Case presentation: H.C.D.M., 6 years old, female, white, single, student. Patient born by cesarean section, at term, with adequate weight. Fruit of the 2nd pregnancy, from non-consanguineous parents. Gestation, childbirth and post without complications. Father an epileptic history. The patient started condition 1 year age, in 2017, recurrent spasms that were difficult-to-control. In July/2020, ...

Fear of childbirth is an important and prevalent problem during pregnancy and delivery. Self-efficacy of childbirth is one of the factors playing an important role in the fear of delivery. This study aimed to determine the relationship between the fear and self-efficacy of childbirth during labor in primipara women. This descriptive and analytical study was conducted on 100 primipara women in O...

background & aim: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is related to symptoms that lead to psychological disorder. this study was aimed to compare the depression score between women with and without (controls) pcos. methods & materials: this comparative study was performed on 174 women from march to october 2014 in rasht, iran. cases were 58 women who met currently recognized definitions of pcos wh...

abstract background: the number of women who select cesarean section due to fear of childbirth has increased. role play education seems to be a helpful method to remove or reduce the fear of childbirth. therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of role play education on primiparous women’s fear of natural delivery and their decision on the mode of delivery. materials and methods: in...

background: recently, the relevance of social interactions as determinants of behavioral intentions has been increasingly perceived, but there is a lack of knowledge on how and why it interacts with couples’ fertility intentions. objective: this qualitative study was conducted to explore the influence of social network on couples’ intention to have their first child in urban society of mashhad,...

Although birth is considered one of the few universals of the human experience, Sheila Cosminsky illustrates through its rituals and traditions how childbirth is culturally informed. Drawing on decades of fieldwork in a Guatemalan finca (plantation) and close connections with the two main comadronas (midwives) on that plantation, Cosminsky provides vivid examples of how pregnancy, childbirth, a...