth knowledge, and spousal support influence childbirth fear in pregnant women? [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2020 Purpose This study investigated levels of childbirth fear and related prenatal factors (self-confidence for childbirth, prenatal depression, knowledge about childbirth, and spousal support) among pregnant women in South Korea.
Hyunjin Cho, Sukhee Ahn
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 The neuropeptide oxytocin acts as a hormone and a neuromodulator, influencing a multitude of human social behaviors, including reproduction. During childbirth and the postpartum period, it plays a key role in regulating and controlling processes that ...
M. H. Walter, H. Abele, Claudia Plappert
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Health Expectations, 2023 Background Stillbirth and (obstetric) fistula are traumatic life events, commonly experienced together following an obstructed labour in low‐ and middle‐income countries with limited access to maternity care. Few studies have explored women's experiences
Anne Nendela +6 more
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Factors of the childbirth fear among nulliparous women in Iran
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Background Fear of childbirth is an anxiety associated with childbirth, which manifests itself in physical and concentration problems. It is often associated with requesting a cesarean section, and it is prevalent in nulliparous women.
Safieh Kananikandeh +3 more
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