Sexual intimacy and function is crucial in family structure and also the culture. In postpartum period some factors such as hormonal, physiological and psychological instability may impose sexual relation of the couples. Assessing the sexual function changes in primipara women and detection of the related factors, we performed a correlational study in which 460 mothers and their health husban...

Background and purpose: Pain in labor causes stress and reduces self-steem. Effective support is a key factor in reducing stress during delivery. The present study aimed to investigate and compare the effects of standard maternity care, continuous supports from private midwife, and female relatives on type and process of delivery, maternal satisfaction, and breastfeeding. Materials and methods...

Introduction: Despite conventional views that pain is unavoidable during delivery and should be suffered today pain relief is introduced as new idea. Our aim was to evaluate acupressure effect at SP6 point on labor pain intensity and women delivery type. Methods: A single blind, clinical trial was undertaken to evaluation acupressure effect at point of SP6 on pain intensity, labor duratio...

The Effect of Holley Quran s Song on labor pain and other maternal and neonatal factors in first stage of delivery in prim gravid women Bayrami R* , Ebrahimipour H Non pharmacological pain reduction drugs due to lack of complications on mother and fetus and easy to use are used in labor process. The present study is a experimental study carried out on nulliparus women who were admitted...

Background & Aim: Despite the complications of the Managing active second stage delivery, this method is still used. In recent studies, it seems that Spontaneous pushing will reduce the Complications of delivery. Therefore, this study examines pain and duration of the second stage of labor in these two methods. Methods: This single blind semi experimental study was accomplished on 60 qualified...

  Evaluation of the Effect of Continuous Midwifery Support on Pain Intensity in Labor and Delivery     Z. Ahmadi [1]     Received: 01/03/09 Sent for Revision: 06/05/09 Received Revised Manuscript: 28/07/10 Accepted: 17/08/10     Background and Objectives: Because of high prevalence of severe labor pain and adverse complications for the mother and baby, seeking methods for pain relief is necessa...