BACKGROUND Addressing family planning in the postpartum period is crucial for better maternal, neonatal and child survival because it enables women to achieve healthy interval between births. The contraceptive behavior of women in the postpartum period is usually different from other times in a woman's life cycle due to the additional roles and presence of emotional changes. Therefore, this stu...

Hantavirus infection, a rare disease diagnosed in India and carries a very high mortality. There are no reports of this infection in association with pregnancy or postpartum period in our country. We present a case of a 30-year-old female diagnosed to have hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the postpartum period. We intend to create awareness about this infection and consider it in the differenti...

Background: between mother and her neonatal reflects the quality of maternal emotional feelings and behaviors toward her baby. This attachment emerges in behaviors, which indicate the mother’s attention and care. Self-compassion is the extension of compassion to oneself in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering. Regarding this, the aim of the present study was to deter...

Background: Pregnancy and delivery are considered as pleasant physiological phenomena. This period, however, sometimes leads to variable mood states in women and makes them more sensitive to psychological stimuli and problems. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the role of breastfeeding, type of delivery, contraceptive method, planned pregnancy, and history of infertility on th...

ôbjective: postpartum depression (ppd) is a common health problem which affects women in the postpartum period. this is a brief note on its associated factors in women from different cultures. methods: â literature review was performed in mëdlïnë and pubmed from 1991 to 2008 and magiran from 1991 to 2009. âdditional articles and book chapters were referenced from these sources. results: the pre...

In 2001 Brett and Baxendale reviewed cognitive change in pregnancy and concluded that although “...much has been written in an impressionistic way....at the beginning of the twenty first century considerable gaps in our knowledge remain” (pp. 339). Ten years later a clear picture describing cognitive change in women has still failed to emerge. Recent work investigating pregnancy-induced cogniti...

AbstractThe prevalence of bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is less than 5% and the etiology of most cases is unknown. Due to many structural and functional similarities between the kidney and inner ear, many conditions, diseases, and drugs have both renal and cochlear effects and toxicities. There are several reports of SSNHL in patients with CRF, uraemic patient, hemodialysi...

OBJECTIVES To propose a new standard for monitoring severe maternal morbidity, update previous estimates of severe maternal morbidity during both delivery and postpartum hospitalizations, and estimate trends in these events in the United States between 1998 and 2009. METHODS Delivery and postpartum hospitalizations were identified in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the period 1998-2009. I...

The extended postpartum period is the time which is usually given less emphasis regarding family planning by policy makers, service providers and users. However, it is a time with a rising risk of unwanted conception and an often-frustrated desire for contraceptive protection. Understanding the contraceptive behaviors, needs and preferences of women in this period is important the main objectiv...