Title of dissertation: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERNAL CONFIDENCE FOR LABOR AMONG NULLIPAROUS PREGNANT WOMEN Julia Ann Kish, Doctor of Philosophy, 2003 Dissertation directed by: Robin G. Sawyer, Ph.D. Department of Public Health and Community Health Certain levels of fear and anxiety about childbirth are expected, especially among first-time mothers. However, problems arise when these feelings nega...

Sixty two nulliparous, 150 low parity (para 1 & 2) and 148 medium or high parity (3 +) women reported for abortion services at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, during the study period between 1st January to 30th April 1975. 90. 9% of all women were urban residents, 85. 0% were currently married. 64. 9% were educated upt to middle standard or more and 80. 0% had no induced abo...

BACKGROUND Primigravidas with unengaged foetal head at term should be regarded as high risk cases. It is seen that nuglliparous women with the floating foetal head demonstrate higher rates of caesarean section than those with dipping or engaged head in early labour. These cases should be regarded as high risk and identified early and should be referred to a tertiary care centre where good facil...

OBJECTIVES To develop a predictive model for pre-eclampsia based on clinical risk factors for nulliparous women and to identify a subgroup at increased risk, in whom specialist referral might be indicated. DESIGN Prospective multicentre cohort. SETTING Five centres in Auckland, New Zealand; Adelaide, Australia; Manchester and London, United Kingdom; and Cork, Republic of Ireland. PARTICIP...

BACKGROUND The primary aim of this study was to describe the variation in intrapartum referral rates in midwifery practices in the Netherlands. Secondly, we wanted to explore the association between the practice referral rate and a woman's chance of an instrumental birth (caesarean section or vaginal instrumental birth). METHODS We performed an observational study, using the Dutch national pe...

BACKGROUND More than half of recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) remains unexplained. We hypothesized that women with a history of unexplained RPL (URPL) have low venous reserve. METHODS Case-control study in 12 women with a history of URPL, 11 healthy nulliparous controls and 12 primiparous controls with a history of uncomplicated pregnancy. To quantify venous reserve, we measured plasma volume (...

PURPOSE The goal of this study was to evaluate normal hiatal dimensions in the third trimester in nulliparous Thai pregnant women and to establish which biometric factors were associated with various pregnancy outcomes. METHODS Fifty-seven consecutive nulliparous pregnant Thai women in their third trimester were recruited on a voluntary basis from April to October 2014. All subjects underwent...