Background: Postpartum hemorrhage considered to be one of the most important cause of women mortality in developing countries. Usage of oxytocin is one of the outstanding success in medicine but it should not be taken for granted and should be used only if it is necessary and not as routine.   Objective: To determine the amount of postpartum hemorrhage on the absence of IM injection of oxyt...

 Background and purpose: Labor pain and anxiety have negative effects on mother, fetus, and consequently the labor process. Qurchr('39')an is treated with great respect by Muslims and there are interests toward non-medical interventions based on religious beliefs during labor. This review article examined the effect of listening to Qurchr('39')an recitation on severity of pain and anxiety durin...

Background and Objective: Childbirth is an important event during a woman’s life and the second stage of labor is extremely painful. There are disagreements regarding the most appropriate position during this phase. The main aim of this study was to compare the effects of different positions during the second stage on the length of labor. Materials and Methods: A randomized clinical trial was d...

Introduction: Anxiety is a common emotional response in women during labor that may cause a prolonged labor and fatigue for the mother. Many steps have recently been taken to reduce the anxiety during labor which tend to utilize herbal medicine, therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of saffron oral capsules on anxiety and Fatigue during the first stage of labor. Methods: This tri...

  A correlational study was conducted to investigate the relationship between me duration of labor stages and the   newborn 's Apgar score in women admitted to Imam Khomeini Hospital (Sari 1994).   A total of 1 20 primigravida women admitted for delivery wert' selected sequentially. The tool was a checklist   consisting of three parts . The first part inquired as to certain demographic informat...

In a descriptive study on 791 cases of normal vaginal deliveries within the period of 6 months (20th Sept 1994-20th March 1995) in Shariatti hospital, the duration of active phase of labor was evaluated. In 140 pregnant women (69 primigravida and 71 multipara) which had the inclusion criteria (single fetus, cephalic presentation, 37 to 42 weeks of pregnancy, admission before cervical dilatation...

Background: A variable hematological value without clinical sign of sepsis or hematological disorder is often observed in newborns. The purpose of this study was to investigate hematological measurements in umbilical cord vein of newborns delivered spontaneously or by cesarean section. Methods: We studied 150 pregnant women who delivered term normal infants. The patients were divided into two ...