Objective. A pilot study to compare the rates of antenatal healthcare use in Birmingham, UK and Pretoria, South Africa, and identify differences in knowledge and perception of antenatal healthcare. Subjects. 62 women, 31 at each location <24 hours after delivery. Results. Women from Birmingham use healthcare services earlier (P ≤ .0001) and more often during pregnancy (P ≤ .0001). Women from Bi...

Acute venous thromboembolism poses significant problems in pregnancy, a time when objective diagnosis and prompt treatment are essential. Events can occur at any stage in pregnancy, but the period of greatest risk is in the weeks after delivery. Ultrasound venography remains the diagnostic technique of choice for deep venous thrombosis. For pulmonary thromboembolism, ventilation perfusion lung ...

background: the termination of pregnancy before 20 th week of gestation is abortion. there is two type of abortion: spontaneous and induce (legal or illegal). the annual number of pregnancy in the world is estimated over 200 million and one third of them is unwanted pregnancy. 95% of unwanted pregnancy is happened in developing country such as iran. in iran, the high prevalence of unwanted preg...

Connective tissue diseases (CTD) such as systemic lupus erythematosus diffuse or limited systemic sclerosis and numerous others affect women frequently during the childbearing period. Every pregnancy in a patient with CTD should be regarded as high-risk pregnancy, and requires intensive monitoring and immediate treatment of clinical problems. For these reasons, for women suffering from CTD, who...

BACKGROUND Research on the links between abortion and mental health has been limited by design problems and relatively weak evidence. AIMS To examine the links between pregnancy outcomes and mental health outcomes. METHOD Data were gathered on the pregnancy and mental health history of a birth cohort of over 500 women studied to the age of 30. RESULTS After adjustment for confounding, abo...

Pregnancy is a natural and physiological phenomenon, in which 20% of cases can evolve to an unfavorable outcome, occur for both the woman her baby. The absence pregnancy common with use medication. This practice still represents challenge medicine, since many drugs cross placental barrier cause harm fetus. Despite risks exposure, largely related self-medication lack pharmacotherapeutic follow-u...

Abstract Objectives During the perinatal period, women are exposed to major changes, holding possible adverse effects on psychological well-being and child development. An effective way of coping with these challenges adjustments could be mindfulness. The current study examined associations mindfulness facets during pregnancy toddler’s social-emotional development behavior problems, as well pot...

infertility, usually defined as the failure of a couple to conceive after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse. infertility sometimes is occurred with psychoemotional distress such as anxiety, interpersonal problems, disappointment, sadness, anger and depression. during the time infertile couples attempt to get pregnant, women with fertility problems experience more negative emotional f...