Unplanned Pregnancy

Policy Solutions for Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy

Hyperemesis Incidence in Planned versus Unplanned Pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the incidence of hyperemesis between planned and unplanned pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study was conducted among 100 women with planned pregnancies and 100 women with unplanned pregnancies. Participants completed a questionnaire to determine the presence of vomiting. If pregnant women had severe vomiting (>3 times per day), urinary investigation was p...

Clozapine treatment and risk of unplanned pregnancy.

With recent advances in the medical treatment of chronic psychiatric patients who are capable of living productive lives in their communities, follow-up of these patients is often carried out by their family physicians. These family physicians are also generally responsible for family planning. Many schizophrenic patients have preserved sex drives, but their judgments and responsibilities with ...

Factors Affecting Unplanned Pregnancy in Semnan Province, Iran

Background & aim: Despite the success of family planning programs in Iran in the recent decades, considerable proportions of pregnancies are still unintended and can be a cause of poor mental and physical health of the mother and child. The aim of this study was to investigate some important factors affecting uplanned pregnancies among married women in Semnan province, one of the developed prov...

"Planned" and "unplanned" pregnancy: deconstructing experiences of conception.

This paper seeks to explore women's experiences of conception, and to deconstruct the dichotomy between the terms "planned" and "unplanned" pregnancy. It draws on interviews with 19 primagravidae conducted as part of a wider qualitative study of women's experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. Although the concept of pregnancy intention is widely regarded as ambiguous, and by some immeasurable,...