Breast feeding is the only proper way to feed a newborn and a baby during the first several months of his life. The most professional way of preparation for natural feeding is The Childbirth School. Education ought to be continued in maternity wards. The aim of this study is to prove that women who participated in The Childbirth Courses are better motivated and prepared for breast feeding. Mate...

Background: With the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, life humankind had changed a lot. change in health-care approach, contraception became non-essential service and faced downfall. Aims Objective: This study objective is to find out changes contraceptive usage tertiary care center. Materials Methods: The retrospective observational study, which was compared between 2019 2020. Data obtained from re...

BACKGROUND The use of supporting techniques to protect the perineum in the last phase of birth is controversial. The objective of this investigation was to gain more knowledge on the use of hand techniques for perineal support in Norwegian maternity wards. MATERIAL AND METHOD A questionnaire investigation addressed to the leaders of all the country''s maternity wards. RESULTS We received an...

OBJECTIVES To develop and validate a set of quality indicators (QIs) relating to the prevention and early management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in maternity wards. The ultimate aim was to use these QIs for hospital comparison and public diffusion of results. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 2009, COMPAQ-HPST developed a set of five QIs from consensus guidelines with the aid of experts and profes...

OBJECTIVE to describe midwives' experiences of changes in their caring role and professional function in postpartum wards in the northern part of Sweden. In this part of the country, three out of eight maternity departments have been closed over the last 5 years. During the same period, hospital stays have reduced in length, and an early discharge model has been introduced. DESIGN focus-group...

The study aimed at knowing the meaning of the nursing process according to view of obstetric nurses. The research was carried in the first semester of 2005, in a reference maternity of Fortaleza-CE. The subjects were 32 nurses, in the obstetrics and gynecological attendance wards. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The identified thematic were: concepts on the nursing process; daily prac...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Because of the promise of its ability to quickly identify cases of violence against women during pregnancy, the abuse assessment screen (AAS) should be the focus of numerous psychometric evaluations. This paper assesses its measurement accuracy compared with the revised conflict tactics scales (CTS2) used as standard. DESIGN Cross sectional study. Besides several ancillary que...

Dr. Keiller exhibited a specimen of an entire ovum, which had been expelled prematurely about the fifth month. He had been called to see the patient (who was a servant) some time since; and as she was suspected of being in the family-way, he examined her breasts, and came to the conclusion that she was pregnant. She was taken prematurely in labour, had been sent to the Maternity Hospital, and s...

In recent years, the prevalence of obesity among UK women has increased substantially with 40% being overweight and 25% obese in 2010. In women of childbearing age, the excess body weight is of particular concern with obese parturients experiencing an increased incidence of complications compared with normal weight mothers. In addition to the maternal risks associated with excess body weight, f...