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Abstract: Background: In the context of rising rates of postpartum hemorrhage and little data about its effect on women, this study aimed to describe the experiences of care, and the concerns and needs of women after a significant postpartum hemorrhage.
Methods: A cohort of 206 women with a primary postpartum hemorrhage of 1,500 mL or more and/or a peripartum fall in hemoglobin concentration to...
ABSTRACT: In recent years nativity or nation of origin has become the focus of numerous pregnancy outcome studies. A recent research synthesis found that, although considerable heterogeneity in study designs hinders the development of broad generalizations concerning differences in pregnancy outcomes, migrant women were more likely to have better low‐birthweight and preterm birth outcomes than women...
Abstract: Background: The international, multicenter External Cephalic Version 2 (ECV2) Trial compared early external cephalic version at 340/7 to 356/7 weeks with that at greater than 37 weeks. A total of 1,543 women were randomized from 68 centers in 21 countries. The goal of this component of the trial was to understand women’s views about participation in a research trial and timing of external...
Abstract: Background: Breastfeeding involves learning for women and their infants. For emotional, social, and developmental reasons this type of feeding is recommended for all newborn infants but for those in exceptional circumstances. The objective of this study was to gain a better understanding of what is needed in the early days to enable women to initiate and continue breastfeeding their infants...
Abstract: Background: Fetal movement counting may improve timely identification of decreased fetal activity and thereby contribute to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes, but it may also contribute to maternal concern. This study aimed to test whether fetal movement counting increased maternal concern.
Methods: In a multicenter, controlled trial 1,013 women with a singleton pregnancy were randomly...
Abstract: In 2000, the Term Breech Trial was published, and its authors recommended cesarean section as the safest mode of delivery for breech‐presenting babies. Criticisms of the trial were raised at the time, which the authors dismissed. Since then, maternal deaths have been recorded among women undergoing cesarean sections for breech presentations. Accordingly, those initial criticisms deserve...
Abstract: Background: Cesarean delivery on maternal request is a worldwide growing phenomenon. The goal of this study was to describe young nulliparous women’s attitudes about cesarean delivery on maternal request.
Methods: A total of 140 nulliparous women in Canada aged between 18 and 24 years and attending school from the vocational (n = 53), college (n = 61), and university (n = 18) levels (...
Abstract: Background: No standard intervention with proved effectiveness is available for women with posttraumatic stress following childbirth because of insufficient research. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the possibility of using eye‐movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment for women with symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder following childbirth. The treatment is...
Abstract: Background: Falling consent rates for postmortems, regardless of age of death, have been widely reported in recent years. The aim of this study was to explore parental attitudes to, and decision‐making about, a perinatal postmortem after termination for fetal abnormality, late miscarriage, or stillbirth.
Methods: A prospective self‐completion questionnaire was given to 35 women and their...
Abstract: Recent meta‐analyses of key areas in maternity care have covered home birth and epidural analgesia. In each of these cases serious issues have arisen from the use of subjective inclusion and exclusion criteria, heterogeneity of included studies, and inclusion of studies that were conducted in settings that were not representative of usual maternity care. This latter flaw is especially notable...
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