The present study was conducted on the Murrah buffaloes maintained at Livestock Research Centre of ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. The animals were classified into heifer, primipara and pluripara. For this experiment a total of 50 Murrah buffaloes were followed, out of which 8 were heifers, 12 were primipara and 30 were pluripara. Daytime was considered to be from 6.00 am...

The puerperium is a period that begins few hours after the birth of placenta and ends when uterus organs will return to their pre-pregnancy state which lasts for 6 weeks or about 42 days delivery. Postpartum often experience problems with breastfeeding. To achieve successful breastfeeding requires knowledge proper techniques. Mothers can do properly if they are equipped have positive attitude f...

INTRODUCTION The practice of cesarean section is known to decrease the occurrence of long bone fractures. We present here an unusual diaphyseal fracture of the femur of a newborn after cesarean section, the only case observed in our 14 years of practice. CASE REPORT The patient was a 3.4-kg female child born at 38 weeks of gestation. The mother was a primipara and aged 39 years. Ultrasound ex...

The aim of this study was to assess birth weight of healthy newborns from the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County, Croatia. Birth weights of healthy newborns, born at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Center "Zagreb" in the year 2001, were included into analysis. Since there were only few newborns in the 22nd-27th week of gestation, they were excluded from the study....

Background: The indications for cesarean sections have been undergoing a gradual change over the last few decades. Besides the obstetric causes, several other medical, social, ethical, economic and medico legal factors play a role in this rising trend of cesarean section. Initially it was performed mainly for maternal interest but recently the health of the fetus has played a significant role i...

Objective: To explore the influence of painless childbirth technique on psychology primipara. Methods: From July 2020 to June 2022, 108 parturients who received analgesic during delivery in Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital were selected as research subjects (painless group), and 92 gave birth naturally same period controls (natural group). Psychological tests performed patients. Results: Th...