A Natural Childbirth Program

Effect of a Childbirth Psychoeducation Program on the Level of Fear of Childbirth in Primigravid Women

Background: Severe fear of childbirth (FOC) is the most important cause of elective and emergency cesarean section and results in an unpleasant experience among women. Implementing a psychoeducational program can promote mothers’ knowledge and reduce the FOC. Aim: the aim of this study was to determine the effect of childbirth psychoeducational program on the FOC intensity in primigravid women....

Natural Childbirth

proceedings, and the present volume comprises such a report of the first conference, which was held in November 1949, under the chairmanship of C. N. H. Long. Each of five sessions was opened by a concise presentation of one topic in the field, as follows: Relation of Chemical Structure of Adrenal Cortical Hormones to Biological Activity, by Edward C. Kendall; Regulation of Adrenal Cortical Sec...

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Natural Childbirth Following Previous Cesarean Section

امروزه شیوع سزارین رو به افزایش است و سیر تصاعدی را طی می کند. یکی از عواملی که بیش از همه در شیوع فزاینده زایمان به طریقه سزارین نقش دارد، سزارین مکرر (۳۰ تا ۲۵ درصد) می باشد. در مورد زنانی که زایمان قبلی شان بوسیله سزارین انجام شده است، این سئوال مطرح است که آیا زایمان آنها باید الزاماً از طریق سزارین انجام شود یا اینکه می توان به آنها اجازه داد تا به لیبر بروند و از طریق واژینال زایمان نمایند.

The meaning of natural childbirth.

The term "natural childbirth" encompasses a variety of methods, including the Lamaze, Bradley, and home-birth approaches, which place more or less reliance on medical technology. Aristotle's analysis of three levels of human activity--digestion and reproduction, perception and locomotion, and abstract thinking--and Pellegrino and Thomasma's classification of the "living body," "lived body," and...