Fathers have been increasingly involved in childbirth since 1990. Attendance at is considered to benefit fathers’ health as well that of their partner and children. However, a life event parents may experience differently. First-time experiences barely studied differ from those fathers who already had child. In order adapt support care during the needs first-time fathers, deeper insight must be...

OBJECTIVES To describe the association between fear of childbirth and social, demographic and psychological factors in a cohort of 30 480 healthy nulliparous women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies. DESIGN Nationwide population-based study. SETTING The Danish National Birth Cohort. POPULATION Healthy nulliparous women (n= 30 480) with singleton pregnancies. METHODS Data from comp...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of fear of childbirth in a nationwide sample and its association with subsequent rates of caesarean section and overall experience of childbirth. DESIGN A prospective study using between-group comparisons. SETTING About 600 antenatal clinics in Sweden. SAMPLE A total of 2,662 women recruited at their first visit to an antenatal clinic during three p...

AIMS This paper is a report on a study analysing the effect of the umbilical cord cutting experience on fathers' emotional involvement with their infants. BACKGROUND Participation in childbirth offers an opportunity for father and mother to share the childbirth experience, so it is vital that midwives improve the fathers' participation in this event. DESIGN A quasi-experimental study with a...

BACKGROUND In recent years Rwanda has achieved remarkable improvement in quality of maternity care services but there is evidence of deficiencies in care quality in terms of disrespectful care. Women's overall childbirth experience is an important outcome of childbirth and a factor in assessing quality of care. The aim of this study was to investigate how women's overall childbirth experience i...

Objective To identify subgroups of parents with distinct patterns change in relationship satisfaction across the transition to parenthood and predict subgroup membership from prenatal levels relational processes. Background The average decline that is generally found masks existence who show parenthood. Method Latent class growth analysis (LCGA) was conducted using four waves data a Dutch sampl...

Women in developing countries experience postnatal depression at rates that are comparable with or higher than those in developed countries. However, their personal experiences during pregnancy and childbirth have received little attention in relation to postnatal depression. In particular, the contribution of obstetric complications to their emotional well-being during the postpartum period is...

BACKGROUND Maternal age at childbirth continues to increase worldwide. We aimed to assess whether increasing maternal age is associated with changes in childhood height, body composition, and metabolism. METHODS 277 healthy pre-pubertal children, born 37-41 weeks gestation were studied. Assessments included: height and weight corrected for parental measurements, DEXA-derived body composition,...