Nightmares Following Childbirth

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.

Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms following childbirth

BACKGROUND Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childbirth has gained growing attention in the recent years. Although a number of predictors for PTSD following childbirth have been identified (e.g., history of sexual trauma, emergency caesarean section, low social support), only very few studies have tested predictors derived from current theoretical models of the disorder. This study...

Erythromycin Induced Nightmares

TO THE EDITOR: The word nightmare originates from the 13th century and is composed of night and mare, suggestive of an evil female spirit, afflicting sleepers with a feeling of suffocation, as they ride on their chests. Classified as frightening dreams that awaken the sleeper from rapid eye movement sleep, 1 nightmares impact sleep quality and are linked to various health problems. Likewise, ni...

Cross-cultural Study of Posttraumatic Growth following Childbirth

Psychiatric admissions of low-income women following abortion and childbirth.

BACKGROUND Controversy exists about whether abortion or childbirth is associated with greater psychological risks. We compared psychiatric admission rates of women in time periods from 90 days to 4 years after either abortion or childbirth. METHODS We used California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) records of women aged 13-49 years at the time of either abortion or childbirth during 1989. Only women who ...