abstract background: natural delivery is distressing and the mother’s severe pain and anxiety in this condition can have negative impacts on the fetus, mother, and the delivery process. yet, pain and anxiety can be reduced by supporting the mother by a doula. thus, the present study aims to compare the effects of doula supportive care and acupressure at the bl32 point on the mother’s anxiety le...

Postnatal depression (PND) is known to be associated with a range of detrimental child and adolescent outcomes, resulting from its disruptive impact on mother-child relationship quality. However, until now little has been known about the impact of PND on the longer-term relationships between mothers and their children, and any intergenerational effects this may have. Mother-child relationship q...

Background Violence against women is a social, legal and health problem that poses a threat to mother and child in pregnancy. The present overview was conducted to review of Meta-analysis that assessed the line between the abuse on mother during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. Materials and Methods: This study reviewed all published articles from January 1996 to March 2018 by searching Inter...

BACKGROUND Obesity among pregnant women is highly prevalent worldwide and is associated in a linear manner with markedly increased risk of adverse outcome for mother and infant. Obesity in the mother may also independently confer risk of obesity to her child. The role of maternal metabolism in determining these outcomes and the potential for lifestyle modification are largely unknown. METHODS...

Micro nutrients deficiency is a major problem in women of reproductive age and one of the most important micro nutrient deficiencies in many developing countries is Zinc deficiency. It is estimated that 82% of all pregnant women in the world have Zinc deficiency. Zinc is an important micro nutrient in fetal growth and development. The role of Zinc in pregnancy outcomes has been studied in past ...

BACKGROUND Intrapartum drugs, including fentanyl administered via epidural and synthetic oxytocin, have been previously studied in relation to neonatal outcomes, especially breastfeeding, with conflicting results. We examined the normal neonatal behavior of suckling within the first hour after a vaginal birth while in skin-to-skin contact with mother in relation to these commonly used drugs. Su...

background: neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon disease. congenital complete heart block (cchb) usually happens in neonates with maternal systemic lupus erythematosus. the most prevalent presentation of cchbis bradycardiathatcanbediagnosed through an electrocardiogram. case report: here in, we present the case of a full-term male neonate with gestational age of 37 weeks and birth weight...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that the birth order effect in allergy may be established during the prenatal period and that the protective effect may originate in the mother. HLA class II disparity between mother and foetus has been associated with significantly increased Th1 production. In this study, we investigated whether production of HLA antibodies 4 years after pregnancy with ...