OBJECTIVES Expectant mothers experience marked hormone changes throughout the transition to parenthood. Although similar neuroendocrine pathways are thought to support maternal and paternal behavior, much less is known about prenatal hormone changes in expectant fathers, especially in humans. METHODS We examined longitudinal changes in salivary testosterone, cortisol, estradiol, and progester...

In this article we present the results of three studies investigating methods for including men in antenatal education in Istanbul, Turkey. Participants were first-time expectant parents living in low and middle-income areas. After a formative study on the roles of various family members in health during the period surrounding a first birth, an antenatal-clinic-based education programme for wom...

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), recurrent miscarriage or habitual abortion is a multifactorial problem with exasperating and challenging aspects in reproductive medicine. It is defined as two or more consecutive loss of clinical pregnancies. However, the incidence of RPL is less than 5% in pregnant women but its etiology is diverse and varied and also for more than 50% of cases is not clearly d...

Expectant management of fetal death complicated by placenta previa occurring during midtrimester trimester may induce fetal/placental atrophy and decrease uterine blood flow to facilitate vaginal delivery. Our experience with these cases suggests that about 4 weeks of expectant management should be considered as a management strategy.

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare the outcomes of expectant management of pregnancy or immediate delivery in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) between 24+0 and 32+0 weeks of pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary medical center. Patients who were diagnosed as having PPROM between 24+0 and 32+0 weeks of gestation ...

BACKGROUND A subset of women with a tubal ectopic pregnancy can be safely managed expectantly. Expectant management involves a degree of disruption with hospital visits to determine serum β-hCG (β-human chorionic gonadotrophin) concentration until the pregnancy test becomes negative and expectant management is considered complete. The length of time required for the pregnancy test to become neg...

BACKGROUND Professional support does not always meet the needs of expectant fathers or co-mothers. The way in which professional support is offered during pregnancy varies internationally, depending on the country. In order to attain a greater understanding of partners' experiences of professional support, it is necessary to further illuminate their perceptions of it. The aim of this study was ...

OBJECTIVE To determine neonatal outcomes (perinatal mortality and special care unit admission) and maternal outcomes (mode of delivery, delivery complications) of elective induction of labour compared with expectant management. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study using an unselected population database. SETTING Consultant and midwife led obstetric units in Scotland 1981-2007. PARTICIPANTS 1...

OBJECTIVE To compare outcomes associated with expectant vs. interventionist care of severe preeclampsia in observational studies. DATA SOURCES Medline (01/1980-07/2007), bibliographies of retrieved papers, personal files, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. STUDY SELECTION Expectant or interventionist care of preeclampsia at <34 wk. TABULATION, INTEGRATION, RESULTS: Data abstraction in...

BACKGROUND We studied the possible advantages of feed-forward control nursing model in the treatment of placenta previa. METHODS We enrolled 60 pregnant women who were receiving treatment for expectant placenta previa between January 2010 and January 2016 and randomly divided them into the control group and the observation group with 30 cases in each group. In the control group, we offered sp...