'The Stockholm Pregnancy and Weight Development Study' was conducted to identify risk factors for postpartum weight retention, such as dietary habits, physical activity and socio-demographic factors. The body weight development of 1423 pregnant women was studied prospectively from the beginning of the pregnancy until 1 year postpartum. Data were collected from routine pregnancy records and from...

Postpartum breast cancers are a highly metastatic subset of young women's breast cancers defined as breast cancers diagnosed in the postpartum period or within 5 years of last child birth. Women diagnosed with postpartum breast cancer are nearly twice as likely to develop metastasis and to die from breast cancer when compared with nulliparous women. Additionally, epidemiological studies utilizi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the type and frequency of postpartum symptoms during recovery from antepartum bed rest treatment across 6 weeks postpartum. DESIGN Longitudinal repeated measures study. SETTING Three perinatal tertiary care hospitals in two cities in the Midwest. PARTICIPANTS One hundred six postpartum women who had a singleton high-risk pregnancy and were treated with antepartum be...

Introduction: Postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) is an autoimmune disease associated with the presence of thyroid autoantibodies (TAAb) and changes in the morphological characteristics of the thyroid gland. Aim: To investigate the clinical importance of certain immunological and ultrasound thyroid characteristics for the diagnosis of postpartum thyroiditis. Patients and methods: 33 women with PPT and...

BACKGROUND There is a large body of literature which assessed the incidence and risk factors of eclampsia, but little was done in assessing the association of clinical features and biological markers with prepartum and postpartum eclampsia. METHODS A total of 361 eclamptic women admitted to three teaching hospitals between 2008 and 2013 were included in this analysis. A comparative analysis w...

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy and postpartum is a serious global health problem affecting millions of women worldwide. This study sought to determine the prevalence of different forms of IPV during pregnancy and postpartum and associated factors among women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study among 500 women at one to nine mon...

BACKGROUND Postpartum haemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Identifying risk indicators for postpartum haemorrhage is crucial to predict this life threatening condition. Another major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality is pre-eclampsia. Previous studies show conflicting results in the association between pre-eclampsia and postpartum haemorrha...

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological state of women and its associated factors in the third trimester of pregnancy and at eight weeks postpartum and to explore the changes in psychological state between these two time points. Material and Methods: This survey study was carried out on 358 pregnant women visiting urban health centers in Shahroud, northeast Iran, ...

INTRODUCTION There is limited knowledge regarding the symptom profile of genito-pelvic pain in pregnancy and postpartum, and potential psychosocial predictors of this pain. Prior studies have reported a positive association between prepregnancy pain and postpartum genito-pelvic pain. Greater fear avoidance has been associated with increased genital pain intensity in women, unrelated to childbir...

BACKGROUND Although the majority of postpartum women indicate a desire to delay a next birth, family planning (FP) methods are often not offered to, or taken up by, women in the first year postpartum. This study uses data from urban Senegal to examine exposure to FP information and services at the time of delivery and at child immunization appointments and to determine if these points of integr...