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Meal patterning and the onset of spontaneous labor
Birth, 2021AbstractBackgroundThere is a lack of consensus in the literature about the association between meal patterning during pregnancy and birth outcomes. This study examined whether maternal meal patterning in the week before birth was associated with an increased likelihood of imminent spontaneous labor.MethodsData came from 607 participants in the third ...
Alison K. Nulty +5 more
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Recognizing the Onset of Labor
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 1990An experimental study compared the use of an educational technique based on patient participation with routine instructions to prepare patients to recognize the onset of active labor. The number of visits to the labor suite that resulted in the patient being discharged undelivered was significantly lower in patients who received the educational ...
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Vaginal cytology for prediction of onset of labor
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1967Abstract An evaluation of the vaginal cytologic changes occurring during the last 6 weeks of gestation was carried out in 355 pregnant women. Cytologic changes in the vaginal smears that would indicate approaching labor or the likelihood of successful induction of labor do not occur regularly at the end of pregnancy.
B J, Jing, R H, Kaufman, R R, Franklin
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The onset of human labor: current theories
Primary Care Update for OB/GYNS, 2000Innovative research has led to marked improvement in medical knowledge. Advances in technology have allowed us to attain a clearer understanding of many physiologic processes. Despite these impressive gains in knowledge, the cause of the initiation of the process of human labor remains unclear.
, Navitsky, , Greene, , Curry
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Sexual Intercourse at Term and Onset of Labor
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006To determine whether sexual intercourse at term hastens the onset of labor and to observe its effect on cervical status.Women with low-risk pregnancies at term were asked at each of their term prenatal visits whether they had engaged in penile-vaginal intercourse during the previous week.
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[Prostaglandins and labor onset].
Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie, 1995Prostaglandins and lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid (Eicosanoids) are crucial paracrine regulators of labor. There are many informations about in vitro production and the physiological or pathophysiological role and clinical importance of these substances.
H P, Zahradnik +3 more
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Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction, 1984
The authors reviewed the literature in order to try to work out the different mechanisms that are responsible for labour starting. A role seems to be played by the decidua of the uterus, by the placenta and by the fetal membranes as well as the very important role of prostaglandin synthesis.
P, Lopes, M F, Lerat
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The authors reviewed the literature in order to try to work out the different mechanisms that are responsible for labour starting. A role seems to be played by the decidua of the uterus, by the placenta and by the fetal membranes as well as the very important role of prostaglandin synthesis.
P, Lopes, M F, Lerat
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[Control of labor onset in the human].
Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Perinatologie, 1995While the mechanism of the initiation of labor in humans has not been clarified satisfactorily, it is of major clinical interest, particularly with a view to understanding and avoiding preterm labor. Progesterone, whose role can now be determined in greater detail by the use of newly developed progesterone antagonists, and estrogens both play a role ...
P, Husslein, C, Egarter
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Physical exercise at term for enhancing the spontaneous onset of labor: a randomized clinical trial
Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 2022Isabel Barros Pereira +2 more
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