It may, depending on the stage of labor and whether the woman has given birth previously. routine amniotomy doesn’t significantly reduce the duration of first-stage labor in either primiparous or multiparous women (strength of recommendation [sOr]: A, systematic review of several randomized, controlled trials [rCTs]); it slightly shortens secondstage labor in primiparous women only (sOr: A, sys...

THE EFFECT OF PRENATAL EXERCISES ON PRETERM CHILDBIRTH AND NEONATAL CONSEQUENCES OUTCOMES IN PRIMIPAROUS PREGNANT WOMEN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL STUDY

INTRODUCTION Short interconception period after caesarean section and its associated risk of increased morbidity, mortality and surgical interventions could be avoided by postplacental IUCD insertion during the procedure. Despite the safety reports on intracaesarean IUCD insertion, obstetricians are still hesitant to extend the benefit of this long acting reversible contraception to women under...

BACKGROUND Maternal and infant clinical outcomes were compared for low risk mothers receiving a partnership caseload model of midwifery care, known as Primary Health Midwifery Care (PHMC), and standard hospital care (SHC). METHODS Using secondary analysis of data from the Obstet Data System routine collection (PHMC n=976, SHC n=976) from a large metropolitan hospital, maternal and infant clin...

background: p cesarean delivery rates have been increasing throughout the world. parallel to the developments in the world the cesarean rate in turkey has risen to 48.1% in 2013. some of the social factors were related with cesarean births. the purpose of this study was to determine cesarean birth rates and to find out social factors affecting the cesarean birth in primiparous women. methods: t...

BACKGROUND Studies on the primiparous mothers' decision on delivery method are limited. AIM The aim of his study was to determine the factors that influence the choice of delivery method by Iranian primiparous women. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in April through September 2014. Participants were 460 primiparous women in 8 hospitals of 4 cities in Iran. Finally, 230 cesar...

BACKGROUND Identification of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) as the major risk factor for cervical neoplasia, and mass production of DNA free HPV capsids have paved the way to preventive vaccination trials. Design of such trials requires reliable attack rate data. OBJECTIVE Determination of (1) HPV16 and (2) cervical neoplasia attack rates in primiparous women. Estimation of actuarial sa...

BACKGROUND Striae occur in over 70% of pregnant women and tend to develop after 25 weeks of gestation. Despite the fact that their etiology has not yet been fully understood, it is accepted that a combination of genetic factors, endocrine alterations and mechanical stretching of skin play a significant role. Due to different results reported in the literature, the authors assessed commonly cite...