Emotional distress following childbirth: An intervention to buffer depressive and PTSD symptoms [PDF]
Introduction. Childbirth for some women is a negative experience associated with depressive and post-traumatic symptoms. The preventive actions focusing on helping mothers to cope with negative emotions experienced after childbirth are strongly ...
Camisasca, Elena +11 more
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Exploring Some Swedish Women’s Experiences of Support During Childbirth [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Caregivers need to better understand women's experiences of support during childbirth because research suggests that social support positively influences childbirth. AIM: This study describes women's experiences of support given by caregivers
Nystedt, Astrid, +3 more
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Childbirth fear, birth-related mindset and knowledge in non-pregnant women without birth experience [PDF]
Background Childbirth fear and interventions during childbirth might be related to the mindset and knowledge non-pregnant women have regarding childbirth.
Rublein, Lisa, Muschalla, Beate
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Dysfunction of the symphysis as one of the actual problems of modern obstetrics
Objective: To analyze the factors of the course and outcome of pregnancy in women with pubic joint dysfunction (DLS).Materials and Methods: Th e authors performed a retrospective analysis of the course of pregnancy and the outcome of childbirth in women ...
A. A. Borscheva +2 more
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ABSTRACT Healthy pelvic floor muscles (PFMs) are essential for proper pelvic floor function. The biggest risk factor for PFM dysfunction is injury sustained during vaginal childbirth, yet the factors that facilitate or impair PFM recovery from birth injury remain unknown.
Bianca L. Peña +7 more
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Natural childbirth in twentieth century England : a history of alternative approaches to birth from the 1940s to the 1990s. [PDF]
PhDIt is well-established that a medical model of childbirth shaped maternity policy during the second half of the twentieth century. However, alongside this narrative of medicalised childbirth, an idea emerged that was to challenge medical hegemony in
Raphael, Amanda-Jane
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Is there respectful maternity care in Poland? Women’s views about care during labor and birth
Background Abuse against women in labor starts with subtle forms of discrimination that can turn into overt violence. Therefore it is crucial to work towards prevention and elimination of disrespect and ill-treatment in medical facility perinatal care in
Barbara Baranowska +9 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina +16 more
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Childbirth coping strategies and childbirth satisfaction [PDF]
Spine title: Childbirth coping strategies & childbirth ...
Koehn, Mary L.
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‘Golden age’ versus ‘bad old days’: A discursive examination of advice-giving in antenatal classes [PDF]
Childbirth is seen as a medical event, and pregnancy, a time when parents-to-be are in need of advice. This article provides a discursive analysis of how such advice is given in antenatal classes. Using audio-recorded data from National Childbirth Trust (
Mary Horton-Salway +3 more
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