OBJECTIVE To investigate how the 4thStep of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was applied, assess the prevalence of breastfeeding (BF) within the first hour after birth and analyze factors associated with non-BF in this period of life. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted in a high-risk maternity-hospital in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, with interview to a sample of 403 rooming-in moth...

OBJECTIVE To compare perinatal outcomes, maternal outcomes, and interventions in labour by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour for women with low risk pregnancies. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING England: all NHS trusts providing intrapartum care at home, all freestanding midwifery units, all alongside midwifery units (midwife led units on a hospital site with an ...

Objective To compare perinatal outcomes, maternal outcomes, and interventions in labour by planned place of birth at the start of care in labour for women with low risk pregnancies. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting England: all NHS trusts providing intrapartum care at home, all freestanding midwifery units, all alongside midwifery units (midwife led units on a hospital site with an obst...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is common among multiparous elderly women. POP related to obstructive anuria is very uncommon, but can be life-threatening if untreated. In this report, the patient survived from a septic shock with multidisciplinary treatment and was completely cured of POP after tension-free vaginal mesh repair.

OBJECTIVE To quantify the impact of labor induction and maternal age on cesarean delivery rates in nulliparous and multiparous women between 36 and 42 weeks' gestation. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study on 14,409 women delivering at two teaching hospitals in metropolitan Boston during 1998 and 1999. Women who had contraindications to labor, including a prior cesarean delivery,...

Introduction: Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) is defined as increased abnormal endometrial bleeding unrelated to any anatomic lesions/ organic pathology of the genital tract [1]. It is a common problem in woman of reproductive age and about 20% of women affected will seek consultation [2]. Objectives: 1.To study morphological features of endometrium in DUB. 2.To correlate with age, parity ...

OBJECTIVES To compare the Optimality Index of planned birth in a birth centre with planned birth in a hospital and planned home birth for low-risk term pregnant women who start labour under the responsibility of a community midwife. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Low-risk pregnant women under care of a community midwife and living in a region with one of the 21 participating Dutch...

Background and Purpose: Breastfeeding is important with regard to public health. Our aim was examine effects of spousal support in the early postpartum period on breastfeeding motivation patriarchal societies. 
 Methods: Study descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design. conducted a University Hospital Inland Anatolia Region Turkey. It included primiparous multiparous women. Results...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of maternal obesity on mode of delivery following induction of labour (IOL) for prolonged pregnancy and subsequent intrapartum and neonatal complications. DESIGN Retrospective (historical) cohort study. SETTING Liverpool Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK. POPULATION A total of 29, 224 women with singleton pregnancies between 2004 and 2008 of who...