BACKGROUND Most women delivering in South African State Maternity Hospitals do not have a childbirth companion; in addition, the quality of care could be better, and at times women are treated inhumanely. We piloted a multi-faceted intervention to encourage uptake of childbirth companions in state hospitals, and hypothesised that lay carers would improve the behaviour of health professionals. ...

CHILDBIRTH CAN BE A VERY PAINFUL EXPERIENCE, often associated with feelings of being out of control. It should not, therefore, be surprising that childbirth may be traumatic for some women. Most women recover quickly post partum; others appear to have a more difficult time. The author asserts that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may occur after childbirth. He calls this variant of PTSD a ...

Pregnancy is a physiological condition experienced by woman who will give birth to the next generation. During pregnancy, mother should perform Ante Natal Care (ANC) at least 4 times which aims keep and fetus healthy avoid/prevent complications or during childbirth, postnatal period baby be born. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) one of disorders that can occur in pregnant women. GDM have sho...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy and childbirth are two critical stages in a woman's life. Various studies have suggested that psychological distress is common during the year after childbirth. The objectives of this exploratory study were (1) to explore the needs of mothers in the year following childbirth; (2) to compare these needs between mothers who did not have the feeling of living a psychological d...

Kerstis, B. 2015. Depressive Symptoms among Mothers and Fathers in Early Parenthood. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1060. 75 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9125-3. Aims: The overall aims were to study depressive symptoms among mothers and fathers in early parenthood and how depressive symptoms are related to dy...

Pregnancy is a time awaited by many women. Entering pregnancy, there are changes that occur both biologically due to hormonal changes, but also psychologically. generally occurs at productive age before entering menopause. difficult phase, so pregnant women experience excessive fear and anxiety during pregnancy childbirth, factors, internal external. Fear usually more felt in with their first c...

Now that six years have elapsed since the study of natural childbirth was begun at Yale it seems appropriate to review the status of this philosophy in the perspective of time and experience. Not only is this appropriate, but it is necessary in view of the continuing enthusiasm of its proponents and the continuing attacks of its opponents. Is it a universally objectionable, backward step in the...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of a one-session spouse-support enhancement childbirth education on childbirth self-efficacy and perception of childbirth experience. METHODS The design of this study was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest experiment. The participants in the study were 31 couples in the experimental group and 30 in the control group. The expe...

In addition, a range of physical, cultural, and financial obstacles make it difficult for women and community members to use maternal health services, even if they are available and of reasonable quality.Women’s low status, lack of education and employment opportunities, and limited rights and freedoms affect their ability to receive good-quality skilled care. Overcoming these barriers requires...