BIRTHS

Underwater births.

Throughout human existence, women have typically given birth to their offspring on land. Over the last 25 years, however, underwater birth has become more popular in certain parts of the world despite a paucity of data demonstrating that it is either beneficial or safe.1–22 Underwater birth occurs either intentionally or accidentally after water immersion for labor, a procedure promoted primari...

Registering births.

Registering births Jean Chapple, MFCM, and Catherine Paterson, MRCS ............................................. 499 Seconds may count A J McNeill, MRCP, and A A J Adgey, FRCP; J Heyworth, FRCS, and T F Beattie, FRCS; S S Tachakra, FRcs, and E Glucksman, MRCP...... 499 The correlates of research success J Gilbert, MB; Abigail Seltzer, MRCPSYCH ...... 500 Lymphoedema of the arm P S Mortimer, MR...

Midwives Provide Healthier Conditions for Infant Births

مادران حامله همیشه به این نکته توجه داشتند که در هنگام زایمان زنان دیگر در کنارشان باشند و به آنها یاری رسانند. در زمان گذشته مهارت مامائی از مادر به دختر انتقال می یافت. اما در قرن شانزدهم، اروپا قوانین معینی را وضع کرد که یک ماما چه ویژگیهایی دارد و چه کاری می تواند انجام دهد. آموزش مامایی بر اساس اختیارات محلی اغلب در کلیسا بطور مرتب انجام می شد.

Are home births safe?

The Timing of Births:

This paper examines whether there is a counter-cyclical pattern in the quality of children. In particular, we study the relationship between the unemployment rate and several measures of parental characteristics, parental behavior behavior, and child health. Using data from the Natality files, including panel level data of mothers, we find evidence of positive, counter-cyclical variation in bab...