BACKGROUND There are concerns about the harmful effects of the Valsalva maneuver during the second stage of labor. OBJECTIVES Comparing the effects of spontaneous pushing in the lateral position with the Valsalva maneuver during the second stage of labor on maternal and fetal outcomes. METHODS Inclusion criteria in this randomized clinical trial conducted in Iran were as follows: nulliparou...

our purpose was to determine the effect of epidural analgesia on nulliparous labor and delivery. nonnal term nulliparous women in spontaneous labor were divided into two groups in a quazi-experimental study, 100 in each group. the first group received epidural analgesia and the second had no analgesia at all. in the first group, an epidural catheter was placed in 3-4 cm cervical dilatation and ...

objective: to compare the effect of the physiologic and facilitated labor on the mother and neonate outcomes in the prim gravid women referring to arash hospital. materials and methods: this clinical trial study was performed on 200 low risk pregnant women referring to arash women's hospital in 2012-2013. mothers were divided into two groups of 100 patients using a simple random sampling method...

Background: The cycle of pain, fear, and anxiety may lead to prolonged labor and cesarean section. Acupressure is one of the methods for pain relief. Aim: Therefore,this study aimed to compare the effect of acupressure on bladder-GV20 and gallbladder-GV20 points on the labor pain in primiparous women. Method: This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 158 primiparous women, who referred to...