Objective. This study evaluated the effect of antenatal music exposure to primigravida healthy mothers on the behaviour of their term appropriate-for-date newborns assessed using Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (BNBAS). Methods. This was a single-centre, randomized, open-label controlled trial. Primigravida mothers aged 19-29 years, free of chronic medical diseases or significant...

INTRODUCTION Extrauterine abdominal pregnancy is extremely rare and is frequently missed during antenatal care. This is a report of a full-term extrauterine abdominal pregnancy in a primigravida who likely had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy with secondary implantation and subsequently delivered a healthy baby. CASE PRESENTATION A 23-year-old, Middle Eastern, primigravida presented at 14 weeks g...

PREVALENCE AND OUTCOME OF PREGNANCY AMONG ELDERLY PRIMIGRAVIDA IN AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL, KANO: A 5 YEAR REVIEW 1 2 1 1 1 IBRAHIM SA, JABBO MA, ATTAH AR, GARBA ID, MUHAMMAD Z. INTRODUCTION In obstetric practice, maternal age is an important determinant of the outcome of pregnancy and both extremes of age are known to be associated with adverse maternal and foetal outcomes. The elderly pri...

BACKGROUND Teenage primigravida cause high morbidity and mortality to mother and fetus. OBJECTIVE To compare obstetric outcomes of teenage pregnancy with reproductive-age pregnancy (20-34 years), with a focus on the risk of low birth weight and anemia. MATERIAL AND METHOD A historical cohort study of 2922 primigravida women who gave birth between January 2005 and December 2009 at Sungaikolo...

This was a retrospective study conducted to study the newborns weigth less than 2500gm delivered in Nepal medical college in the year 2005 and 2006. The cases were studied to find out the incidence and relation of maternal age, parity, gestational age, sex, etiological factors, mode of deliveries with Low Birth Weight (LBW) babies. There were 172 patients with LBW babies out of 1517 patient. In...

Arterial stiffness and compliance are major predictors of adverse cardiovascular events and are influenced by female sex hormones, including estrogen and progesterone. The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the effect of the menstrual cycle, normal pregnancy, and preeclampsia on central and systemic arterial stiffness. Ten healthy nulliparous women with regular menses were studied i...

Background: Episiotomy is a common perineum incision preformed to facilitate the delivery. Although it was commonly performed especially in primigravida women, the new trend is to limit episiotomies as much as possible. This study aimed to find out the rate of episiotomy and to compare the rate in primigravida vs multigravida at King Abdulaziz university hospital. Methods: A retrospective chart...

Primigravida refers to a woman who is pregnant for the first time. It unique experience woman. Usually, any minor alignment during this time will lead anxiety. The prevalence rate of myasthenia gravis in pregnancy 1 20,000. main reason behind cause disease improper secretion acetylcholine, huge cholinesterase, and non-responsive muscle fibers. purpose case study introduce outcome with gravis. T...