Childbirth is a natural process. In the first stage of labor, physiological muscle contractions will cause pain in body. One factors that can affect labor mother's age and psychological support received by mother labor. The form given to mothers presenting birth attendants. This study aimed determine relationship between delivery attendants with intensity Primipara mothers. research method an o...

BACKGROUND Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal death. The mechanism of death is unknown. CASES The first case involved a young primipara with pruritus and a bile acid concentration of 79 mumol/dL. While undergoing fetal heart rate monitoring, the fetus had a prolonged deceleration resulting in intrauterine death. The second case involved a young...

Adenoid basal carcinoma of the uterine cervix is uncommon neoplasia mostly occurring in postmenopausal women. It has excellent prognosis and a favorable clinical course. In addition, adenoid basal carcinoma is differentiated from adenoid cystic carcinoma by histologic and cellular morphologies, and immunohistochemistry. In this paper, we present the case of a 22 year old Korean female. She init...

BACKGROUND To investigate the relation between maternal thyroid function and the outcome of external cephalic version (ECV) in breech presentation. METHODS Prospective cohort study in 141 women (≥ 35 weeks gestation) with a singleton fetus in breech. Blood samples for assessing thyroid function were taken prior to ECV. Main outcome measure was the relation between maternal thyroid function an...

The following cases which occurred whilst I ?was Resident at the Eden Hospital, Calcutta, present points of interest: ? (1) Case of persistent Hymen impeding the passage oj the head during labour. Mrs. J., European, admitted, 15th May 1886, in labour, primipara. Age 28. 1st stage, 19 hours; 2nd stage, 2 hours, 15 minutes. When the second stage had lasted for nearly two hours, the matron, who wa...

Early in January of this year I received a message by telephone from my house-surgeon informing me that he had admitted to the hospital a patient brought in from the country. She had been a considerable time in labour, but though the membranes were said to have ruptured thirty-six hours previously, he was unable to find the os. As usual in an emergency, the telephone was working badly, and I sh...

OBJECTIVE To determine the obstetric outcome in terms of duration of labour and mode of delivery between the walking epidural analgesia with 0.1% Bupivacaine + 0.5% tramadol and routine labour practice. STUDY DESIGN Non-randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Anaesthesia, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from August 2004 to July 2007. METHODOLOGY Consecutive 5...

BACKGROUND Developing maternal competence in first time mothers has a significant impact on neonate's growth psychosocial development and neonates growth and psychological development. Social support can be an important element for becoming a new mother. We aimed to investigate how social support and maternal competence change during pregnancy and 4 months after it and examine the relationships...